ESTROGENS, TOTAL BLOOD TEST MEASURES THE LEVEL OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ESTROGEN HORMONES (ESTRADIOL, ESTRIOL, AND ESTRONE).
TOTAL ESTROGEN PROVIDES AN OVERALL PICTURE OF ESTROGEN STATUS FOR MEN AND WOMEN. 
HIGH LEVEL OF ESTROGEN ARE MORE COMMONLY SEEN IN FEMALES AND CAN BE ASSOCIATED WITH ISSUES SUCH AS IRREGULAR (EXCESSIVE) MENSTRUATION, OVARIAN CANCER, BREAST CANCER, ENDOMETRIOSIS, WEIGHT GAIN SECONDARY TO INSULIN RESISTANCE, AND FIBROIDS. LOW LEVELS OF ESTROGEN ARE SEEN MOSTLY DURING MENOPAUSE, HOWEVER CAN BE SEEN DURING CHEMOTHERAPY/RADIATION, HYSTERECTOMY, AND IN SOME AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES. SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF ESTROGEN IMBALANCE INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO FATIGUE, HOT FLASHES, MEMORY LAPSES, LOW SEX DRIVE, THININNG OR EXCESSIVE HAIR, IRREGULAR MENSTRUATION, ACNE, MOOD SWINGS, CRAMPS, AND CHANGES IN BLOOD PRESSURE. HIGH LEVELS OF ESTROGEN IN MEN CAN CAUSE FEMALE CHARACTERISTICS SUCH AS IN THE CONDITION GYNECOMASTIA, WHERE THE MALE BODY WILL ACTUALLY BEGIN TO DEVELOP AN INCREASED