Testicular cancer patients test positive for pregnancy and other surprising signs that often misread actually point towards a serious health condition. When Byron Geldard, an 18-year-old resident of Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, went to the Teenage Cancer Trust unit in Cambridge last August, he was suffering from pain in his side. He didn't expect to be prescribed a urine pregnancy test. Worse, it came back positive. In Geldard's case, the positive results pointed to testicular cancer.
A spokeswoman told UK daily, The Telegraph, urine pregnancy tests are being used to diagnose testicular cancer since the proteins detected in the urine of testicular cancer patients as identical to those present in the urine of pregnant women. It may sound strange, but often, diseases show up in symptoms that seem bafflingly unrelated. Here's are a few to watch out for. Symptom: Ice craving Points to:…
