How to Obtain a Nasal Mid-turbinate (NMT) Swab for COVID-19
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 พ.ย. 2020
- While demand for COVID-19 testing increases, facilities must adapt methods to accommodate variable equipment, staffing, and supplies. The nasal mid-turbinate technique offers flexibility for use of larger swabs, reduced penetration into the nares, and high sensitivity for diagnosis of viral illness.
The patient tilts their head back slightly and closes their eyes. The technician places their non-dominant hand behind the patient’s head for stabilization. Holding the swab like a pencil closer to its mid-shaft, the technician inserts it into the right nostril approximately 2-2.5 cm from the swab tip, angling the swab up and out, or superolaterally. This way the swab reaches the roof of the mid-portion of the lower nasal turbinate, near the middle meatus. Once inserted, the swab is rotated for 5 seconds in this location. The technician avoids rotating the swab medially along the nasal septum, thereby preventing discomfort or bleeding. The procedure is repeated in the opposite nostril using the same swab. - วิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยี
I had the test done this morning. For everyone wondering, it didn't really hurt and is only for a few seconds.
It kind of feels like when you got to the pool, and get water in your nose, or when your washing your face and some soap gets in your nose and it slightly burns for a few seconds. 🤗
Thank you🥰I am getting tested tomorrow😭
I CRIED and move so it hurts more😭✋
@@chloesmile5426 bro..
@@chloesmile5426 don't scare me, I am having one tomorrow
But for me it hurt so much. Yes it was just a few seconds but it was a hard time for me.
Had a test done last November, horrific, absolute torture! Had another one this morning, easiest test in the world, hardly felt a thing!!! Just goes to show, it depends on the tester and their technique! Good luck everyone and stay safe. 👍🏻💖
last time i did the test, the nurse put the swab up my nose and counted for 10 seconds super slowly and then when she took it out i started to bleed and i had a headache for like 5-10 minutes. im having one today and i hope it dont hurt as bad
@@sammy0937 If I can give you any advice, I would suggest take a deep breath in just before they swab your nose, hold it and then breathe out slowly as they're swabbing. It'll help calm you and helps with the swabbing sensation too. Good luck today. 👍💗
@@user-fe5ok2vf1t ehem it was easy like really easy. Apparently they do a different test in ER or they changed it because it just tickled😀
Mine was torture too. She pushed in in waaay too far. I pushed her hand to stop. Then I had a second test today and it wasn’t bad at all.
Tests today usually only have to make it a few centimeters up your nose, meanwhile if you had one a year ago and it felt like torture probably because back then they used swabs that had to go all the way towards the back of your nasal cavity.
I have chronic migraine and enlarged turbinates/deviated septum. Thank god I did research on this test and asked my dr. They told me this test is better for me than the other one and it won’t provoke a migraine or anything.
To whoever is doing it for the first time, relax, you won't feel a thing. Did 4 swab tests so far and have another lined up this week.
Remember, cloee your eyes and relax.
What have you been doing to get tested 5 times lol
@@phoebebuffay402 getting tested is not that bad, firstly at my place of work we had a posituve case, twice, each time we had to get tested,
Plus every few months i get tested to make sure i am not asymptomous.
@@claytoncoleiro7190 good on ya. ☺️
For the people who are getting tested, it doesn't hurt it just feels like water is in your nose for a couple of seconds
That's anecdotal. I had this lady do it to me, it hurt badly not everyone is steady handed
***NOBODY IS EVER, EVER, EVER, EVER DOING THAT TO ME***
Same 👊🏻
Very helpful video. Even if u r doing a rat test at home, u can follow these instructions for taking the nasal swab the correct way. I was probably taking the swab the wrong way and so my test was negative at first.
When I used the way they have shown my test was positive. Also, if u follow the instructions, doesn’t hurt at all
im getting one tomorrow just to be safe and im prone to panic attacks so lets hope this doesnt trigger it lol
I’m getting one tomorrow too I’m terrified
@@ikihasaile6695 same so not ready for this level of anxiety
I have high anxiety, this one is a breeze compared to the deep one. I was fine.
Me too im só scared
How'd it go
Let’s be honest we are all here because we are getting one in the future.
Yeah 😂
@Michael P how you did it yourself?
I’m getting one today and I am shaking 😮💨
@@chickennuggets3101 don't do it!
@Selanie Sanchez I have to
At 1:15 she was thinking "Thank God That Is Over!"
