In many pharmacies, early pregnancy test strips are basically available. If a woman has sexual intercourse and does not use contraception, she can use early pregnancy test strips to test whether she is pregnant when her menstrual cycle is delayed. However, interested women are not very familiar with the interpretation of early pregnancy test strips. So, if the early pregnancy test strip is one deep and one shallow, is it pregnancy?
Is early pregnancy test paper one deep and one shallow enough to indicate pregnancy
Generally speaking, two clear red lines indicate a positive test result, which means pregnancy. If there is only one red line, it means HCG is negative, indicating no pregnancy. If one early pregnancy test strip is deep and the other is shallow, it may be because the test strip is not obvious shortly after pregnancy, but it cannot be certain that one early pregnancy test strip is deep and shallow, indicating pregnancy. Because there are many factors that can cause the test results to show two red lines, one deep and one shallow, women undergoing pregnancy tests need to determine based on their specific circumstances.
How to read early pregnancy test strips
1. Negative: A purple red line (control line C) appears in the test area, indicating non pregnancy.
2. Positive: Two purple red lines (control line C and detection line T) appear in the testing area, indicating pregnancy. The color intensity of the detection line varies with the concentration of HCG at different stages of pregnancy.
3. Invalid: If there is no purple red line in the testing area or only one purple red line (detection line T line) appears in the testing area, it indicates that the detection is lost or the test paper is invalid, and the test should be retested.
The editor suggests that if you are not very familiar with the use process of early pregnancy test strips, it is best to read the user manual or consult the relevant staff of the pharmacy directly before the pregnancy test. In addition, sometimes the time of conception is relatively short and cannot be detected by early pregnancy test strips. You can retest a few days later or go directly to the hospital to check your HCG level.
