Can Blood Pregnancy Tests show a False-Positive? Posted: 06-04-06 22:13pm
My husband had a vasectomy 6mnths ago.
Just recently i had to go to the emergency
room b/c i was having severe abdominal
pain. They did some blood work including a
blood pregnancy test and the pregnancy
test came back positive, i was shocked.
The next day i went to the local heath
department and had a urine pregnancy test
done and it came back negative, i also
bought one at the store and it was also
negative. I have a history of hemergic
ovarian cysts, and i have heard that it
may throw off the results of a pregnancy
test. Is it possible that the blood test
was wrong?
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Early Pregnancy Signs and Symptoms Answer A1034 Posted: 06-07-06 06:26am
Any medical test can give a false-positive
result. Blood pregnancy tests are usually
more precise than urine-based tests... but
anything is possible. I recommend you try
another blood pregnancy test (beta) to
double-check the results.
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