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Re: PREGNANCY: Miscarriage with hCG level confusion
From: ang7633 (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun, 28 Oct 2007 08:20:01 -0500 (CDT)
Thank you very much for your response. I will certainly get things
re=evaluated first thing tomorrow morning.
At Sat, 27 Oct 2007, William F. von Almen, II, MD, FACOG wrote:
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>Ang
>
>No, this does not make sense. Your reconing is correct, most urine preg
>tests do detect levels starting at 25 mIU/ml. Thus, it makes no sense
>your blood level would be only 3mIU. I think you need serial hcg levels
>(every 48-72 hours, done at the same lab at the same time of day) to
>figure this out. Hope this helps...Dr. von Almen
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>At Sat, 27 Oct 2007, ang7633 wrote:
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>>Hoping for someone to clear up a little confusion I'm having-
>>
>>I was 7 weeks pregnant when i went to the ER yesterday with severe lower
>>back pain and naseau. They ran a beta and came back into my room with
>>sad news that I had suffered a miscarriage and that my hCG levels were
>>only 3 mIU.
>>
>>My OB/Gyn had ran a beta to confirm pregancy a week prior to my trip to
>>the ER and that beta was obviously high enough to confirm the pregnancy.
>>Unfortunately, I do not know what the levels were at that time.
>>
>>Here's my issue: Beginning the day before yesterday (the day before my
>>trip to the ER)the naseau, food aversion, vomiting began. I attributed
>>this to 'morning sickness' at the time. So now here I am the day after
>>I returned from the ER and continue to have food aversion & naseau. So
>>for grins, my husband mentioned that maybe I should take the pregancy
>>test that I had.
>>I took the test and it was obviously positive.
>>So here's my question- does it make sense that the ER doc says that my
>>levels were only 3 mIU but I just got a positive urine test with a
>>sensitivity of 25 mIU and higher? Am I missing something?
>>
>>I appreciate any input you can provide. My OB is out of town for
>>another week so I'm not sure how quickly I'd get any info from him.
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>William F. von Almen, II, MD, FACOG
>Private Practice
>New Orleans, La.
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