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Rapid tests are essential tools to help diagnose what’s behind your symptoms, so you can treat earlier and get well sooner.
Rapid tests are essential tools to help diagnose what’s behind your symptoms, so you can treat earlier and get well sooner.
Do you have a sore throat? Congestion? A stuffy or runny nose? A cough? It could be a cold, but it could be something else. Any of these symptoms could point to different respiratory infections that require different treatments. The best way to know how to treat what’s making you or a loved one feel unwell is to test.
If you or a loved one have respiratory symptoms—or been exposed to someone else’s—rapid, reliable testing can pinpoint what’s behind those symptoms in minutes.
Here’s the good news. You have a choice.
Stay home and test yourself with an over-the counter (OTC) rapid antigen self-test. You can even stock up to keep tests on hand to use when you have COVID-19 or flu symptoms or been exposed to others that do.
Or you can visit a test provider to perform a test right away in a convenient care location. These locations may use advanced technology that provides their clinicians fast and accurate results so you can get treated during the same visit and get well sooner.
This program will teach you about rapid tests and how they can quickly identify illnesses like the flu, COVID-19, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), and strep throat. Rapid molecular testing can help you get treated earlier and get well sooner.
Depending on your symptoms, you may choose to conduct a self test or visit a test provider for a fast and accurate rapid molecular test to be conducted during your visit. Having accurate test results can help your clinician to prescribe the appropriate treatment.
Want to know more? We have a video that explains different respiratory infections and rapid testing options that can provide answers, so you get the appropriate treatment.
Testing has now become part of our daily conversation due to the COVID-19 pandemic. There are many different types of respiratory diagnostic tests that can be used to test for the flu, COVID-19, RSV, and strep throat.
Rapid molecular tests detect viral RNA or DNA with results available in minutes.
Molecular PCR tests detect viral RNA or DNA.
Detects active infection by identifying a protein from the virus or bacteria that causes that infection.
When a virus first enters your body, it starts multiplying, and you may or may not have symptoms.
As the virus multiplies, the body begins to react to the viral antigens, possibly resulting in symptoms.
As your body starts to fight off infection, your immune system produces IgM and IgG antibodies.
Testing has now become part of our daily conversation due to the COVID-19 pandemic. There are many different types of respiratory diagnostic tests that can be used to test for the flu, COVID-19, RSV, and strep throat.
Rapid molecular tests detect viral RNA or DNA with results available in minutes.
Molecular PCR tests detect viral RNA or DNA and are conducted in a lab.
Detects active infection by identifying a protein from the virus or bacteria that causes that infection.
When a virus first enters your body, it starts multiplying, and you may or may not have symptoms.
As the virus multiplies, the body begins to react to the viral antigens, possibly resulting in symptoms.
As your body starts to fight off infection, your immune system produces IgM and IgG antibodies.
During the early stages of the pandemic, we helped pioneer the technology used on the frontlines to test for COVID-19. Now that same technology is available to you in a convenient at-home self test. You can choose between testing for COVID-19 only or COVID-19 and Flu combined.
Learn about respiratory illnesses and the different types of advanced molecular testing technologies that offer fast and accurate results. Knowing now means you’ll be treated earlier which can help you get well sooner.
ID NOWTM rapid molecular tests provide your healthcare professional with timely results, that can inform your treatment, which may include antivirals or antibiotics, so you can get well sooner.
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