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Beckman Coulter 33556 Access Progesterone Calibrator S0

$41.77

Brand: Beckman Coulter
Article Number: 33556
Package Size: 1 x 4.0 mL
Test Name: Progesterone
SKU: 33556 Category:

Description

Beckman Coulter 33556 Access Progesterone Calibrator S0 (Progesterone Test) Specifications:

Beckman Coulter 33556 Access Progesterone Calibrator S0 (Progesterone Test): INTENDED USE

The Access Progesterone Calibrator S0 is intended for use with the Access Progesterone assay to dilute patient samples containing analyte concentrations greater than the analyte specific S5 calibrator.

Beckman Coulter 33556 Access Progesterone Calibrator S0 (Progesterone Test): SUMMARY AND EXPLANATION

The analyte level in patient samples may exceed the level of the specific S5 calibrator. If a quantitative value is required, it will be necessary to dilute the samples in order to determine the analyte concentration.

Beckman Coulter 33556 Access Progesterone Calibrator Progesterone Test S0
Beckman Coulter 33556 Access Progesterone Calibrator Progesterone Test S0

A progesterone test is a blood test that measures a hormone called progesterone.

Progesterone is important in pregnancy. It prepares your body to support a fertilized egg. If you’re pregnant, progesterone also triggers your breasts to make milk.

Progesterone helps control your period, too. Generally, progesterone levels go up each month when you ovulate and your body is ready to get pregnant. If you don’t get pregnant, progesterone goes back down and triggers your period. If you get pregnant, progesterone will keep going up. In pregnancy, progesterone is about 10 times its normal level.

By itself, a progesterone test isn’t enough to diagnose any particular problem. But it could help, along with other tests. You might also use a home urine test for progesterone to see when you ovulate and are most likely to get pregnant.

Progesterone Test Uses
Your doctor may use a progesterone test to:

  • Find out why you aren’t getting pregnant when you’re trying
  • Check if and when you are ovulating
  • Check whether you’re at high risk of miscarriage during pregnancy
  • Monitor a high-risk pregnancy
  • Diagnose an ectopic pregnancy, when a fertilized egg implants outside your womb

Progesterone levels don’t fluctuate regularly. This would be determined through multiple tests. If the tests show that your progesterone levels don’t rise and fall on a monthly basis the way they should, you may not be ovulating or having regular periods. This could make it harder to get pregnant.

Low levels of progesterone. This could depend on what point in your cycle the test was done. If the test shows a lower than normal level of progesterone, it could be because:

Your ovaries aren’t working the way they should, or you didn’t ovulate
Possible unusual pregnancy