Exposed to COVID? Here's a guide about when to get tested?

 

If you feel you are exposed to a novel coronavirus, the first reaction will be terrifying; you might be in a rush to get tested at once.

You might want to skip every part of your routine, leave all the tasks behind, and get yourself tested. But a lot of people have dilemmas that if they get tested too soon will the virus get detected? Are there any chances that they might test negative initially but later patients might be positive? And if the patient waits for a long time to get tested, the patient's health deteriorates and there are greater risks involved too.

When is the right time to take a test for COVID-19?

 Depending on the individual, the symptoms take time to develop and everybody might not be able to detect them in earlier stages.

A negative early test may give you a false sense of security as you would start shedding the virus later on. So ideally, if a patient wants to get tested at an early stage, they can take up one test, and if it's negative - just to be double sure they should take a second test after a few days. In this case, they can be double sure also they can keep a double check on the symptoms - whether there are any visible symptoms or not. The double-check can help a lot.

Whether you get tested on the initial days or later, taking necessary precautions under a doctor's guidance is mandatory. Patients shall immediately contact a doctor that will help patients deal with COVID-19. COVID test Brampton, COVID testNiagara is easy - thanks to MEDCARE as they are providing impromptu services for covid testing.

No rule states a perfect or particular time to get tested but doing it as per the doctor's suggestion will clear the cluster and make the situation better for you, also precautionary steps suggested by doctors will make things easy for you to a certain level.

Whether you are getting tested because you have developed symptoms like fever, cold, cough, body ache, breathlessness or you are just getting tested because you have come in contact with someone who was tested positive - or you feel that you might have been exposed to corona virus for some of the other reason, getting accurate and quick results is utmost important.

Just thinking about getting results too late will not make things easy or getting inaccurate results will create a false impression. Either of these is not good for patients.

Generally, it is advisable to get a PCR test for getting accurate results, preferably get connected with MEDCARE who can give you reports quickly and accurately.

By the time the reports come; just to be more cautious it is advisable to :

Isolate yourself, at least till the reports come.

Get an appointment booked for COVID TEST BRAMPTON, COVID TEST NIAGARA, Or any other place for that matter.

Switch to Home Testing option provided by MEDCARE - Get tested by sitting at home,

Don't touch anything until and unless required,

Wear your mask when you go to and from the appointment

Self-quarantine at home until you get a negative test result

If you get a positive test result, self-isolate at home for 10 days after getting your result and immediately consult a doctor.

Bottom line is to get quick and immediate results to consult a reliable company like MEDCARE, they provide services of COVID TEST BRAMPTON, COVID TEST NIAGARA, and other places, and patients can sit and relax at their homes and get tested with ease.

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