Nasal Swab VS Oral Swab
Some customers inquire:
Are nucleic acid tests all about poking the throat?
Will you poke your nose?
“Poke the nose” through the Internet is more accurate,
is that true?
Don’t panic, let’s learn about it with Xiao Liu from Cell medical!
When doing nucleic acid testing,
There is a very important project,
Just do a throat swab
There are two types of throat swabs-nasopharyngeal swab and oropharyngeal swab sampling.
Currently
Most hospitals use
Oropharyngeal flocked swab
Because-it is the most convenient to collect samples and less painful.
But there are rumors,
The detection rate of nasopharyngeal swabs is higher,
is that true?
Yes! Yes! Yes!
Studies have shown that the poison load of nasopharyngeal swabs in patients infected with the new coronavirus is much greater than that of oropharyngeal swabs.
Focus on:
Wear a mask when you go out!
Wear a mask when you go out!
Wear a mask when you go out!
The important thing is said three times!
Nucleic acid detection, antibody detection
confuse?
After the new coronavirus infects the human body, it will first reproduce in the respiratory system. Therefore, it can be determined whether the human body is infected with the virus by detecting the viral nucleic acid in the sputum and nasopharyngeal swabs.
To
After a period of infection, usually 7-10 days, the human body will produce specific antibodies against the virus. IgM antibodies will appear first, and then IgG antibodies will appear. Therefore, detecting these specific antibodies can determine whether the human body has been infected with the virus. ,
If allowed,
You can, according to your own tolerance,
Choose whether to do a nasopharyngeal swab or an oropharyngeal swab.
in addition,
The serum antibody test is to draw venous blood,
No need to fast!