Anti-HCG+β

Human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) is a hormone produced during pregnancy by the placenta. The hormone is essential for the normal course of pregnancy, as well as for the proper growth and development of the child throughout the entire period of intrauterine development.

The beta fragment of HCG is a specific component of the hormone that is unique to HCG, while the alpha fragment is common to several other hormones. Antibodies to beta HCG are autoantibodies of the body's immune system, which perceives the hormone as a foreign invader that must be destroyed. In such an autoimmune disease, there is destruction and, as a consequence, a decrease in the amount of circulating HCG in the bloodstream.

The clinical performance of the disease is manifested only during pregnancy, when the body especially acutely feels the deficiency of HCG. If the antibody concentration is high, a woman cannot get pregnant because the embryo implantation process is impaired. If the antibody titer is medium, spontaneous abortion is possible. Low levels of anti-HCG rarely cause abortion, but the process of intrauterine development of the fetus is slowed down.