Delayed Periods. Urine Pregnancy Test Positive. Beta HCG Shows Negative. Am I Pregnant?
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I have seen your reports and both reports are showing a positive pregnancy test. The urine test for pregnancy is positive and the serum test reports also corresponds to 3278 mIU/ml which is also positive for pregnancy. 35 days after your last menstrual period or the 5th week of your pregnancy the levels should be between 18 to 7,340 mIU/ml.
However blood hCG levels are not very helpful to test for the viability of the pregnancy if the hCG level are above 6,000 and/or after 6-7 weeks of the pregnancy. Instead, to test the health of the pregnancy better, a sonogram should be done to confirm the presence of a fetal heart beat.
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Thanks for the quick and positive response. Just a small query. The biological ref. range states <5 and reference range below shows <5 for non pregnant or premenopausal. Please explain the same.
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Thanks for writing back to me. A blood serum level of less than 5 mIU/ml (5 IU/L) can be considered negative and anything above 25 mIU/ml (25 IU/L) positive for pregnancy. Hence we take the reference range of HCG for pregnancy as 5 mIU/ml.
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