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Nasal tests

9 replies

friedeggandsauce · 04/01/2022 07:25

I can only use one nostril (my other nostril has a scab which bleeds every day- has done since I was 15 but that's a whole other thread 🙄)

Are they effective with one nostril or not?

Can't get the throat ones anymore

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OnceuponaRainbow18 · 04/01/2022 07:30

You can use the nostril ones in throat as well, I would good good nostril 3 times then throat!

MrsLargeEmbodied · 04/01/2022 07:30

can't you use it on the throat?
i thought they were all the same?

OnceuponaRainbow18 · 04/01/2022 07:30

Actually think it’s throat first!

WaystarRoycoCEO · 04/01/2022 07:31

I think they must be as there is advice on there to only use one nostril if you have your nose pierced (which I do)

friedeggandsauce · 04/01/2022 08:10

@MrsLargeEmbodied yes I suppose I could use on my throat! They aren't all the same, the new ones are nose only with a shorter stick

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friedeggandsauce · 04/01/2022 08:11

@OnceuponaRainbow18 I'll definitely throat first, I don't want to nostril then throat! 🤮

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ashorterday · 04/01/2022 08:19

They are now advising swabbing the throat before nostril anyway to detect omicron, even with the shorter swab. It's just about doable.

MrsLargeEmbodied · 04/01/2022 08:19

i didnt know they had a shorter stick,
see how it goes, otherwise just extra in one nostril perahps?

gamerchick · 04/01/2022 08:20

@OnceuponaRainbow18

Actually think it’s throat first!
I would say definitely throat first Grin
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