ACTH (adrenocorticotropic hormone) blood tests are used, usually in conjunction with cortisol tests, to help detect, diagnose, and monitor conditions associated with excessive or deficient cortisol in the body, such as Cushing disease, Cushing syndrome, Addison disease, secondary adrenal insufficiency, and hypopituitarism.
Learn about the ACTH stimulation test, used to help diagnose primary adrenal insufficiency (Addison disease) and to detect conditions affecting the pituitary gland.
Describes how the 17-hydroxyprogesterone (17-OHP) test is used, when a 17-OHP test is ordered, and what the results of a 17-hydroxyprogesterone test might mean
A pregnenolone test is usually used along with other tests involving hormones to diagnose rare forms of congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) in infants.