Avoid swab tests. They are sterilized with Ethylene Oxide, a cancer causing agent. Why am i NOT surprised? EO is used to sterilize medical equipment. When was the last time your physician shoved a piece of medical equipment far up your nose?
@@freedeliveryprinting3100 umm surgeries?
@@freedeliveryprinting3100 sorry buddy, im forced to get one
not painful, very uncomfortable and made me tear up my nose still feels sore afterwards
So in conclusion it hurts?
@@tapeegg8681 no no i honestly only felt when they pulled it out and my eyes watered up but i wasn’t in any pain
thank you tomorrow i will get a test i hope it’s not..
@@krustynuggets3428 I just got it and you were right
I teared up and sneezed. It was delightful compared to the deep one though.
I dont know what the people in the comments are talking about, it was very painful. The lady did it for 10 seconds straight counting extremely slowly while pushing the swab pack and forth.
I would've Shoryuken'd her if she took that long.
She did it wrong then
Getting my 1st test done tomorrow per my job 😠 but luckily I get to swab my own nose. Thank goodness
I’ve done one already and it was hell 😭 now my school is requiring us to get it twice a month and I want to cry 😭
Twice a month? We have to do this twice a WEEK it’s horrible
@@bandokaysauntie8666 twice a month for the vaccinated and it’s more often for the unvaccinated
@@boop9430 oh right, we’ve only just been offered the vaccine here so idk if that will affect how often in the future
its painful... thats why i dont want this again ever
stand up for your rights before its too late.
Just took it super easy. First nose didnt hurt at all and was barely uncomfortable (just for 1 second) the second nose did have a very small pain that even a baby wouldnt care about (its cause my nose got welded)
Just had one it wasn’t even uncomfortable it doesn’t hurt at all don’t worry about it
I just did this two hours ago she pulled out that cotton swapper like a western in a cowboy movie 😂
😂😂😂😂
Had a test few days ago at a drive in pop up Center here in Auckland NZ. I am not sure if the nurse who performed the swab test is experienced in doing this but the way she did was very painful. I felt like she poked my eye from the inside. Had severe headache and eye pain for more than a day. That was a horrible experience.
Look closely at the swabs they are made from spikes that stab and break off inside your nose. Just try rubbing one on a piece of meat. And they are sterilized with ethylene oxide which is odourless.
Why not swab a simple saliva sample? That's why we wear masks right because a droplet could have covid. Thanks in advance
We do take saliva sample for COVID-19 testing, but the result is not as reliable. Saliva dilutes viral particles and the outcome could be a false negative.
@@RiverDogRun don't try to reason with these people. They're conspiracy theorists
i just had a test yesterday morning. i live in mass. where i went it was a saliva test only i couldn't produce any because i suffer chronically from cottonmouth and i am always guzzling down water i wasn't allowed water or mints of sugar free to help glands produce what need half hour before test. so i ended up getting handed a nasal swab and it was just one to do myself and just one nostril and well only needed for nares so no real pain or discomfort i actually had anterior nares one done in er before being admitted as it was required or well i had choice anterior nares or the one that goes way back i can barely handle an ent visit(ptsd from when i was 10 on) i legit refused years ago esophgeal manometry i squirm from ant. rhinoscopy. so was told just had be one or other so well yeah. slight tickle not used to so kind of a jolt sensation but all i did was since not hurt just grabbed on to hospital bed bar and breathed it helps to focus. so i wouldn't move my head. no side effects like no bleeding. my nose is really sensitive. anyway both tests i have had i was and not feeling sick or concerned because well they were required for admittance to hospital. the test i had done yesterday which was done by myself was required for a GI endoscopy procedure i have on this Tuesday. i would be surprised if came back positive and the one in hospital was negative. idk the lady at the site told me i should know within 24hrs so idk if they call on weekends so either i find out today or monday. not sure if they call the person doing the endoscopy or if i have to call yet
@@plentylives where's the conspiracy in asking questions? Do you just follow orders without asking questions? Look up sheeple.
@@tinabastarache2674 interesting, hope everything turned put good for you.
Considering secretions from the nasal cavities run OUT of your nose I see no good reason why they need to shove that swab so far up. I’ve asked a number of physicians and nurses WHY and none of them have an answer other than it’s what they’re told to do
Exactly.
Don't take it.
Something else is up.
@@Oceanviewgarden 🙄🙄…the guy that invented the test says it doesn’t work.
What I want to know is how on earth did they discover that this is the only way to test?
