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On rare occasions you can encounter a false positive due to improper testing, expired pregnancy tests, rare medical conditions such as certain types of cancer, evaporation lines, a recent pregnancy or a chemical pregnancy.

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Q: Can an outside substance be used on an over the counter pregnancy test be made to show positive when there is no pregnancy?
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