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Pregnancy test: For fun became serious
A man makes a pregnancy test for fun. But then suddenly this is positive. Now the joke saved his life.
On Reddit so many everyday events have been packed as a joke and shared with the Internet community. But some of these supposed jokes turn out to be serious business. So a user once made fun of his black chair color - until a comment sent him to the emergency room because his symptoms indicated internal bleeding. The platform has already saved one life or the other. Now another case has emerged that initially sounds like a bad joke.
A man shares his recent experience as a comic by hugging himself. He tells of his discovery in the medicine cabinet, an unused pregnancy test of his ex-girlfriend, which leads him to an experiment. For fun, he wants to try the test.
But then the pregnancy test is actually positive! The man takes the result with humor and posts the picture story on Reddit. But after a short time pile up comments that are anything but funny.
Several users point out that a positive pregnancy test can be an indication of testicular cancer. The man should visit a doctor as soon as possible. He follows the advice.
A short time later, a friend speaks up. The man has actually received a medical appointment, he is examined and the bad idea confirmed: on his right testicle a small tumor is found.
A pregnancy test reacts to the hormone human chorionic gonadotropin (short HCG), which is produced as soon as a fertilized cell has settled in the uterus. But even men can have the HCG hormone in their urine - if they have testicular cancer.
The positive pregnancy test thus saved the man's life . The tumor on his testicles could be detected soon enough. After the diagnosis, a friend of the man published another comic in which he thanks on the one hand at Reddit, on the other hand to warn of testicular cancer. Every person should always watch his body well to notice changes early enough.
