Covid-19 : les tests naso-pharyngés « ne sont pas sans risque », prévient l’Académie de médecinehttps://www.lemonde.fr/planete/article/2021/04/08/covid-19-les-tests-naso-pharynges-ne-sont-pas-sans-risque-previent-l-academie-de-medecine_6076072_3244.htmlCovid-19: nasopharyngeal tests "are not without risk", warns the Academy of Medicine
If most of the samples are benign, "serious complications have started to be described in the medical literature for a few weeks," reports the scientific college.
More than 70 million nasopharyngeal tests (PCR and antigens) have been carried out in France since March 1, 2020. FRANCOIS NASCIMBENI / AFP
When mishandled, that funny cotton swab that has been in your nostrils for over a year could prove to be dangerous. The nasopharyngeal swab, a process used to detect Covid-19 patients, is "not without risk" , the Academy of Medicine warned Thursday, April 8. This type of sample, operated with a swab, has become "the reference method" , whether for PCR tests or antigenic tests, the result of which is faster, said the Academy in a press release .
Faced with "the multiplication and repetition of samples, sometimes carried out in unsuitable conditions" , the Academy of Medicine recalls "the precautions to be observed and the risks incurred" .
Because, if most of the samples are benign, “discomfort, pain or bleeding, serious complications have started to be described in the medical literature for several weeks, in particular breaches of the anterior level of the base of the skull associated with a risk of meningitis ” , continues the scientific college, citing several recently published studies.
The Academy therefore recommends that these tests be reserved for “trained health professionals” and recommends that they inquire about any ENT history before proceeding. She also recommends giving preference to saliva samples for children.
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Warning against future self-tests
Some 70 million tests were performed between 1 st March 2020 and 4 April 2021 (57.7 million and 12.4 antigenic PCR), as estimated by the DREES, management of research, studies, evaluation and statistics. And the numbers are soaring. For the week of March 29 to April 4, 2021 alone, 3.8 million PCR and antigen test results were validated.
It also warns against the use of self-tests, which must arrive in pharmacies from April 12 . These don't require as deep a swab as the others, but the Academy recommends alerting users to the fact that “self-sampling can expose to false negatives when swabbing is too timid and superficial, but can also become dangerous when the swab is too deep and pointed in the wrong direction. "
Tohle rikali tzv. konspiracni teoretici uz davno. Vzdyt na to neni ani potreba prilis akademickyho vzdelani. Strkat si dlouhou tycku do nosu nemuze byt bez rizika a obzvlast pravidelne a dlouhodobe. Fakt zijeme ve svete sbohem rozume.
Uz z pocatku testovani byl znam pripad, kdy zdravotnici zene prorazili kostni prepazku v nosu PCR testem na covid a humpolacky receno ji tou dirou vytekl mozek. Experti pak zacli to strasne hajit, ze ta zena mela uz predispozice vzhledem k jejimu stavu dutin, ale to je uplne vedlejsi.
Tady se i seriozne debatovalo o tom, ze ucitele budou testovat zaky.
V pametove dire skoncilo, ze test nemuze provadet neodborny personal nebo si ho clovek delam sam nebo snad rodice.
A dlouhodobe stourani se v nose dlouhou tyckou, ktera zasahuje fakt hluboko, to by i clovek intuitivne mel citit, ze neni jen tak.
Lidi se adaptovali na doslovne silenstvi a uz si to uvedomi dost lidi, tak to konecne bude moct skoncit.