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Is It Because Of UTI That My Pregnancy Tests Are Coming Negative ?
hello I'm a little confuseed... I'm 3 weeks late onmy period...so i'm thinking I'm pregnant ... symptoms: fatigue, tierd, and lower back pain ... I just had a physical done 2 days ago and i had urinalysis and according to the doctor my ketones, leukocytes and protein were positive... I'm not diabetic as far as I know, so I dont why my ketones were positive... i was diagnosed with a lower UTI and also a severe kidney infection.. so now I wonder if my period is late because of my illness or the pregnancy test are comming out negative because of the UTI...I had 4 preg test they were all negative... took them on different days.. such as the first week then the second week and two yesterday... they are all negative... any suggestions>>???
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Fri, 16 Jul 2010
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Hi,
Thanks for query,
As your kidney is affected, urine test for pregnancy may not give proper result so go for blood hcg test to rule out pregnancy.
For your kidney problem consult urologist as soon as possible.
Ok and bye.
Thanks for query,
As your kidney is affected, urine test for pregnancy may not give proper result so go for blood hcg test to rule out pregnancy.
For your kidney problem consult urologist as soon as possible.
Ok and bye.
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