Posted on 10/02/2020 1:39:47 PM PDT by Twotone
A Covid-19 nasal swab test punctured a US woman's brain lining, causing fluid to leak from her nose and putting her at risk of life-threatening infection, doctors reported in a medical journal Thursday.
The patient, who is in her 40s, had an undiagnosed rare condition and the test she received may have been carried out improperly, a sequence of improbable events that means the risk from nasal tests remains very low.
But her case showed health care professionals should take care to follow testing protocols closely, Jarrett Walsh, senior author of the paper that appeared in JAMA Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery, told AFP.
People who've had extensive sinus or skull base surgery should consider requesting oral testing if available, he added.
"It underscores the necessity of adequate training of those performing the test and the need for vigilance after the test has been performed," added ear, nose and throat specialist Dennis Kraus of Lenox Hill Hospital in New York, who wasn't involved in the paper.
Walsh, who practices at the University of Iowa Hospital, said the woman had gone for a nasal test ahead of an elective hernia surgery, and afterward noticed clear fluid coming out of one side of her nose.
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The test was invented by a sadist.
Bet a dollar she winds up with a blog.
As a result she will be brain dead in a few days but her heirs will sue!
The bone is very thin at the back of the nose. The people doing the tests should have been told this.
Maybe.
I contacted her and got you on her email updates.
Yer welcome.
Well, no. She already recovered.
https://www.foxnews.com/health/coronavirus-test-brain-fluid-leak-rare-health-condition
My daughter who is a nurse refuses to have this test done, says it is not safe.
I wish these damn people would just leave us the hell alone. They can take their swabs and shove them up their arse.
The woman has a very rare and previously undiagnosed medical condition where the bones of the skull doesn’t connect properly. In effect, she has holes in her skull. The nasal swab found one. She’s already recovered from the problem.
Add this poor woman to the list of collateral damage from the Orange Man Bad team
Her brains were leaking out of her nose?
Hmmm, is she Republican or Democrat?
It was a joke not to be taken seroiously
Ahh, I missed it! My mistake.
Ya think?🙄
Just had surgery had to be tested for COVID and all they did was tickle my nose. I had the new test, it was easy and fast.
Swab covered knife
Gee, I had to get nasopharangeal brain surgery for that to happen to me.
Cool!
The more brain-damaged bloggers the better, I always say.
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