Can HCG be wrong?

HCG (CH - chorionic gonadotropin) - the mainhormone, which determines pregnancy in women, because it is released after implantation of the embryo into the wall of the uterus. Can HCG be wrong? Can! True, the clinical errors of the blood test for hCG are few.

The first variant of the error is when there is no hCG, but a womanis really pregnant. In this case, a very low level of the hormone in the blood of a pregnant woman is determined. This is due to too early research and is removed by conducting a second analysis in a few days (the doctor will tell you the exact time frame).

The second option is when hCG is, but there is no pregnancy.

There are more such cases. There are different reasons, and they all have a medical rationale:

1. The reaction of the analysis to medications,containing chorionic gonadotropin. These medicines are focused, mainly, on the treatment of infertility and the maintenance of pregnancy. For example, "Pregnil", "Profazi", etc.
2. The presence in the test blood of substances similar in composition to hCG.
3. The production of the hormone by the pituitary body of the organism under study. This happens, since the pituitary gland produces some amount of HG, and it can be detected even in the blood of men.
4. The presence of organs in the body of tumors.
5. After the termination of pregnancy in the early stages. Some time the hormone still remains in the body and reacts to the test.

Now it becomes clear whether hCG analysis can be wrong and why. In such cases, additional tests and other methods of examination are mandatory.

In comparison, the amount of contentchorionic gonadotropin. Thus, in men and non-pregnant women it is up to 5 mU / ml, and in women with a gestation period of 15 days hCG reaches 200 mU / ml.