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can a preg test give a false pregnancy test result?

can a preg test give a false pregnancy test result?

I started to feel pregnant the day after i had sex and had not missed my period yet. this has happened with my first child. I took a home pregnancy test which came back positive. A week later I went to the emergancy room thinking I was having a miscarriage. The doctor did a urine and blood test one me and both came back negative. I was told I had a vaginal bleeding dysfunction but never told what that means. the bleeding stopped but I still felt pregnant so i took a second pregnancy test and it came back positive. is it possible that i am pregnant or did i get a false positive result on my test?
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The blood test the doctor took was for pregnancy? If yes I would say it is more accurate than HPT,  Are you on any hormone supplements? This maybe could give a false posititive
What does feeling pregnant mean to you? Sometimes symptoms of one thing can also be symptoms of another
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When I got pregnant my doctor told me that a pregnancy test will never give a false acurate unless its expired. they only give false positives. i dont know if thats true or not but i'll take her word for it. you should probably ask your doctor for another blood test. Good luck to you!!
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The old home pregnancy test where good at giving false postives. The test now days detect the pregnancy horome and that how you get a postive.  There is a medical condition that could give you a false postive but it is extremely rare, its a tumor in the uterus, I would ask your ob/gyn about it.
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