How to Read a Pregnancy Blood Test?
According to Salamat News, citing the Journalists’ Club; Whether a pregnancy blood test result is positive or negative for women directly depends on the level of the hormone human chorionic gonadotropin, abbreviated as HCG.
This hormone is produced by cells created in the placenta that are responsible for nourishing the egg after it is fertilized.
Whether or not a person is pregnant is correctly diagnosed through a blood test about 11 days after fertilization and about 12-14 days after fertilization with a urine test. Normally, HCG hormone levels double every 72 hours during pregnancy, reaching their highest level in the first 8-11 weeks of pregnancy and then decreasing, but continuing throughout the pregnancy.
Of course, in some cases, despite the positive pregnancy test, this level is low, but it is not a serious matter for the health of the fetus, but excessive levels of this hormone can be a dangerous factor for the health of the fetus. Of course, performing an ultrasound after 5 to 6 weeks of pregnancy can provide the doctor, pregnant mother, and family members with accurate results. If the HCG hormone level is less than 5 mIU/ml, it indicates a negative pregnancy, and any level higher than 25 mIU/ml indicates a positive pregnancy.
This hormone is produced by cells created in the placenta that are responsible for nourishing the egg after it is fertilized.
Whether or not a person is pregnant is correctly diagnosed through a blood test about 11 days after fertilization and about 12-14 days after fertilization with a urine test. Normally, HCG hormone levels double every 72 hours during pregnancy, reaching their highest level in the first 8-11 weeks of pregnancy and then decreasing, but continuing throughout the pregnancy.
Of course, in some cases, despite the positive pregnancy test, this level is low, but it is not a serious matter for the health of the fetus, but excessive levels of this hormone can be a dangerous factor for the health of the fetus. Of course, performing an ultrasound after 5 to 6 weeks of pregnancy can provide the doctor, pregnant mother, and family members with accurate results. If the HCG hormone level is less than 5 mIU/ml, it indicates a negative pregnancy, and any level higher than 25 mIU/ml indicates a positive pregnancy.
The level of HCG hormone in different weeks of a healthy pregnancy from the last menstrual period (in women of childbearing age):
3 weeks LMP: 5-50 mIU/ml
4 weeks LMP: 426-5 mIU/ml
5 weeks LMP: 7-18, 340 mIU/ml
6 weeks LMP: 1,080-56,500 mIU/ml
7-8 weeks LMP: 7,650-229,000 mIU/ml
9-12 weeks LMP: 25,700-288,000 mIU/ml
13-16 weeks LMP: 13,300-254,000 mIU/ml
17-24 weeks LMP: 4,060-165,400 mIU/ml
25-40 weeks LMP: 3,640-117,000 mIU/ml
Sometimes, abnormally high or low levels of this hormone can indicate a miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, molar pregnancy, or multiple pregnancies.
Experts recommend that women avoid taking antibiotics, painkillers, birth control pills, or other medications that can affect the test results when taking this test to get an accurate answer.
