A 21-year-old member asked:
what is a nasal swab test?
3 doctor answers
Dr. Anifat Balogun answered
29 years experience ENT and Head and Neck Surgery
Nasal swab test: Swabbing the nasal mucosa is done for multiple reasons to test for allergy cells, infection or to look at the structure of the respiratory cells in the nasal cavity.
Answered on May 5, 2020
Dr. Sunil Ummat answered
35 years experience ENT and Head and Neck Surgery
Diagnostic test.: This test is often used for trying to determine what might be going on in the nose.
1. Infection
2. Allergy
3. Non-allergic nasal inflammation
a doctor or nurse will swab the nose with a q-tip like stick and send the material obtained for testing to rule out one of the problems above.
Answered on Mar 18, 2020
Dr. Carla L. King answered
23 years experience Pediatrics
Runny nose: A nasal swab can tell the health care provider about why someone is having nasal congestion. It can differentiate between allergy and infection. When sent to a lab it can tell specific etiologies.
Answered on Dec 22, 2019
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Dr. Robert Bader answered
27 years experience Dermatology
State testing : I would check for a State testing facility which is free. There is a throat swab option at some testing sites
A 31-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Juchau answered
33 years experience Family Medicine
Yes: Yes it could because it is a live inactivated virus.
A 29-year-old female asked:
Dr. Robert Kwok answered
33 years experience Pediatrics
Accurate if positive: If a nasal swab flu test is positive, it is a very reliable result. The swab is nasopharyngeal, meaning the swab goes to the back of the nose to get a ... Read More
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A 28-year-old male asked:
Dr. Sanjay Agarwal answered
26 years experience Pulmonology
Test: It is 'polymerase chain reaction' test request for diagnosis of pertussis bug in the sample and is a good one.
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