Guys trust me I was so nervous before the test . But i never expected it to be that easy . I was just about to feel the discomfort and she took it out . It came out so fast . Go get your done . I had mine in throat and nose . No pain at all 😊
Don’t trust him i did it 3 years ago and it Hurted. They can damage an important part of your brain with this the ,,brain blood barrier”,
@@mnstr2173 LMAO
I got mine done today and if was only in one nostril here in dominican Republic took less than 20 seconds, it didn't hurt is more like a tickle, like a feather inside ur nose, I really wanted to sneeze after but I couldn't hahah
This makes me want to sneeze.
I teared up pretty bad but it’s not painful
Merci ca ma fait peur parce que demain je vais fraire la meme chose mais grace a vous jai plu peur merci beaucoup 🙏😊
It hurts a bit as I am having deviated nasal septum but u have to control it for few seconds cause there is nothing u can do & u have to do the covid test done
Got a test and it felt like water going in your nose but hurt a bit more, I started to tear up a bit but all is good
Im here just because is satisfying
I'm getting mine tomorrow, I'm anxious asf
Hmm this is what I thought we were to do- but prior to a procedure the Dr mandated a covid test. I did mine myself tele appt. the nurse said she “didn’t want to see me do the test, she’d just talk me through. She said only swirl three times right where I can no longer see the cotton. The hold against side of nose 10 seconds- repeat other side. I said this doesn’t seem far enough?? She said,” oh that’s because this is what they used to THINK we had to do, now it doesn’t go in that far.”
There are two types of nasal swab tests, I've had both. The PCR, the one that gives results in 15 minutes only involves swirling the swab shallowly inside the nostrils. It doesn't feel bad at all.
The one shown in this video is the nasopharyngeal swab test. Don't try this at home!! This gives more accurate results but it feels even weirder and deeper than you would expect. So, this is probably not the test you did yourself.
@@naturalnashuan actually this is mid turbinate swab. i had anterior nare which just half inch in nostril. turbinates i am told hurt when touched esp if they are swollen mine are alot of time. would not be able handle this or nasopharyngeal. lucked out with anterior nare and had twice i need a third before my second gi endoscopy whenever that be
fortunately i didn't watch this before i did my first 1 today .. it was more unpleasant then expected ... i have another 4 tests to do within the next 30 days..1 more before airport & 3 during quarantine.
So it's been like almost 5 months and on the same side i got tested, my nose will go raw sometimes and it's always hurting, always peeling and always leaking clear liquid. ONLY on that side. Anyone else???
Serious question does it hurt
I am going to have it tomorrow and i am worried alot i think it's painfull i don't know how am i gonna manage this uhh well too be very honest i am scared😢 if anyone has did it so please tell me is it really painfull?
for everyone else also wondering if it hurt, do not worry at all. I’m in my car right now and I just had my very first ever test done and I was nervous and scared but honestly it wasn’t bad at all. ☺️
I was reading articles in the waiting room of people’s stories online of nasal tests gone really bad and that DID NOTT help my nerves. 🕺
Anyways some people that helped me calm down described it as the same as swimming down and getting water in my nose and that’s just it, the stinginess and they were right!!! Even better it hurt even less than when you swim with pressure. 😁
It really did not feel as far up my nose as people make it out to be in my opinion. It was the same as if I had taken a soft qtip and put it into my nose a little further than normal and stopped instantly. 🤪
Anyways it wasn’t bad at all. Sit straight. Don’t move because you’ll hurt yourselves more and I was told to tilt my head back a little. It was like so much pressure off of me once I was done. My eyes were a little teary from the sting but I was fine. Just that. Just the sting. 🍚😡
You are going to be okay reader and just don’t induce your fears or nervousness. Try and relax and breathe. If it helps close your eyes you can do it🧸💌🕯💕💕💕💕💕💕💕
Its fricking painfull boi
I knew it i wont be afraid at swab test
I'll be the one when i go back to my country so i have to watch how they do swab test....kaway2 mga pinoy....
my first test in 2020 was painful. Drive through and my swab got bloody even. I can't move at that time because it was so hurt and I goe headache for 2weeks!
Ill do it tomorow... i hope everything is ok
I got covid tested today idk if im positive or negative but im pretty sick and I didnt want to get it, but my bf was so worried since I cant breathe and stuff to get tested. And let me just say it hurts a lil but its not super painful. It made me tear up quite a bit.
