Ever Heard Of False Positive Pregnancy Test During Menopause?
November 12, 2009 by Lynn
Filed under Menopause Symptoms
My father-in-law’s girlfriend who is 50 or so is saying she is pregnant. Says she has a positive pregnancy test. Someone said it happens in menopause because of hormone imbalance. True or false?
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she should take another test. If this is also positive she should see a doctor. She could be pregnant but there could be other causes also.
It’s not that unusual to get a false positive on a pregnancy test when you are in this hormonal/age group – concentrations of hCG in nonpregnant women increase with age and may produce false-positive pregnancy tests in nonpregnant peri- or postmenopausal women. FSH testing should be performed in women between 41 and 55 years of age with hCG concentrations between 5.0 and 14.0 IU/L. When FSH concentrations are >20 IU/L, pregnancy is unlikely.