This is how far back we have to put the swab to test you for CV-19...you might want to #StayHome

[iluvtennis]

Jessica Peck, DNP APRN CPNP-PC
@DrPeckPNP
This is how far back we have to put the swab to test you for #COVID19.

You might want to follow medical recommendations and #StayHome.

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Ouch.

[demtenjeep]

1. Gawd how is that even possible

yuk

[2naSalit]

32. That's what I want to know...

well, maybe not.

[TheBlackAdder]

43. If done right, it's just uncomfortable. It's entering the sinus cavity. It just looks freaky.

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If you've had your sinuses checked before, this is not bad... unless you have an untrained person doing it.

The problem is, most of those people testing seem rather untrained.

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[tblue37]

2. I wonder just looking at that drawing. Owwww! No, Trump never had that done.

If they tried, he would've balked the second it became uncomfortable.

[Hortensis]

10. :) Probably did given his unusual sincerity talking about it.

This made believe he actually knew what he was talking about for once:

“Not, not uh — something I want to do everyday...you know, it’s a little bit of a — it’s a little bit of — good doctors in the White House, but it’s a test. It’s a test. It’s a medical test. Nothing pleasant about it.”

[pdxflyboy]

3. So?

[Flaleftist]

5. If the image encourages people to be more careful, good.

[customerserviceguy]

19. Works for me. n/t

[iluvtennis]

7. For those of us who stress our for a medical test, this o is good ammo to tell us to stay home,so

we never have to be tested.

[SheltieLover]

4. OMG!

[Hoyt]

6. No way. They need a blood test.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

23. Blood tests are bad enough; that swab thing looks brutal.

[Hoyt]

25. That's my thinking. That's just too deep. Looks like a torture method.

[customerserviceguy]

28. With Trump and his Cabinet

no chance of hitting the brain.

[EndlessWire]

35. LOL! n/t

[Initech]

33. I've had 3 nasal surgeries in my life.

I've had literally all kinds of prongs, tubes, cameras and swabs shoved in my nose in the last 10 years. I guess I'm used to it.

But what I'm saying is suck it up. If that's what people are afraid of then this thing is gonna get dragged out years.

[milestogo]

45. I've had two, but one was under a local anesthetic.

I watched them put an entire tray of instruments into my nose.

[BigmanPigman]

8. Reminds me of a lobotomy.

However, the pain of a test is nothing compared to the pain of having the disease itself.

I have daily migraines and need 32 injections of Botox into my skull every 3 months. They hurt like Hell and I can hear the needle go "crunch, crunch" as it goes thought muscle and tissue but it is PICNIC compared to the migraines that normally would have me close to jumping off a bridge.

[mr_lebowski]

12. Holy crap sister!?! That sounds F***ING TERRIFYING (no offense) ...

I'm so sorry ...



I would begging for an Rx for enough hard dope every day to kill a small roomful of people if it were me ... instead.

[BigmanPigman]

17. Painkillers have no affect on migraines...

and I tried everything for 1 1/2 years. Without the ACA I would jump off a bridge since not only would I be bankrupt (Botox for a year is $15,000+) but the pain is indescribable and it is constant and all over your skull in a 24/7 loop.

[mr_lebowski]

24. Maybe you just can't take enough opioids for it to work without, you know ... dying ...

Me, otoh ... I'd make it my solemn mission.

All kidding aside, sorry

You don't deserve that ish ...

[Volaris]

26. Botox can be used for migraines? I wanna tell my friend about this..

The last time she had one she had to go to urgent care n they gave her Special K...botox seems WAAAAY cheaper....

[unblock]

40. Yes but not all neurologists are trained in this.

I currently get:

Botox
Sphenopalatine ganglion (spg) nerve blocks
And aimovig.

All to reduce migraines.

The spg blocks are basically just a squirt of marcaine (similar to lidocaine or Novocain) in the same spot in the diagram, back of the nasal cavity. Twice a week for 6 weeks. Blecch, but better than the migraines....

If the migraines are bad and frequent enough, it's worth finding a doctor who is trained for this procedure.

[Lars39]

9. A slightly deviated septum would make

that test a wee bit more uncomfortable too.

[unblock]

41. Mine is fairly deviated, not really a problem

The septum normally shifts left and right so it's easily pushed out of the way during a procedure. I get spg blocks routinely to reduce migraines. Squirt of marcaine at the back of the nasal cavity, same as in the diagram but with a needle instead of a swab.

My deviated septum hasn't been a problem at all.

[Lars39]

44. That's good to know!

[BootinUp]

11. im not ticklish there afaik.

[mr_lebowski]

14. Let's hope you (and none of us really) ever have to find out ... nt

[BootinUp]

16. tears to the eyes im guessing. nt

[Raine]

13. YIKES ... I'll pass

just seeing that drawing makes me I'll!

[Rorey]

15. NOOOOOOOOOOOOO

If I happen to get symptoms, even with all of the careful measures I'm taking, I'm just going to crawl into bed and let what happens happen. Nobody is sticking anything like that in my head.

[chomper]

18. Is that even possible?

Doesn't your nose opening goes up not sideways like that picture.

[unblock]

42. There's a dome but they don't go up it. Straight back along the bottom of the nasal cavity

[Adsos Letter]

20. The other day I saw a video of a young woman getting tested.

She cried at the end of it.

[uppityperson]

21. I got it done, it's not so bad. Shut your eyes, breath, get rubbed behind your

eyeball. It’s fast though. Made my eyes water for a minute, had to blow my nose a minute later. It was ok though. Negative too.

[DBoon]

22. reasonably tolerable ...

... compared to a prostate biopsy

[defacto7]

27. I suppose it's good to feel uncomfortable about it.

But really it's not that bad. The swab just slides in. Most people don't stick stuff back that far but the room is there and it's over in seconds. That is if you don't move. If you jerk and break the swab off in your head all bets are off.

[ooky]

29. Trump probably had to be put to sleep for that. nt

[lame54]

30. Can you get the excess earwax while you are back there?

[mommymarine2003]

31. My sister had the test this morning.

My sister is feeling very sick and took the test this morning in Spokane. I am very worried, as she has many of the symptoms and is an asthmatic. She told me that just watching TV wore her out this afternoon. My son-in-law who works in a care facility in Tacoma had the test last week as he and my daughter were very sick for a few days. He said the swab made him want to sneeze for about an hour afterwards, but it didn't hurt. His test came back negative this past Saturday, so he returned to work today. One of his tasks today was to create isolation gowns out of garbage bags. It doesn't make me feel too confident that he is going to be able to avoid another test down the road.

[rickford66]

34. I had a Navy medic do something like that

My both inner ears were blocked for days after an 8 hour flight in a Super Connie. He inserted one up each nostril at the same time and twizzled them for a few seconds. He probably had some medicine on them. Yes, they go all the way back. It was very uncomfortable, especially with an audience watching. It didn't help. My ears unblocked about a month later.

[radius777]

36. There's got to be an easier method.

If the virus is spread so easily, then testing for it should be easy as well.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

37. I had a swab test like that

It didn't hurt but felt very creepy uncomfortable like nothing else.
Was tested for h1n1 like 10,15 years ago,2005 .I don't remember which year it was.

[ecstatic]

38. Omg! Nt

[pansypoo53219]

39. no wonder the daily show guy was bitching.