Patient's question:
My colleague has an ectopic pregnancy. She said she tested it with a pregnancy test kit. Can an ectopic pregnancy be detected with a pregnancy test kit?Doctor's answer:
Early pregnancy test strips can generally detect pregnancy around 2 weeks, but they cannot monitor data such as ectopic pregnancy. They can only diagnose pregnancy, and sometimes there may also be false positives. For diagnosing ectopic pregnancy, ultrasound is the most accurate test. If hCG is positive and no gestational sac is seen in the uterine cavity, but a gestational sac with a fetal heartbeat is observed in the fallopian tube, it is 100% ectopic pregnancy. Wishing the patient a speedy recovery!