Patient's question:
I seem to have read somewhere in a book that it is possible to detect ectopic pregnancy based on hCG levels. I'd like to understand, how many cases of ectopic pregnancy are there when hCG levels are high?Doctor's answer:
The lowest value is not about how much it is higher, but it is about ectopic pregnancy. It is necessary to have time for your own careful examination, and at the same time, you need to check the doubling speed next. If the value is very low, and the doubling speed is also very poor, then ectopic pregnancy should be considered. If the value is low, but the doubling speed is good, this can only be said to be possibly due to a later delivery time and cannot be trusted to be ectopic pregnancy. So, the high or low value alone cannot prove anything.