Results from lateral flow tests.

The same thing happened with my DIL and DGD.
DS tested positive with a lateral flow and DIL and DGD negative.
They all had PCRS and all tested positive.

Wishing you a speedy recovery. Lovetopaint.

As far as I know according to the NHS website if you have symptoms it should be a PCR test
Lateral flow tests are for use when you have no symptoms

The message has been mixed up somewhere
Lateral flows are for when you do not have symptoms
PCR is when you do
Always been like that but government have made it confusing to many

My lateral flow tests says to do both nostrils which I do. It says 5 sweeps each nostril but I do 10 to get a better sample. So far all been negative. Have done 4 PCR tests as had some symptoms but all negative. I just had a cold. But thought it was better to be safe than sorry.

My daughter and family all had Covid in February last year even though I had been with them a lot didn't catch it. No idea why as I have several health problems including heart. This was before I had my first Covid jab.

I do my lateral flow test test Saturday. But since Covid started still take all the precautions and have no intention of stopping anytime soon. It's not just for my safety but for those who can't have the jabs also to protect the idiots who won't have it.

Does anyone know how to ensure that you receive a nostril LFT rather than the one that also includes the throat? (We are in Wales). The throat one makes me gag dreadfully and my eyes stream.

All of recent LFTs have been nostril only. I assume that we are phasing out the nose and throat kits. Not sure about Wales though.

Lat flow are all just nostril aren’t they ?

Lucca

Lat flow are all just nostril aren’t they ?

They weren’t at first. I began doing LFT's as soon as the government advised it and received several boxes that were nose and throat. More recently, they’ve all been nostril only. I’m in England.

Lucca

Lat flow are all just nostril aren’t they ?

The instructions with my LF kits clearly describe swabbing first the throat, followed by the nose.

All the ones we have been receiving in Scotland recently have been nostril only.
In the past the boxes were blue, but the nostril only ones are green.

I just had to spit in a container and add some fluid they provided for mine You can’t get them now, all sold out.

Any symptoms - at all - mean a PCR test is needed, as they're more sensitive and more accurate.

I do wonder if people test correctly, though. Everyone really should watch the videos (I didn't know about blowing the nose first):

www.gov.uk/guidance/covid-19-self-test-help#videos-how-to-do-a-rapid-test

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Aldom

Lucca

Lat flow are all just nostril aren’t they ?

The instructions with my LF kits clearly describe swabbing first the throat, followed by the nose.

Not mine !

These are the ones we used to receive. Recent ones are nostril only.

My blue LFT booklet says;

This Covid-19 self test kit is a swab test for the nose to check if you are infectious. It’s for people who have symptoms as well as those with no symptoms. However you should follow national guidelines to check what type of test is right for you.

A relative who had cold like symptoms just before Christmas rang his GP surgery for advice. They said he must do a PCR test. His completed test did not get sent away until the Wednesday after Christmas, think his ‘negative’ result came back about two days later.

To me, he might just have well have done daily LFT tests. If the PCR result had been positive, he would nearly have been out of isolation by the time he found out.

Marydoll, same here, we get through a lot, testing twice-weekly. I should think that swabbing the throat as well could give more accurate results, though.

So do we, as I'm immunocompromised. DH and least twice a week and sometimes daily if I have/had medical appointments.

We have friends, who have never done them, despite socialising frequently. I can't understand why.

LadyWee

The message has been mixed up somewhere
Lateral flows are for when you do not have symptoms
PCR is when you do
Always been like that but government have made it confusing to many

Not so.
There are obviously different types of LTF out there and, you should simply check the leaflet in your box. Mine quite clearly says “suitable for those with or without symptoms”
(Flowflex, like Lucca ‘s)

The ones we’ve had for the past few months have been nostril only. But they do all say 10 times each nostril - 5 times each side, then repeat.

If you read the instructions it is very easy to determine which type of kit you have got.

Marydoll

These are the ones we used to receive. Recent ones are nostril only.

As are the ones in my photo !

I’m hopeless at the throat ones. Gag so much I’m not confident I’m doing it properly .When I had my nhs PCR one I opted to have them do it for me and they were very kind.

As someone who dislikes waste I used upmy remaining long throat swabs just in the nose. It worked and I got a negative result . Phew!

I too gag with my LF throat swabbing. I'm hoping that the kit I ordered recently will be nose only. It should be waiting for me when I return home later this week.