Man's positive pregnancy test leads to cancer diagnosis

[Jazzy]

Reddit users may have helped another man solve a medical mystery that might have saved his life.

A Reddit user submitted a web comic known as a rage comic detailing his male friend's experience of trying his ex-girlfriend's unused pregnancy test as a joke. He was shocked when the result came back positive.

While the user intended the story to be amusing, others pointed out that the false positive test could be a sign of testicular cancer. One of the main chemicals that testicular cancers produce is beta human chorionic gonadotrophin (beta-HCG). The hormone is also produced in women by developing placenta, certain types of ovarian cancer, trophoblastic tumor (a fast growing uterine cancer) and by hydatidiform moles, a mole that grows inside the uterus during pregnancy, according to the National Institutes of Health.

People who have this hormone in their body when they urinate on a home pregnancy test will likely get a positive result. Blood tests can also identify if a person has this hormone in their bloodstream.

The original poster told his friend what the online users had said, and he got tested. The poster reported back, and said it turned out that his friend had a small tumor in one of his testicles. Because it was found so early, the cancer could be treated immediately.

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Very lucky guy.

 

[Evil Eye]

Imagine that.
Lucky indeed.