Is this a positive?

[Nikki037297]

I took this on my 4 year old and I believed it was a negative, it was evening and kind of dark in my house, I always assumed the line would be super dark and obviously if there was going to be a line, so the next day I sent him into school then came home and seen his test on the bench near the window and went to bin it and noticed another line. Iv since sent off a test and waiting for results

I’d say so.

What other line? I can only see one.

Check instructions, the one I saw says not to read results after 20 mins.

I can only see the control line. But you are supposed to disregard anything that appears after 30 mins.

I don't think its a valid result if you've looked at it the next day

It looks positive but it might depend on how long it took that line to appear. None of our negative tests developed lines afterwards though.

DD did several ltfs on Sunday night which looked a bit like that. Developed symptoms yesterday, currently awaiting pcr results. I'm certain that the pcr will come back positive now that she is symptomatic but she wasn't when she took the original tests.

The instructions clearly state to allow 20 minutes for the test to develop and disregard anything after 30 minutes.

I can't see a second line, but unless it was present between the 20 minute and 30 minute window, it's negative.

I can only see the one line.

I can see something, so would test again (as you have). The lines are often very faint at first.

The dye on the nose-only lfts seems to run a bit after a few hours in my experience. I'd say that looks more like that than a true positive.

How the hell is anyone seeing a positive?

There's a second line but as PP said, if you saw it next day it's to be disregarded. You've tested again so hopefully you'll know for sure soon.

@MolyHolyGuacamole

How the hell is anyone seeing a positive?

My positive LFTs were like that and took 25 minutes to show a second line! DH's otoh developed a definite thick line immediately as the sample washed over it.

My DD has been getting negative LFTs which develop a positive line several hours later. The instructions are to ignore anything after 30 minutes. In our case the gap has got smaller and smaller and today she got a positive after 15 minutes so I'd say to repeat the test (do you do them regularly?) in a few days and see what you get.

My husband got a faint positive that appeared on a lateral flow after 30 minutes, he tested positive on a pcr later that day.

Even zooming in I can't see any second line

I can’t see a second line at all

I can't see a second line either.

Does he have symptoms? If so, skip the LFT and get him to a PCR. So many people (I'm not saying this is you) are misunderstanding the guidance here.

I don't see a second line at all

I can only see one line

There is definitely a second line which shows up much better in person than on camera but I can assure everyone there is indeed a faint second line. He does have symptoms, runny nose and dry cough, he doesn’t usually get a cough like this with a normal cold, still waiting pcr results. I have done another lft on him today which is a negative but his symptoms are getting better now so I wonder if perhaps he has had covid and I picked up the end of it with the test?

Do another test

No line. And it is completely invalid to read it the next day.

I really can’t see it!