In order to correctly assess the detected hormone level, it is necessary for a doctor to decipher its values. There may be normal, increased, or decreased results.
Norm.
For women outside pregnancy and men, hCG is not higher than 5 mIU/ml. It is considered normal if it is not detected at all. If conception occurs, then hCG levels increase, and by the 10th week they begin to decrease.
If a woman takes a test to determine pregnancy, then if data is received in the range from 5 to 25 units, the result is considered doubtful. So she needs to repeat it in two days.
Promoted.
Outside of pregnancy, men have high test results when:
• development of a tumor from the tissue of the embryonic membrane;
• neoplasms of the gonads, uterus, internal organs;
• spontaneous miscarriage, abortion (up to 5 days);
• use of drugs with hCG (there are also dietary supplements with this hormone).
During the period of bearing a child, exceeding the indicators indicates the likelihood of:
• there is more than one fetus in the uterus (the hormone increases in proportion to their number);
• incorrect assessment of the period of conception;
• use of progesterone for preservation;
• toxicosis (early or late);
• diabetes mellitus in women;
• fetal developmental anomalies, genetic disorders (for example, Down syndrome, Edwards syndrome).
Demoted.
It only matters during pregnancy. Dysfunction of the placenta leads to insufficient formation of hCG.
This condition is extremely dangerous, its causes include:
• fixation of the fertilized egg outside the uterine cavity;
• cessation of development or death of the fetus;
• the likelihood of spontaneous miscarriage (hormone levels drop by more than half);
• insufficient blood flow through the placenta;
• post-term pregnancy.