How to determine hCG during pregnancy: methods, recommendations of specialists and test results.

The level of hCG and physiological standards

The production of hormonal substances occurson the 6th-8th day of conception. However, it is possible to judge the general physiological picture in the first trimester of the term, since in this period the support to the yellow body takes place, and estrogen and progesterone begin to be produced. These processes will be active until the placental system begins to produce hormones on its own. The norm of hCG for weeks is presented on the diagram below:

Low level of hCG

If on diagnostics the doctor has defined or determined decrease in norm or rate of a chorionic substance, it can testify about such deviations or rejections:

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  incorrectly designated term of pregnancy, because an error even in a couple of weeks of the term will show a significant difference in the level of hCG;


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  a decrease is also noted in ectopic pregnancy;


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  such a result of the hormone is manifested in the case of over-stretching the child;


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  delay in embryonic development;


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  risk of spontaneous abortion;


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  disruption of the placenta;


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  a low level is observed with a stiffened pregnancy;


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  in the 2nd and 3rd trimesters of fetal gestation, a decrease in the hormone norm may indicate the death of a child.


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  Do not panic in advance, becauseonly this result of the analyzes is not enough for the doctors to make a verdict. At least you will have to do a repeated diagnosis and examination of ultrasound.

What does false positive answer mean?

There are cases when a chorionic substanceis manifested in the biological fluids of a woman who does not bear a child. Moreover, such facts are fixed even among the representatives of the male sex. This is quite an alarming symptom, which can indicate such violations as:

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  choriocarcinoma and development of bladder skidding;


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  malignant neoplasms in the area of ​​the gastrointestinal tract;


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  development of teratoma or testicular seminaloma;


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  violation of the hormonal background of a woman in the first week after the abortion;


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  neoplasms of the kidneys, vagina, uterus and other internal organs.


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  Also, an erroneous result can be observed in patients who undergo treatment with hormonal drugs containing chorionic gonadotropin.

Increased hCG level

For each individual case of pregnancythe growth of hCG has its own characteristics and rates. However, according to general data, the norm of the substance in the blood should increase after every two and ten weeks of the term, increasing the intensity of production by half.

Often, the blood for pregnancy hCG in multiplane conception may show a slightly higher level of substance. But this is quite normal, because inside the womb is developing two embryos.

An unhealthy increase in the level of hCG can be noted in such cases:

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  hereditary abnormalities and fetal diseases;


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  reception of synthetic hormonal drugs during the period of bearing of the child;


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  certain diseases of the mother: delayed toxicosis or diabetes mellitus;


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  incorrectly designated term for hCG;


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  all kinds of malformations of the baby.