What does a weak positive result on an early pregnancy test mean?

Early pregnancy test strips are the first choice for many women to confirm whether they are pregnant or not. However, most of the time when women use them, when the absolute results of negative and positive are obtained, there is another result. The early pregnancy test strips show one dark and one light, which is clinically called a weak positive result. At this time, the possibility of pregnancy should be highly considered. Then the editor will explain to you in detail the weak positive result of the early pregnancy test paper.

What does a weak positive on an early pregnancy test mean?

Generally speaking, if the pregnancy test is negative, it means you are not pregnant; if it is positive, it means you are pregnant; if it is weakly positive, it means you may be pregnant. A weak positive result means that the color band in the detection area of ​​the early pregnancy test paper only appears faintly.

1. Even if the pregnancy test paper shows a weak positive result, it is possible that you are not pregnant. Weak positive results on early pregnancy tests before menstruation are common in clinical practice. If you are worried, generally wait for about 5 days after the menstrual period, and then use the test paper to test the first urine in the morning. If the early pregnancy test paper still shows a weak positive phenomenon at this time, the possibility of pregnancy is 90%. If you are still worried, you can go to the hospital for an ultrasound examination to confirm the diagnosis.

2. A weak positive result on an early pregnancy test does not mean 100% pregnancy. Because some tumor cells, such as hydatidiform mole, choriocarcinoma, bronchial carcinoma and renal cancer, can also secrete HCG.

3. If the pregnancy test paper always shows weak positive results, it may be caused by improper use of the pregnancy test paper. If the operation is confirmed to be correct, but the result of the early pregnancy test is weak positive, it may be that the pregnancy has just begun and the HCG level in the body is generally low. It is best to let the sample to be tested stand for more than 3 minutes, and be sure to carefully identify whether it is a weak positive.

Many types of early pregnancy test strips indicate that women can do a pregnancy self-test one day after missing their normal menstrual period. In fact, not all pregnant women secrete human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) at the same rate and in the same amount.

The above is an introduction and precautions about the weak positive result on the early pregnancy test paper. In addition, do not use expired or damp test paper, because chemical reagents will lose their effectiveness over time or due to moisture, so pay attention to the production date when purchasing. To get the correct results, the editor recommends that you take the test when your period is two weeks late.