can you get a wrong positive result on a pregnancytest?

Question

i have done a pregnancy test and the result is positive could this result be wrong

Answer 1

Trust me on this one.
You can get a false negative result from a pregnancy test but not a false positive.
Pregnancy tests check for just one hormone, Beta Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (bHCG). This hormone is only present in urine when a woman is pregnant.
The testing kit will ask for the the first morning 'wee' of the day and the levels of bHCG will be at there highest at this time. This is to prevent false negative results.
I understand that this might be a very happy or perhaps worrying time for you depending on your circumstances.
Seek out your G.P. or midwife as soon as possible to offer you impartial and understanding advice however you may feel.
I really hope that this is helpful. Good luck and best wishes.

Answer 2

The answer is simply YES you can.If the pregnancy test comes back negative it can most definately be posotive and ocassionally the opposite way around. You can also continue with menstruating whist pregnant.
The most common reason a pregnancy test will come back negative (when posotive) is due to the fact that the sample tested is not the first one in the morning or the fact that u have only just concieved. In the latter case u may need another test a week or two later.
Should a pregnacy test come back posotive (when actually negative) this is very often due to either a mix up at the lab or a phantom pregnancy where all the symtoms of pregnancy are displayed. The cause of this is usually because u desparately want a baby - normally after trying to concieve for many yrs. In these cases only a routine scan will determine pregnancy.
Although continuing to menstruate whist pregnant is not common it does happen in quite a few pregnancies although spotting during pregnancy is common.
I notice u say that you have done a pregnacy test, from this i assume it was one of the ones now available over the counter at chemists. Most chemists today do a pregnancy testing service which is the same as that u would be given at your drs. and is around half the price in cost. Should u wish to repeat your test this way make sure u take an early morning sample to be tested.
Howerever, there is a downside to both home pregnacy kits and those done by a pharmacist, your doctor cannot accept either as prove of pregnancy. It is general practice that ur own GP has to do the test whatever the outcome. Therefore, should u require another repeat test i would go directly to your own GP. This will save u both money and u will have a test that your doctor can accept.
Remember, if over 16 yrs of age your results and med records are confidentially and cannot be disclosed unless u wish them to be.

Answer 3

Highly unlikely. Falso negatives are more likely than false positives. The tests are amazingly accurate. Congratulations!

Answer 4

as far as I know most of them test for a hormone that is present when pregnant so if the hormone is not present your ar not pregnant however for the test to detect the hormone when it is not there I believe it is unlikely more likely to test negative when it should be positive, but not the other way around....best is to test your first wee in the morning....good luck

Answer 5

YES, It depends on pregtest u use, sensitivity and specificity of various kit varies from 97% to 99%, so to prevent false nagetive or positive results, you can use two or three different brand kit, because each has different sensitivity and specificity

Answer 6

frequently NO, being pregnant try are very precise lately. i understand in case you do not use first morning urnine from time to time the traces will come out somewhat faint mine did. yet i ought to assert your pregnant, call you ob and set an appt to verify. yet I easily have under no circumstances had a try be incorrect with me

Answer 7

only time there wrong is if you read it after 10 minutes plus if you test b4 period late if you want to test again in the morning with 1st morning wee

Answer 8

normally if its wrong it is the other way round...says you are not pregnant when you are. But get another one done in a few weeks to make sure

Answer 9

i thought that just in case and the doctor told me that it is very unlikely to be incorrect, the doctor was right it was postitive. Might be best to do another one just to be sure.

Answer 10

some of them arent very accurate but i'd cut down on any smokes or alcohal just in case...