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Does Pregnancy Affect STD Tests?

Posted on Wed, 15 Jun 2016

Question: does being pregnant affect std testing -- would the test come back inconclusive because I'm pregnant

Answered by Dr. Shafi Ullah Khan (10 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Pregnancy does not affect STDs

Detailed Answer:
Thank you for asking

I read your question and i understand your concern. Pregnancy does not affect STD tests and its still done in first prenatal visit you pay to a doctor, they run all STDs scans and the results are not inconclusive and not tampered by pregnancy.

Most of the STDs are treatable with oral antibiotics even with pregnancy. Talk to your ObGyn and let them decide what is best for you.

I hope it helps. Take good care of yourself and dont forget to close the discussion please.

Regards
Khan

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

Follow up: Dr. Shafi Ullah Khan (2 days later)

Hello. I'm a 43 year old woman with my tubes tide. What are the chances of me getting pregnant

Answered by Dr. Shafi Ullah Khan (7 hours later)

Brief Answer:
less likely

Detailed Answer:
Thank you for getting back to me

with bilateral tubal ligation, odds of pregnancy are nil unless the tubes have spontaneously recanalized the chances of which are one in thousands of cases. So no worries. Age of 43 itself is difficulty to get pregnant.

Regards
Khan

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