GROWTH HORMONE TEST MEASURES THE AMOUNT OF GROWTH HORMONE IN THE BLOOD.
GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY IS A MEDICAL CONDITION, ALSO HAS DIFFERENT EFFECT AT DIFFERENT AGES; IN NEWBORN INFANTS, THE PRIMARY MANIFESTATIONS MAY BE HYPOGLYCEMIA, ADULT CAUSED BY PROBLEMS ARISING IN THE PITUITARY GLAND, IN WHICH THE BODY DOES NOT PRODUCE ENOUGH GH. GROWTH HORMONE, ALSO CALLED SOMATROPIN IS A POLYPEPTIDE HORMONE WHICH STIMULATES GROWTH AND CELL REPRODUCTION. THIS TEST IS PRIMARILY DONE OF INTEREST IN THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF VARIOUS FORMS OF INAPPROPRIATE/ABNORMAL GROWTH HORMONE SECRETION.