Not all the fair sex understands what such a medical abbreviation as HCG means. The decoding of these capital letters, as well as the analysis itself, will be presented in detail in the materials of this article.
General information
Sometimes there come moments when women want to find out as soon as possible about the presence or, conversely, the absence of pregnancy. That is why they donate venous blood for further laboratory testing.
hCG - deciphering this analysis and allows you to refute or confirm the presence of an embryo. Speaking without abbreviations, this abbreviation sounds like human chorionic gonadotropin. Such a substance is a protein hormone that produces chorion cells during pregnancy and immediately after the embryo enters the uterus.
Analysis features
So why do we need to decipher the results of hCG, and is it generally necessary to donate blood to determine pregnancy, when you can do a regular test or ultrasound? This question comes from the lips of the fair sex quite often. But unlikeof the above methods for detecting conception, the hCG test is more accurate, and it also provides a unique opportunity to determine the presence of pregnancy at a very early stage (on the 6th or 10th day after direct insemination).
HCG analysis - transcript
As you know, the values of human chorionic gonadotropin consist of 2 units (alpha and beta). To determine if conception has occurred, only beta-hCG is needed. So, consider its proper level (mU / ml) for each week of pregnancy:
- 3rd or 4th week - about 25-155 mU/ml;
- 4th or 5th week - about 100-4870 mU/ml;
- 5th or 6th week - about 1110-31000 mU/ml;
- 6th or 7th week - about 2570-82310 mU/ml;
- 7th or 8th week - about 23150-152000 mU/ml;
- 8th or 9th week - about 27350-233000 mU/ml;
- from the 9th to the 13th week - about 20950-291000 mU/ml;
- from 13th to 18th week - about 6150-103000 mU/ml;
- from 18th to 23rd week - about 4720-80150 mU/ml;
- from 23rd to 31st week - about 2750-78100 mU/ml.
It is also worth noting that monitoring the results of the hCG analysis (decoding is presented above) is necessary not only to detect early pregnancy and its presence, but also to determine the normal development of the embryo. By the way, such hormone values \u200b\u200bcan be significantly overestimated with multiple pregnancy (most often in proportion to the number of embryos in the uterus), as well as with any pathologies of the baby(for example, with Down's syndrome or multiple other defects), diabetes mellitus, toxicosis, and with an incorrectly determined gestational age.
There are also situations when a representative of the weaker sex has low hCG values. The decoding of such an analysis in this case should be extremely alert to both the expectant mother and the gynecologist. After all, these pathological indications may indicate the presence of a frozen or ectopic pregnancy, a possible threat of miscarriage, fetal growth retardation or placental insufficiency. In such cases, specialists are obliged to urgently take all necessary measures to save the life of the fetus, as well as prevent the deterioration of the he alth of the expectant mother.
