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April 22nd, 2011

hi i wonder if u can help me?? ive been having very tender breasts for the last week and also have missed a period i no i am not pregnant as have had 2 negative tests i also have to urinate very often i do tend to get a lot of pain in my lower abdomen .i went to the gyno unit at my hospital and they put it all down to my bowels and told me to include my fibre in my diet im sure this has made no difference!can you help??

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Dr. Madhumita Avinash Paul

replied April 25th, 2011

Breasts Answer A22301

Hi,
Welcome to ehealthforum,
Your symptoms (tender breasts, missed periods, frequent urination, mood changes, abdominal cramps, changed bowel habits) could be suggestive of pregnancy. You should consider visiting your doctor/gynecologist for examination (to confirm pregnancy related changes/signs in body) and a blood/serum HCG level test (to confirm/rule out pregnancy accurately). Urine pregnancy tests usually start being positive after about 1 week of missing periods. Sometimes urine tests can show false negative results too, because urine pregnancy test kits are calibrated ones, so they show positive results only after the hormonal levels in urine have reached a certain level.
Take care.

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