I have to do this each week to be able to go into work as of this weekend. Not looking forward to my first one.
Insanity!!!!!
The doctors in my country should have watched this video and see how it's suppose to be done 🙏
Does it goes deep in your country
Oh my god this is too much hard task to check covid test it really feels a patient to 😭
I’m 9 and I did PCR I didn’t have my parents with me cuz I was at my school but yea it was like when u have water in ur nose it hurts like a lot but if I’m a kid and I can do it you can to ♥️
How does it hurts explain pls
Uhhh no im good
Thanks
I must the the only one here to think that this test feels good?
I mean not surprising as my nose constantly itches similar to experiencing hayfever which I constantly get sneezes all the time due to my nose being soo sensitive so when I get this test, it feels like I can scratch an inner itch within my nose.
I just get Swab test nearly months ago
It’s according to the country you live in example in some countries they don’t really do it deep while in others they did it deep
I'm still confused and scared.. Some says you have to put the stick only 2,5 cm and some put the stick unitl this breaking point (0:50).. So my question is, it is painful to someone has chronic sinusitis and allergy? My mucosa during the allergy season is already in pain..
Yup, rammed it all the way in till it stopped. not fun. You can feel the blood going down the back of your throat. Good times.
Just got one! MUCH more uncomfortable than expected.
Bruh we actually have to do this at skl ffs
just got this today, it was very painful.
Edit 1: I took this again and it was very uncomfortable, It made my eyes tear and made my nose itchy.
If you move or breath it might hurt a little
Like how painful dude.
Its not even painful man
i got another swab test in the philippines, its not that painful. Its very very Uncomfortable.
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I hope someone sees this I had this test done over 3 months ago head covid and I have not stopped having severe bloody sinuses and severe stabbing face and eye pain. 100% feels like my nose has been injured.
Anyone else have this happen please let me know I don't know what to do I'm going to talk to my doctor and see if I can go to an ear nose and throat doctor or have a CAT scan because this is not normal to have this kind of pain and sinus issues for over 3 months straight
I need to get a test every weeks at skl
Question.
If you don't take the test does that mean you won't be allowed on the school compound?
Bruh I've seen people go balls deep with the swab.
I had my nose swabbed 4 times. My right nasal hole still feels punctured and there's mild irritation in it as if it was pearced.
Stop taking the PCR test. There’s a cancer causing agent on the swab called ethylene oxide.
My mom was kinda rough when testing me, she accidentally hurt my left nostril ): its also really uncomfortable for a swab to be that far into ur nose
Just got the test done. Its not as bad as people are complaining about but it's still pretty uncomfortable.
I got it done few days ago , just wondering if its normal that they keep rotating it inside til they got a blood. They told me thats how it's done 😓
Thank you for information I have tomorrow I will not get so hert
Trust me on this… it’s not that bad I got one done this morning it doesn’t hurt
AGRE
I’m scared of the actual test than the virus but seeing these comments made me feel a bit better
Update: took it. I WAS FREAKING OUT FOR NO REASON
xDDDDDD
Same
Im scared to get the virus, getting a virus can kill you
Eu fiz isso agora de manhã e incomodou muito meu nariz, meu não doeu
Not understanding if COVID is so contagious, why do you need to stick a swab in someone’s nasal passages 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔
I think this test isn't necessary,
Test from the back inside of the mouth can be more safe and will give the same results isn't it !?
Apparently NOT.
There could be sodium aside on the swab
I can imagine how it feels like :D
I did a covid test today, and I notice the swab before she put it in my nose it was wet with a light yellowish color. Is it normal?
I'm a kid I heard my parents that I will be getting one
Don’t worry it just hurt like a few second and it make your eye water cuz I got it just remember to stay still
@@alishia.jinn1233 I got it thx btw
Avoid swab tests. They arr sterilized with Ethylene Oxide, a cancer causing agent. Why am i NOT surprised?
@@freedeliveryprinting3100 That is used as a sterilant for over 60 years with no harm when used correctly 😂 don't scare the kid
Going to have this in 1 hour
How was it???
Meeto😭
Thx for this video my parents sayed that if i have something from corona to do the test
Gave me a sinus infection. Nose still feels funny til this day and it’s been 2 weeks
Most uncomfortable feeling i have ever had
Its changed they don’t sove a pole up your nose any more there is a new updated test.
