Patient's question:
I haven't had my period for a month. Coincidentally, I lived with my boyfriend last month and had sex again without any protection. Yesterday, I felt uneasy and bought a pregnancy test. It turns out I'm pregnant, but my lower abdomen is in pain, and it feels like an ectopic pregnancy. Can a pregnancy test detect ectopic pregnancy?Doctor's answer:
According to the situation you described, the early pregnancy test can only determine whether you are pregnant, but it cannot confirm whether it is an ectopic pregnancy or an intrauterine early pregnancy. If you want to confirm, it is recommended to go to a regular hospital gynecology and obstetrics department for a follow-up examination. The hospital needs to check with color Doppler ultrasound, and it is also necessary to measure blood hCG and progesterone level monitoring data. In addition to other necessary examinations, it is not only to confirm whether it is an ectopic pregnancy, but also to identify the cause of abdominal pain and provide symptomatic treatment.