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A 19-year-old female asked:

I took two home pregnancy test both showed up positive but one line is darker than the other, does that mean something is wrong with my hcg levels?

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Dr. Gurmukh Singhanswered

Pathology 51 years experience

Not likely: The two lines need not be of the same intensity as these are due to different reagents and only one is due to hcg.

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