One note about false positives on home pregnancy tests:
They are rare, but false positives can happen under these circumstances:
"You may get a false-positive if you have traces of blood or protein in your urine. Various prescription drugs — including diuretics and promethazine (used to treat allergy symptoms and nausea) — also can cause a false-positive result. Using an expired or damaged test kit may have the same effect." (Source: Mayo Clinic)
Some tests are difficult to follow the instructions, and any mis-step in use ("user error") may result in a wrong result (again, usually a false negative, but a false positive is possible).
If you ever do have a positive result on a home pregnancy test, be sure to follow up with a doctor right away.
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One note about false positives on home pregnancy tests:
They are rare, but false positives can happen under these circumstances:
"You may get a false-positive if you have traces of blood or protein in your urine. Various prescription drugs — including diuretics and promethazine (used to treat allergy symptoms and nausea) — also can cause a false-positive result. Using an expired or damaged test kit may have the same effect." (Source: Mayo Clinic)
Some tests are difficult to follow the instructions, and any mis-step in use ("user error") may result in a wrong result (again, usually a false negative, but a false positive is possible).
If you ever do have a positive result on a home pregnancy test, be sure to follow up with a doctor right away.
July 19, 2009 - 7:53pmThis Comment
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