Pregnancy Test Pack

Test pack is a tool commonly used to detect pregnancy. A pregnancy test is based on elevated levels of the hormone hCG (human Chorionic Gonadotropin) in urine or serum. The hormone hCG is increased in pregnant women due to the formation of the placenta surrounding the embryo. HCG levels in non-pregnant women on average only 5%, whereas the hCG levels in pregnant women increased dramatically to reach 150,000%.

That's what caused the drastic increase in hCG levels suitable for use as evidence of pregnancy. HCG levels in serum and urine of a woman is usually in the same concentration. HCG hormones began to be formed by the body immediately after fertilization to occur and will increase very rapidly until the age of three months of pregnancy.



When should a woman to detect pregnancy? In women with regular menstrual cycles, pregnancy tests should be performed if menstruation delayed for one week. In women with irregular menstrual cycles, pregnancy tests can be done 1 or 2 weeks after conception. Use the test pack with a high sensitivity level, which can detect at least 20mIU/ml that the results obtained by accurate detection of pregnancy. At 1-4 weeks of gestation in the urine hCG levels will range between 45-200 mIU / ml.
Test pack is one of the first step in the process of pregnancy detection is easily available at pharmacies or pregnancy clinic closest to the price varies depending on the brand of test pack is used. Test packs are generally rod-shaped with a slit or hole to put a sample of urine and comes with a pipette aids. How does the test pack? Pipetted the urine of pregnant women with a pipette aids then dropped into the slot located in the trunk test pack.
Gaps are usually equipped with a membrane that will pass the hormone hCG in urine samples. A good test packs are usually equipped with a color change indicator which indicates the reaction across the membrane hCG has been completed to perfection. If all of hCG in the urine has passed through the membrane, there will be clues one / two lines, or signs plus and minus (+ / -), or check (depending on the brand of test pack is used) which is the result of detection of pregnancy.