Can a routine physical examination detect pregnancy?

There is no absolute yes or no to this question. The core depends on what items are included in your physical examination package and how long you are pregnant at the time of the examination.

I accompanied my sister to get her employment physical examination report last week. She didn’t know that she was 3 weeks pregnant, so she had the most basic physical examination package, which only included routine items such as blood routine, liver and kidney function, chest X-ray, and B-ultrasound of liver, gallbladder, pancreas, and spleen. After the entire physical examination, no pregnancy was found at all. When I got the report that day, I bought a pregnancy test stick at the drugstore, and found two lines.

If your physical examination happens to include targeted pregnancy examination items such as urine pregnancy test and blood HCG test, then pregnancy can be detected about 10 days after intercourse; if the pregnancy is more than 6 weeks, and the B-ultrasound item of the physical examination happens to include gynecological or uterine accessory ultrasound, then there is a high probability that you can also see the gestational sac in the uterine cavity, directly confirming pregnancy. However, most routine health examinations and employment physical examination packages do not proactively add items related to pregnancy tests. Ordinary abdominal B-ultrasounds only scan the liver, gallbladder, pancreas, spleen and kidneys, and do not specifically check the condition of the uterus, so naturally pregnancy cannot be discovered.

I have seen a lot of people arguing about this in the group of mothers before. Some said they found out they were pregnant during a routine physical examination at work, while others said they found out they were pregnant half a month after the physical examination. They felt that the hospital was irresponsible. In fact, it was essentially a matter of differences in package items. I really can’t blame the medical care.

Speaking of which, if you are preparing for pregnancy, or have been postponed by your aunt, it is best to mention it to the front desk or the nurse in advance when you go for a routine physical examination, and either take the initiative to add a cheap pregnancy test to confirm, or postpone radiation-containing items such as chest X-ray and carbon 14 first, so as not to be like my former colleague who found out that you were pregnant for 4 weeks after a chest X-ray. It took almost half a month and three trips to the eugenics genetics department before you were relieved.