Saliva sample testing is a technique used to collect samples of
a person's saliva, or spit, to check for or monitor certain drugs,
hormones (chemical messengers from one cell or group of cells to
another), antibodies
Saliva sample testing is a technique used to collect samples of
a person's saliva, or spit, to check for or monitor certain drugs,
hormones (chemical messengers from one cell or group of cells to
another), antibodies
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The saliva test for HIV provides results in about 20 minutes
while the person waits at the testing facility.
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Smoking, eating, drinking, and brushing the teeth can affect
test results, as can the way in which the person puts saliva on the
slide.
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the saliva sample test works by using a plastic stick with a pad
on the end to swab or rub against the patient's gums to gather
saliva. Other tests work by simply inserting a foam pad on a stick
into the person's mouth
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Saliva sampling is also a more accurate way of measuring a
woman's hormone levels, pre-, peri-, and post-meno-pause, for
fertility studies and hormone replacement therapy.