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Re: accuracy of home pregancy tests

From: R. Daniel Braun, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 25 Aug 2000 06:42:03 -0500 (CDT)


At Thu, 24 Aug 2000, Marci wrote: >
>a few years ago I had an ectopic pregnancy. Tonight I started having
>similar soreness that I had experienced with that. I took a hpt just to
>be sure but not really thinking that I was pregnant...I just had a baby
>6 months ago and I am breastfeeding. Well, anyway, I took the test and
>there was a second line so faint I could barely see it. I was just
>wondering what the accuracy of hpt are and if there is that faint of
>line could it mean that I am really pregnant?

Possibly. Sometimes the faint line means that there is avery low level of HCG, sometimes not. In the absence of pain or bleeding, repeat the test in 48 hours if the line is obviously apparent then it is positive. If line is stil faint, contact your Physician. If line is absent then test is negative.

RDB

>Thanks for any input!

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R.Daniel Braun, MD  FACOG   FOG

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