Oestradiol test

The main oestrogen.

€19.87. You pay at the desk, not online.

Oestradiol test: what it is for

Oestradiol is the main oestrogen, the female hormone made mostly by the ovaries. It regulates your cycle and helps keep your bones strong. Towards menopause the ovaries make less and less of it. Men have a little too: they make it from testosterone.

When it is done

Doctors order it when periods are irregular or stop, when a pregnancy is slow to come, or when they suspect an early menopause. In women it is usually done between day two and day four of the cycle, together with FSH. It is also used to follow fertility treatment.

Over 45 it is not needed to tell whether you are in perimenopause or menopause. Guidelines say not to use it for that: your symptoms and your periods are enough.

How the oestradiol test is done

It is a blood test, done at a Bianalisi lab without a prescription. You can add other tests to the same draw.

Questions about the oestradiol test.

On which day of the cycle is oestradiol tested? In women it is usually done between day two and day four of the cycle, together with FSH.

How much does the oestradiol test cost? €19.87, from Bianalisi’s private list for Lombardy. You pay at the desk on the day of the draw, not online.

Do I need a prescription for the oestradiol test? No. You book it here without a prescription and pay at the Bianalisi desk.

When do results arrive? Within 10 working days, in the Rosa app, with each value next to the lab’s interval. The report a doctor approves is in the Rosa membership.