Doctoral degree of Mortal kombat's Fatality
Had it done it feels good idk i told em to do the other nostril
I had test yesterday because my grandparents have covid symptoms and i had close contact with them alot but thankfully to god i was negative ps: i live with my grandparents
Are you sure it’s not the flu that once existed?
@@lafabucolle410 no
Just had my test done,I was like wth my eyes were filled with water and I was fainting
When you rotate the swab, do you keep turning it in one direction, or go in opposite directions?
Does closing the eyes with force effect the testing.. As i got inconclusive and i think reason was that i close my eyes very tightly
No it shouldn't. I think the person who did the test didn't put swab far enough in. Try to relax next time and not scrunch your face. I close my eyes all the time but relax my face. I have been tested 2 times a week at work since last year.
@@ixchel231 wow so u constantly have to have it ?
@@PrincessYonna1 I work in a nursing home in NJ and it was required to prevent further outbreaks. I was so used to it for over a year having it done. However, now if you're fully vaccinated you don't have to do testing anymore unless you become symptomatic, were out of state/country or with someone positive. I am so relieved not having to get tested 2x/wk.🙌🏻. Staff that are not vaccinated have to do the rapid test (swab just goes inside nostrils) once a week.
I got tested and thankfully it was like this but God I would hate to do the one where they shove all of it right up in there. I've had an NG tube in the past and needless to say I still have that uncomfortable trauma with me. I've been reading around and I don't know how true it is but people are saying that they don't shove the whole Qtip in anymore due to the protocol changing. But like everyone was saying, it doesn't hurt, it's just uncomfortable. It was only a few seconds per nostril but I felt good after. You definitely need something to help distract your hands like a teddy bear or fidget spinner, etc. Music would also definitely help distract you.
Not popular opinion, but it kind of feels good. Lol
No it dont
Hi, is there any different between taking sample in lower nasal tubinate and nasopharynx area? In India they take the sample from nasopharynx, much deeper inside
Yeah, in other states they took from nasal and when I did in NY they did nasopharynx which is really painful
@@syedashobnam2573 nasopharynx is more accurate so 🤞
thanks to the senior tested "false negative" on COVID at a lodge, I need to do this once every 24 hrs for consecutive 10 days~~~~~the worse part of this is I need to do self-swab, instead of having someone swab me~~~~
Doesn't seem so bad. I thought it went up further. I'm still bracing myself for the nose tickles😓
Trust me, it wont tickle. Its like water going up your nose but more painfil
This so pain ....I'm hate this method...any solution?
I am getting one done in a few mins, so scared!!!
why both nose holes
why the 2 holes
I got one…it wasn’t a swab. It was a long swab like thing with a scratchy brush like thing on the end. It hurt because the technician twirled it really fast for longer than I expected. My nostril was sore afterwards. I did it to test for Covid because my kids got really sick and I was around them. One of my kids also got it and said it was torture. I won’t be going back again ever for a test. I’m so sorry I did. Neither of us had it and it was a waste of time being traumatized.
Sounds like a you problem
@@gamingwithnicko1942 oh f sake open your eyes to what going ..smh
thankyou for adviceu😍😍 oli london jewje
😭
Her eyes when the test was done 😅🤣😂 "sweet Jesus"
Because it's made from hollow spikes that impale and make a direct route into the bloodstream.
@@freakazoid111 spreading the virus?
From what I've heard it makes you sick. inside your nose is the mucus membrane and it is part of the immune system, so I guess it bypasses that. And probably keeps you sick for long periods. Just take a swab and magnify it for yourself, it's clear to see that it's made of spikes and rub it gently on a piece of meat, they will break off into the meat. I wonder if it's even possible to get the virus if you haven't ben vaxd or swabbed.
This is wrong
My doctor pushed the swab more vertically in my nose...
@@Mario-fv3zs The nasal swabs sanitized with Ethylene Oxide. If so, why use a swab that may contain resudue of that carcinogenic chemical?
Sadly allowed it once. Hated it. They stick it up close to your pineal gland and can leave very negative effects with that gel they use.
I am doing a 21 day quarantine in China and enforced to do this nose fxxking job EVERYDAY. My nose hurts A LOT.
They shoved it all the way up my nose and my nose is still runny for the past 3 days
I prefer the nasal because that way I don’t have a jaw that will lock down and make the process longer
im literally terrified i cried doing a self test imagine someone doing it for u 😩 i can’t do this i’m so scared
Don't do it.
Better this than them poking your vein lol
@@foste013 What? I have vaccine shot planned just so I dont go thru testing for travel abroad