Test Pack is a tool commonly used to detect pregnancy. A pregnancy test carried out on the basis of 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 that surrounds the embryo. HCG levels in non-pregnant women on average only 5%, whereas the hCG levels in pregnant women has increased dramatically to 150,000%.
That causes a drastic increase of hCG levels suitable for use as a guide pregnancy. HCG levels in serum and urine of a woman is usually located in the same concentration. The hormone hCG was established 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 degree of sensitivity, which can detect at least 20mIU/ml for the results obtained by the 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 detection of pregnancy easily available in pharmacy or clinic nearest pregnancy rates vary depending on the brand of test pack is used. Test pack generally rod-shaped with a crack or hole to put a urine sample and fitted with a pipette aids. How does the test pack? Urine from pregnant women with a pipette aids dipipet then dropped into the gap found in the trunk test pack.
Cracks are usually equipped with a membrane which will pass the hormone hCG in urine samples. A good test pack is usually equipped with a color change indicator which signifies hCG reaction across the membrane has been completed perfectly. If all of hCG in urine has passed through the membrane, there will be clues one / two lines, or signs plus and minus (+/-), or a check (depending on the brand of test pack is used) which is the result of detection of pregnancy.
