Patient's question:
I had an abortion surgery three days ago, but the pregnancy test still shows pregnancy. What's going on with the pregnancy test still showing pregnancy after the abortion?Doctor's answer:
After a woman becomes pregnant, the hormones in her body will change again, leading to the excretion of progesterone. Using early pregnancy test strips for testing will show a positive result. After an abortion, the body will no longer excrete progesterone, but the residual progesterone in the body needs a process to be completely eliminated. If an early pregnancy test strip is used for testing three days after an abortion, it will still show a positive result, which is a normal physiological phenomenon. Under normal circumstances, it will no longer show a positive result if tested seven days after an abortion.