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What Are The Chances You Will Test Positive For H1N1?
If you suspect that you are suffering from an H1N1 virus Swine Flu infection because you have a few or many of the given symptoms, then there are 9 chances out of 10 that you will test negative. According to statistics quoted by an article published by the Telegraph (UK), sample testing of people suspected of having the H1N1 swine flu infection have shown that only 10 per cent actually have it.
However a cautionary note has been sounded by another website, which tells people that rapid tests to detect the infection from the virus are not always reliable and could have misleading results. The testing kits that were evaluated were shown to have the mark on several occasions.
Rapid tests that the physician would do in the office while the patient is waiting, can sometimes provide misleading results; according to the author of a report on the efficacy of the testing kits. A quick flu test is just one diagnostic tool, which cannot be relied on solely. Judgment of the clinician is also of vital importance. Because people might test negative but actually have the flu, and so it is emphasized that the clinician should also go by the patient’s symptoms and what they know is circulating in the community.
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