WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for May, 1997: Re: negative pregnancy test

Re: negative pregnancy test

From: Joel (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 12 May 1997 10:22:40 +0200

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Noelle Haland wrote: >
> At Fri, 9 May 1997, Joel wrote:
>
> >I'm not used with US tests, but I understand you are using HOME tests.
> >In France, these tests are known not to be very sensitive. So, I
> >should have a blood pregnancy test. It's the only one you can be sure
> >with.
>
> My midwives and OBs have told me that the home urine tests manufactured
> nowadays (in the U.S. at least) are as reliable as the urine tests done
> in the office (approaching something like 99% accuracy if positive) --
> often they are the same brands. False negatives are far more frequent
> than false positives.
>
> They also told me that blood serum tests are useful for quantifying how
> much beta-hCG is in your blood (to help determine if a pregnancy is
> progressing properly early on) and that a blood serum test will pick up
> the beta-hCG about 4-5 days before a urine test would, home urine or
> office urine test. After several days, a urine test *should* register
> positive if beta-hCG is present in high enough amounts.
>
> I have heard that some pregnancies NEVER show up as positive on urine or
> blood tests, though......does anyone know if this is true??
>
> --
> Noelle Haland
> Mommy to Ethan Theodore, s/b 12/2/96 at 31 weeks
> and "little bean" due 11/7/97

I've not the same results. Home urine tests are sensitive around 80%. Blood tests 95 % and rate of HCG 99 %. So, If I really want to know, I'll evaluate the rate ! You better do it, I think.

Note this are fr french tests, but most or reactives are international..

--
Joel Kompanietz, M.D. CNGOF,
OBGYN.net International Representative, France
Mazamet, France

http://www.obgyn.net/country/i-bios/joelk.htm

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