Teresa de Rojas, left, has a swab collected through Anne Aguilar, a medical student, right on a loose COVID-19 checkup conducted through united Memorial Medical Center at the Consulate General of Mexico, 4506 Caroline St. , on Sunday, June 28, 2020, in Houston.
Teresa de Rojas, left, takes a swab through Anne Aguilar, right, a medical student, on a loose COVID-19 check made through the United Memorial Medical Center at the Consulate General of Mexico, 4506 Carolina
Teresa de Rojas, left, has a swab collected through Anne Aguilar, a medical student, right on a loose COVID-19 checkup conducted through the United Memorial Medical Center at the Consulate General of Mexico, 4506 Caroline St. , Sunday, June 28, 2020, in Houston.
Teresa de Rojas, left, takes a swab through Anne Aguilar, right, a medical student, on a loose COVID-19 check made through the United Memorial Medical Center at the Consulate General of Mexico, 4506 Carolina
If you were examined without delay to detect COVID-19 after you have been exposed to someone who tested positive, it is probably too early to get a reliable result, says a doctor.
Dr. Stephen Pierce of Texas MedClinic in Austin told KXAN-TV that getting tested too soon after exposure to COVID-19 can be useless and counterproductive.
“It’s frustrating for us as doctors,” he said. You have to tell them, “You’re negative, but you can still be infected. It is too early to be sure that this is a valid negative result. “””
According to Pierce, getting checked out a few days after being exposed to the virus may show a negative result, even if it is positive.
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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the era of incubation of the virus is 4 to 5 days, but it can last up to two weeks, but just because you don’t have symptoms right away doesn’t mean you have to let your guard down.
The CDC recommends that those who do not yet have symptoms have been exposed to quarantine for 14 days and wait until after the fifth day for the test.
Other infected people are the most contagious one or two days before they revel in symptoms.