Accuracy of Pregnancy Test Results during Perimenopause Posted: 01-15-06 10:00am
I need to know if perimenopausal
conditions (in regard to hormones) can
affect home pregnancy tests. Specifically,
can being perimenopausal cause a false
negative result in a hpt? I have had three
negatives, but no period since November
16. Now I do not know if my period is late
because of pregnancy or just because it
has been irregular. I cannot go to my
doctor for a blood test. This is all
secret.
Thank you.
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Menopause Answer A175 Posted: 01-23-06 21:21pm
Being perimenopausal doesn’t cause FALSE
NEGATIVE pregnancy-test results. Only
FALSE POSITIVE results are possible if you
are using some older types of
pregnancy-tests. If you are using
BETA-pregnancy-tests, false positive
test-results are not possible, too. So,
don’t worry, you are not pregnant!
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