Blood Hcg, Beta, Serum Test Showed Positive And Abn: A Units: Miu/ml Negative <6. Concerned

Posted on Fri, 16 Nov 2012

Question: Hi,
just had a blood hcg, beta, subunit, qual, serum done, the results show Positive (Abn: A) Units: miu/ml Negative <6. Im 4 1/2 weeks pregnant and very concerned this test is showing me that something is wrong. Can you please help?

Answered by Dr. Timothy Raichle (2 hours later)

Hello, I would be happy to help you with your question.

There are two types of blood pregnancy tests. One is "qualitative" and the result is either positive or negative. The other is a "quantitative" and gives an actual level of pregnancy hormone.

The way that you reported your answer above, the result is "positive" which is what you would expect if you are pregnant. It just confirms what you already know. It does not indicate a problem.

I hope this helps!

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Timothy Raichle (18 minutes later)

Hello Dr Raichie,

Thank you! I'm still very worried about the Negative <6 for the miu/ml. can you please explain that? all the hcg's ive seen on the internet are saying my numbers should be much higher than 6?

Answered by Dr. Timothy Raichle (40 minutes later)

It appears that the result is just saying that <6 is the cutoff for negative. It is NOT the result. The result was "positive".

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar