Is it a throat culture? Blood test?
2007-12-20 02:52:03 · 8 answers · asked by NoTurningBackNow 5 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
They don't usually. A throat culture is used for strep, and a blood test could tell you if there's an excess of white blood cells, but if the doctor thinks you have the flu, they don't usually give you any tests.
2007-12-20 02:56:13 · answer #1 · answered by Denise S 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is a nasal swab, it test for both Flu a&B. It takes about 10 minutes, but they generally don't bother to test for it.
2007-12-20 03:01:06 · answer #2 · answered by Waiting and Wishing 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
they can't test for the flu. they diagnose by symptoms. they can test for infections to rule out the flu by taking blood.
2007-12-20 03:11:06 · answer #3 · answered by 4Xthe fun 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The others are right, the test it by swabbing your nose with a big q-tip and testing it for certain antigens. It is a very painless and quick test procedure.
2007-12-21 09:55:34 · answer #4 · answered by joshsr0909 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Generally, they just take a list of your symptoms. I think for flu it includes body aches, fever, chills, cough and so on. Pretty subjective but virus diagnosises generally are.
2007-12-20 02:55:36 · answer #5 · answered by punxy_girl 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
they don't test for the flu, they just diagnose it based on symptoms
2007-12-20 03:19:12 · answer #6 · answered by boo 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They normally don't bother - you just treat the symptoms anyway. Unless it's an extremely serious variant there's no point knowing exactly what it is.
2007-12-20 03:55:27 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
its confirmed with a swab test up the nose its not painful
2007-12-20 03:22:17 · answer #8 · answered by kleighs mommy 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