Stress measurement saliva test

Before collecting the sample you should consider:  

• To make determination you have to supply 4 Salivates.  
• Do not ingest food or drinks, for one hour before collecting the samples.  
• Do not brush your teeth.  
• Identify the samples with the time of collection.  

Instructions  

• Remove the pad inside the supplied tube.  
• Put it in your mouth and chew it.  
• When soaked in saliva, insert it into the tube and close it.  
• Label the container with the time of collection.  
• The sample should be stored in the fridge, in the freezer.  
• When you have all the samples collected, refer the tubes correctly identified to the laboratory.
  

• The acute phase is the desire to flee or fight, there is secretion of catecholamines, cortisol and subsequently Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) to counteract the harmful effects of Cortisol. The health integrity of the individual depends on the balance between cortisol secretion and DHEA.  
• Adaptation phase: the different metabolic pathways try to compensate for homeostasis and return to a normal situation, with hormones within their reference range.  
• Decompensation phase: The stressful agent becomes chronic, the organism “collapses”. Attempts are made to maintain DHEA levels to counteract Cortisol, but the tendency of both is to decrease, which indicates adrenal fatigue. Adrenal exhaustion phase: Cortisol and DHEA concentrations are very low.