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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Yikes.
Thanks
Aren’t there other tests? I’ve never liked his test. I had it done once at a VA clinic. That long Popsicle stick pushed so far up my nose, that it made my eyes water.
I always thought, if the tester was not gentle, they could at very least cause a nosebleed w/o meaning to.
The idiot nurse that did my son’s test before his surgery stabbed him so hard he bled. I was so pissed.
It definitely gets your attention.
My man is relentless!!!!
Then they would be at even greater risk from having the swab poke into their brain.
LOL. Something 30 million have been one in the US alone.
LOL. 30 MILLION tests done. And Flubros focus on 1 complication.
Meanwhile 210,000 DEAD but thats a f#cking joke to them.
Did they put the brain tissues back in?
Democrats don’t have to worry about that happening - most don’t have brain fluid or brains.
They removed only the tumor and then stuffed packing in my sinuses to limit CSF leakage and permit the hole from surgery to heal.
The most gruesome headline on FR for months.
Be careful picking your nose, especially at the traffic lights.
Oh good one!
The test, when performed “properly,’ feels like a stab to the brain. Aftereffect is often a headache.
When I had mine I thought it was coming out of the back of my head!
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