Can an ectopic pregnancy test paper detect pregnancy?

For women, ectopic pregnancy is a very scary disease, because if the disease is not discovered in the early stage, once the ectopic pregnancy ruptures and internal bleeding occurs, the patient's life may be lost. So, can ectopic pregnancy be detected by early pregnancy test strips?

The doctor said that early pregnancy test strips are not omnipotent. They can only detect whether you are pregnant, but cannot detect ectopic pregnancy. For ectopic pregnancy, the best way to diagnose it now is to check it through B-ultrasound.

Early pregnancy test strips can only confirm whether you are pregnant, but they cannot determine the type of pregnancy. In other words, they cannot distinguish whether it is an intrauterine pregnancy or an ectopic pregnancy.

The early pregnancy test strips detect the HCG hormone in the urine. HCG is produced by trophoblasts and is a hormone unique to the bodies of pregnant women. It is not easy to detect in the urine of non-pregnant women. If there is HCG hormone in the urine, the early pregnancy test strips will show a positive result. The early pregnancy test strips determine whether you are pregnant by testing for the presence of this hormone.

In recent years, the incidence of ectopic pregnancy has been very high. In order to ensure the safety of women, the identification of ectopic pregnancy needs to be confirmed after going to the hospital for B-ultrasound. It is necessary to see whether the embryo implantation site of the gestational sac is in the uterus to make a diagnosis. If we know that we are pregnant through the test but don't know whether it is an ectopic pregnancy, it is best to go to the hospital for a check-up.

In addition, early pregnancy test strips are not 100% accurate. For example, a positive reaction may occur in pathological conditions such as ectopic pregnancy, hydatidiform mole or choriocarcinoma. Moreover, although early pregnancy test strips are said to have 99% accuracy, without the guidance of a doctor, the general test results can only achieve an accuracy rate of 50%-75%. Therefore, not only can early pregnancy test strips not determine whether it is an ectopic pregnancy, but sometimes they cannot even accurately determine whether a woman is pregnant.