HCG - interpretation of the analysis and its features

Not all women understand what the medical abbreviation stands for as HCG. Decoding of these capital letters, as well as the analysis itself, will be detailed in the materials of this article.

General information

Sometimes there are times when women want to quickly find out about the presence or, vice versa, the absence of pregnancy. That's why they give venous blood for its further laboratory research.

HCG - the interpretation of this analysis and allows you to refute or confirm the presence of the embryo. If to speak without abbreviations, then 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.

Features of the analysis

So why is it necessary to decipher the results of HCG, and in general, whether it is necessary to give blood to determine pregnancy, when you can make a routine test or ultrasound? This question sounds from the lips of the fair sex quite often. But unlike the above methods of conception detection, the analysis for hCG is more accurate, and it gives a unique opportunity to determine the presence of pregnancy at a very early period (on the 6th or 10th day after direct fertilization).

Analysis of hCG - interpretation

As you know, the human chorionic gonadotropin values consist of 2 units (alpha and beta). To determine whether a conception occurred, only beta-hCG is needed. So, consider its proper level (mU / ml) for each week of pregnancy:

• 3 rd or 4 th week - about 25-155 mU / ml;
• 4th or 5th week - about 100-4870 mU / ml;
• 5-th or 6-th week - about 1110-31000 mU / ml;
• 6th or 7th week - about 2570-82310 mU / ml;
• 7th or 8th week - about 23150-152000 mU / ml;
• The 8th or 9th week is about 27350-233000 mU / ml;
• From 9 th to 13 th week - about 20,950-291,000 mU / ml;
• From the 13th to the 18th week - about 6150-103000 mU / ml;
• From 18 th to 23 th week - about 4720-80150 mU / ml;
• From 23 to 31-st week - about 2750-78100 mU / ml.

It is also worth noting that to monitor the results of the analysis of HCG (the transcript is presented above), it is necessary not only to detect early pregnancy and its availability, but also to determine the normal development of the embryo. By the way, such values of the hormone can be significantly overestimated in multiple pregnancies (most often in proportion to the number of embryos in the uterus), as well as any pathologies of the baby (eg, Down's syndrome or multiple other vices), diabetes, toxicosis and if the term is incorrect Pregnancy.

There are also situations where the representative of the weaker sex understates the values of hCG. The interpretation of such an analysis in this case should be extremely alarming to both the future mother and the gynecologist. After all, these pathological indications may indicate the presence of a frozen or ectopic pregnancy, a possible threat of miscarriage, delayed development of the fetus or placental insufficiency. In such cases, specialists are required to urgently carry out all the necessary measures to save the life of the fetus, as well as to prevent the deterioration of the health of the future mother.