Difference Between Urine and Blood Pregnancy Tests
Urine vs blood pregnancy tests
Introduction–
Pregnancy tests are done to determine the levels of HCG (human chorionic gonadotropin), a hormone that is secreted by the placenta during pregnancy.
HCG plays a very vital role in maintaining pregnancy. The urine pregnancy test (UPT) and the blood pregnancy tests both confirms that a woman is pregnant by detecting this hormone in a women’s urine or blood sample respectively.
Differences in technique–
The blood pregnancy test is done in a laboratory.