Is the pregnancy test stick accurate?

Pregnancy test sticks are something that women love and hate. The feelings expressed are different in different situations. After getting married, they definitely hope to be able to use pregnancy test sticks, but for unmarried women, of course they don’t want to have the opportunity to use this thing. I believe that needless to say, everyone must know what pregnancy test sticks are used for. You may have guessed it from the literal meaning of the word "commercial". Now, most normal adult women should have used pregnancy test sticks.

However, many women will have some doubts after using the pregnancy test stick. Most women are wondering whether the pregnancy test stick is accurate. You have to know that if it is inaccurate, it may easily lead to other things. Therefore, the accuracy of the pregnancy test stick is also a crucial issue. Today I will introduce you to pregnancy test sticks.

The accuracy rate of pregnancy test sticks from regular brands is about 85% to 95%... First of all, we need to clarify some issues. Ovulation occurs around the 14th day of the menstrual cycle. Assuming fertilization is successful at this time, it will take at least 6 or 7 days for the fertilized egg to produce HCG. Pregnancy test sticks are determined by testing urine HCG. HCG actually starts to be secreted in large quantities after the fertilized egg implants, and the syncytial trophoblast begins to secrete large amounts of HCG. It takes at least 11 days for the fertilized egg to implant. So, the earliest is 6 days. If you want more accuracy, wait until 11 days, as it will be more accurate then. You can make your own guess. The pregnancy (positive) result can be read after 1 minute (30 seconds at the fastest), which means that if two lines are clearly shown after 1 minute of testing, it indicates a pregnancy (positive) result and there is no need to wait for 3 minutes before reading. The result of not being pregnant must be confirmed after 3 minutes. This is because in the early stages of pregnancy, the HCG hormone content in the urine is very low, and a weakly positive result may appear during the test. The weakly positive result may not be displayed after 1 minute. As the reaction time increases, it will take 3 minutes for two lines to appear. At this time, the appearance of two lines should still be interpreted as a pregnancy (positive) result. If there is still only one control line after 3 minutes, it can be judged as a not being pregnant (negative) result. The result after 5 minutes is invalid! This is because the result within 5 minutes is used as the experimental basis for designing products. The result after more than 5 minutes or even longer is not clear. Some people may have a false positive result. This result does not represent the actual situation.

The above is an introduction to whether the pregnancy test stick is accurate. In fact, most of the pregnancy test sticks sold in many pharmacies are very accurate. However, although the pregnancy test stick can be used to detect whether the pregnancy is pregnant, it does not mean that it is 100% infallible. Therefore, after using the pregnancy test stick to detect pregnancy, it is still better to go to the hospital for examination to see whether it is accurate.