Anne Truong MDMen's Sexual Health Doctor

What are those biomarkers for inflammation? #youtube #youtubeshorts #viral #trending #biomarkers

7 Aug 2023 · 1 min

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A short conversational clip (YouTube) in which a question is asked about biomarkers for inflammation in saliva or blood. The respondent explains that biomarkers (e.g., salivary cortisol) are highly variable and influenced by recent activities (like exercise) and sampling conditions, describes practical difficulties collecting saliva, and recommends simple self-assessment (sleep quality, overall feeling, brief tracking) as a pragmatic approach.

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One thing I wanted to say. What are the biomarkers that you look for for inflammation in saliva or in blood work? What are those biomarkers?
Yeah, so that's that deep, dark rabbit hole I went down for a year. And they're so variable and I mean, they're dependent upon what you do. So let's say you listen and you go to the gym and you go work out, and then I measure your inflammatory markers after that. Well, they may go up before they come down. So if you take your salivary cortisol, which, by the way, if you've ever tried to do that, you're supposed to spit in a little cup before you've had anything to eat or drink in the morning. And it's like trying to come up with saliva in your mind. You can't do anything right. I found that a lot of these things just don't make any sense. I lean back into this idea of, how are you feeling? Just be honest. How did you sleep last night? 0 to 10, how are you overall feeling? And then keeping a little bit of a record of that for yourself because it could be connected to your physical well being.