Order An At-Home Blood Test For Low Testosterone Levels From CJA Balance UK
All our tests and TRT treatments are available in Ireland. If you are looking to book a test from the UK, please click here and follow the links at the bottom of the page.
Order one of our kits below, and you can choose to carry out a finger prick test and return it to our lab by courier for £30 (guaranteed next day delivery).
Alternatively you can book a phlebotomy appointment to arrange a blood draw through our network of providers in Dublin, Limerick and Cork. Contact details will be provided once your test is booked.
Blood Test Options
At CJA Balance we offer a full range of convenient and affordable blood tests for initial diagnosis and on-going treatment of low testosterone levels. For more information, contact us here.
Initial Hormone Test
This test checks the levels of:
- Total Testosterone
- Free Testosterone
- SHBG (Sex Hormone Binding Globulin)
- Albumin
Order this test as the first investigation to see if your testosterone levels are low. Total testosterone is all the testosterone available in the body. Free testosterone is what is available unbound for the body to use.
Pre-Consultation Blood Test
This test checks levels of:
- Total Testosterone
- Free Testosterone
- SHBG
- Albumin
- Prolactin
- Oestradiol
- Thyroid function
- Cortisol
- Lipids and cholesterol
- Full Blood Count with haematocrit and haemoglobin
- Ferritin
- Prostate specific antigen
- Liver function
- Kidney function.
Order this test before your medical consultation. This test confirms your low testosterone levels, ensures the rest of your pituitary gland is functioning correctly, this rules out some causes of low testosterone such as high prolactin and iron storage disease. This also gives baseline haematocrit and haemoglobin, liver and renal function.
Six week follow up test
This test checks:
- Total Testosterone
- Free Testosterone
- SHBG (Sex Hormone Binding Globulin)
- Albumin
- Prolactin
- Oestradiol
- Thyroid function
- Prostate specific antigen.
This test is ordered to monitor the initial response to testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) after six weeks on treatment.
Follow Up Blood Test
This test checks:
- Total Testosterone
- Free Testosterone
- SHBG (Sex Hormone Binding Globulin)
- Albumin
- Prolactin
- Oestradiol
- Thyroid function
- Lipids and cholesterol
- Full blood count with haematocrit and haemoglobin,
- Prostate specific antigen
- Liver function
- Kidney function.
This test is ordered for monitoring of testosterone replacement therapy to ensure patient safety. Testosterone may effect haematocrit and haemoglobin levels. This test also ensures that testosterone levels are in the agreed range and is required before your medical review.
Enhanced Full Blood Test
This test checks:
- Total Testosterone
- Free Testosterone
- SHBG (Sex Hormone Binding Globulin)
- Albumin
- Prolactin
- Oestradiol
- Thyroid function
- Cortisol
- Lipids and cholesterol
- Full blood count with haematocrit and haemoglobin
- Ferritin
- Prostate specific antigen
- Liver function
- Kidney function
- HBA1C
- Iron studies
- DHEAS
- Vitamin D
- Vitamin B12
- CRP
- Creatnine kinase
- Magnesium
- Uric acid.
This test assess hormone function, muscle function, marker for gout, vitamin and mineral status, prostate health, cholesterol and lipids, infection and inflammation.
This test can be ordered instead of the Pre-Consultation Bloods or Follow-Up Bloods for those patients who would like further detail on their health status. It may also be ordered for those not on testosterone replacement who would like to check their general health.