Cheap pregnancy test, is it as reliable as expensive one

It is general feeling among folk that any thing that costly is of better in terms of quality which is not true always.

Some things are costly because of its quality, while some other things are costly not because of the quality but because of the brand name or good will. One may wonder in case of pregnancy test, is the cheap pregnancy test reliable or not. Let have discussion on this here.

Do brand names matter

Yes the brand names really matters. The home pregnancy test kit, if carries a popular brand name the cost of it certainly more. In some case the difference is several dollars. Hence in one come to know what really pushes the price of a test kit, then can be wary.

One must understand that the cheap pregnancy test also works in the same the expensive one work. The only difference is the reliability, which is more in expensive or popular tests.

The basis of the home pregnancy test is the detection of pregnancy hormone, HCG. This hormone produced by the placenta when the embryo attaches itself to the uterine wall.

This hormone can be detected in the blood and urine from the day of its production.
The pregnancy hormone level almost doubles with every additional day.

The pregnancy hormone is measured in international units. Most of the pregnancy tests can detect the pregnancy hormone when its level reaches 25 - 100 m IU range. But only first response pregnancy test can detect the pregnancy hormone even when its level is 12.5 m IU.

The home pregnancy test, EPT can detect the pregnancy hormone when the level is 40 m IU but the Wal-Mart store brand equate can detect the pregnancy hormone even when the level is 25 m IU. EPT is highly reliable but bit more costly than the Equate home pregnancy test kit.

There are two types of equate home pregnancy tests in equate in which one can detect the pregnancy hormone at 25 m IU level and the other one can detect the hormone at 100 m IU level , hence one must be careful while purchasing the right test he wants.

What to look for

When one goes for purchasing a home pregnancy test kit, he will be baffled as there won’t be any instruction on top of the box regarding the capacity of the test in terms of detecting the pregnancy level.

The information regarding the capacity of the test [detection level of hormone] can be got from internet. Hence just because the test kit is costly one should not assume that that kit will detect the hormone at lower level so that you can get the results quickly

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