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This type of human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) test measures the specific level of HCG in the urine. HCG is a hormone produced during pregnancy.
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Alternative NamesBeta-HCG - urine; Human chorionic gonadotropin - urine
How the test is performedAs you urinate, collect a urine sample in a special (sterile) cup. Home pregnancy tests require the test strip to be dipped into the urine sample or passed through the urine stream while urinating. Carefully follow package directions.
Usually a first-morning sample (the first time you urinate in the morning) is preferred, because it is the most concentrated.
How to prepare for the testNo special preparation is needed.
How the test will feelThe test involves normal urination into a cup or onto a stick.
Why the test is performedUrine HCG tests are a common method of determining if a woman is pregnant. The best time to test for pregnancy at home is after you miss your period.
Normal Values- The test is negative if you are not pregnant.
- The test is positive if you are pregnant.
A pregnancy test, including a properly performed home pregnancy test, is considered to be about 98% accurate. Positive results are more likely to be accurate than negative results. When the test is negative but pregnancy is still suspected, the test should be repeated in 1 week.
What the risks areThere are essentially no risks (except for "false positive" or "false negative" results).
Special considerationsDrugs that can decrease HCG measurements include diuretics and promethazine.
Drugs that can increase HCG measurements include anticonvulsants, anti-parkinsonian drugs, phenothiazine, and promethazine.
ReferencesWebster RA. Reproductive function and pregnancy. In: McPherson RA, Pincus MR, eds. Henry's Clinical Diagnosis and Management by Laboratory Methods. 21st ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2006:chap 25.
Morrison LJ. General approach to the pregnancy patient. In: Marx J, ed. Rosen's Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice. 6th ed. St Philadelphia, Pa: Mosby Elsevier; 2006:chap 176.
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∙ 12y agoThis type of human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) test measures the specific level of HCG in the urine. HCG is a hormone produced during pregnancy.
See also:
Alternative NamesBeta-HCG - urine; Human chorionic gonadotropin - urine
How the test is performedAs you urinate, collect a urine sample in a special (sterile) cup. Home pregnancy tests require the test strip to be dipped into the urine sample or passed through the urine stream while urinating. Carefully follow package directions.
Usually a first-morning sample (the first time you urinate in the morning) is preferred, because it is the most concentrated.
How to prepare for the testNo special preparation is needed.
How the test will feelThe test involves normal urination into a cup or onto a stick.
Why the test is performedUrine HCG tests are a common method of determining if a woman is pregnant. The best time to test for pregnancy at home is after you miss your period.
Normal Values- The test is negative if you are not pregnant.
- The test is positive if you are pregnant.
A pregnancy test, including a properly performed home pregnancy test, is considered to be about 98% accurate. Positive results are more likely to be accurate than negative results. When the test is negative but pregnancy is still suspected, the test should be repeated in 1 week.
What the risks areThere are essentially no risks (except for "false positive" or "false negative" results).
ReferencesMorrison LJ. General approach to the pregnant patient. In: Marx JA, Hockberger RS, Walls RM, et al, eds. Rosen's Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice. 7th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Mosby Elsevier; 2009:chap 175.
Reviewed ByReview Date: 11/21/2010
Linda J. Vorvick, MD, Medical Director, MEDEX Northwest Division of Physician Assistant Studies, University of Washington, School of Medicine; and Susan Storck, MD, FACOG, Chief, Eastside Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound, Redmond, Washington; Clinical Teaching Faculty, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Washington School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
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What hormone does a urine pregnancy test detect?
A urine pregnancy test detects hCG, or human chorionic gonadotropin.
How it is possible for some one to test negative on a simple urine test and positive on the standard test?
Pregnancy tests measure the level of hcg in your body. When you are pregnant, and as your pregnancy progresses, your hcg level rises. When you take a urine pregnancy test and it comes back negative, the level of hcg is not high enough to register on the test. When the quantitative serum pregnancy test is positive, it is a more acurate reading of how far along in your pregnancy you actually are.
What type of pregnancy test is serum pregnancy test?
A serum pregnancy test is a blood test performed in a physician's office or laboratory to get quantitative hCG. A "triple screen" is a blood test for hCG, AFP, and uE3. The other type of pregnancy test is an over-the-counter test which examines urine for the presence of hCG.
What does ethanol quant and hcg qual urine mean?
Ethanol is another word used to describe alcohol and quant would be a shorthand word for quantity. Hcg's formal word is Human Chorionic Gonadotropin, and qual is another shorthand term meaning qualitative. Those are test results expressed in terms of the presence or absence of a property or condition. Both of these tests require urine.
What happens when a man pees on a home pregnancy test?
Nothing. It comes as pregnancy negative. Pregnancy test relies on the presence of Beta HCG in the urine for the detection of pregnancy. It is absent in normal healthy male.
What is trace in urine during pregnancy?
There is a hormone that can be traced in your urine when you are pregnant, and that is called the HCG hormone. Advanced pregnancy tests can detect this hormone & what percentage of the HCG hormone that is in your urine.
What hormone is present in urine if pregnant?
hcg
How do you know about pregnancy in urine test in lab?
When a human female is pregnant, she starts to generate a hormone called hCG (human choriogonadotropin). It is specific to a pregnant female as it is made in the placenta, and it is excreted in the urine. Most labs will run an hCG test on all urine samples as part of the standard urinalysis.
Is HCG measured in the urine or blood?
pregnancy test
What is the effect of albumin in urine on pregnant women?
hcg
How do you make hcg?
Get pregnant. Or extract it from a pregnant woman's urine.
What does it mean if The hospital report has urine HCG circled?
hCG in urine is often indicative of pregnancy. They would have circled it because of the possible issues with certain medications/treatments during pregnancy.
What does hCG mean?
'Hcg' means hormone produced early in pregnancy by the placenta; detection in the urine and serum is the basis for one kind of pregnancy test
What is the medical term HCG is measured in urine or blood?
pregnancy test
What hormone does a urine pregnancy test detect?
A urine pregnancy test detects hCG, or human chorionic gonadotropin.
HCG is measured in urine or blood?
The presence or absecne of HCG (human chorionic gonadotropin) can be measured in both the urine and in blood. Quantitative analysis (showing the rising levels of HCG as pregnancy progresses) can only be done in blood.
Can a lab urine pregnancy test be wrong?
The lab urine tests looks for the presence of HCG (a pregnancy hormone) in your urine. if you get a positive- the only way it's wrong is if you've taken HCG containing medications (for infertility treatments) or if you have a tumor that is producing HCG-very rare. if you get a negative- the test could be wrong if it was done too early after ovulation, you could be pregnant, but not producing enough HCG to show up in a test. ~pawsalmighty
