COVID-19 Test: Uswan Na Bɛst fɔ Yu? Lɛ Wi Tɔk Bɔt Dis!

Yu go mɛmba aw wi ɔl bin de tɔk bɔt tɛst di tɛm we COVID-19 pandemik de. Sɔntɛnde, di difrɛn kayn tɛst dɛn kin mek pɔsin kɔnfyus. Yu go dɔn de wɔnda se, "Us tɛst a fɔ gɛt?" ɔ "Dis kin gi mi ɛni infɔmeshɔn?" So tide, mek wi tok abaut dis COVID-19 test fo simpul we we yu go andastan. Jɔs lɛk we yu de tɔk to yu padi.

Wetin na di men kayn tɛst we dɛn kin du fɔ no COVID-19?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, tu men kayn vayral tɛst de fɔ si if yu dɔn gɛt di korona vayrɔs. Wi kin kɔl dɛn tin ya bak "diagnostic tests" bikɔs dɛn kin ɛp fɔ no if yu gɛt di sik.

1. Mכlikul tεst : Dis na wetin wi kin kכl `(PCR)` tεst. Dis na tɛst we rili sɛnsitiv . Dis min se ivin if yu gɛt smɔl smɔl pan di vayrɔs na yu bɔdi, dis tɛst kin no am. Bɔt, di tin dɛn we kin apin we dis kin apin kin tek sɔm tɛm fɔ kam. I kin tek wan ɔ tu dez.

2. Antijen tεst : Na dεn tin ya wi kin kכl bak "rapid tεst" biכs dεn kin gεt di risכlt kwik kwik wan, insay fכ minit. כltu, dεn nכ de sεnsitiv lεk di `(PCR)` tεst. Dis min se if di vayrɔs na di bɔdi smɔl na di biginin ɔ di ɛnd fɔ di sik, dis tɛst kin mis di vayrɔs sɔntɛnde.

Impɔtant: Wan ɔda tɛst de we dɛn kɔl ``Antibody test``. I de chɛk if yu bin dɔn gɛt COVID-19 bifo, ɔ if yu dɔn gɛt di ``vaysin``. I difrɛn frɔm di tu tɛst dɛm we de chɛk if di vayrɔs we wi de tɔk bɔt de na di bɔdi da tɛm de.

Yu tink se di bɛst tɛst de ɔltɛm?

I rili at fɔ se "dis na di bɛst tɛst fɔ ɛvri sityueshɔn." Us tɛst yu nid de dipen pan bɔku tin dɛn:

• Aw kwik yu want rizulyt ?
• Aw i impɔtant fɔ gɛt di rizɔlt we kɔrɛkt pas ɔl ?
• Aw i izi ɛn izi fɔ tek di tɛst.

Sɔntɛnde, dis kin mek i nɔ izi fɔ disayd us tɛst fɔ tek. If na so i bi , yu dɔktɔ kin ɛp yu fɔ pik di tɛst we go fayn fɔ yu ɔ yu pikin.

Us tɛst we bɛtɛ we yu gɛt sɔm sayn dɛm fɔ COVID-19?

If yu gɛt sɔm sayn dɛm fɔ COVID-19, lɛk fiva, kɔf, ɛn shɔt briz, dɛn tu kayn tɛst ya kin ɛp fɔ no if dɛn simptom dɛn de na tru tru COVID.

• Mɔlikul tɛst dɛn:

Dɛn tin ya kin rili sɛnsitiv, ɛn dɛn kin no ivin di smɔl smɔl vayrɔs na yu nos ɔ yu trot. Dis na di bɛst tin fɔ du, mɔ if yu want fɔ no fɔ tru if yu dɔn gɛt di vayrɔs (fɔ ɛgzampul, fɔ gɛt tritmɛnt). Bɔt di tin dɛn we kin apin kin tek wan ɔ tu dez. Mɛmba se if yu nid tritmɛnt kwik kwik wan, dis delay kin bi prɔblɛm.

• Antijen tɛst dɛn:

If yu nid fɔ gɛt kwik rizɔlt, fɔ du antijen tɛst na fayn tin fɔ du. Fɔ ɛgzampul, mama ɛn papa dɛn kin want fɔ no kwik if pikin gɛt COVID-19 so dat dɛn go ebul fɔ ayd dɛn ɛn stɔp di sik fɔ skata to ɔda pipul dɛn na di os.

Bɔrku tɛm, wae de sik bigin ɔr dɔn, pipul dɛm wae gɛt dis vayrɔs kin gɛt bɔrku vayrɔs na dɛn nos ɛn trot. Dis na wae dɛn kin gɛt dis sik to ɔda pipul dɛm. na dεn tεm ya, di antijen tεst kin bi sεnsitiv lεk di ``(PCR)`` tεst.

Bɔt if antijen tɛst sho se yu nɔ gɛt di vayrɔs (dat na if i `nɛgitiv`), sɔmtɛm dɔktɔ kin disayd fɔ du ɔda antijen tɛst, ɔ fɔ kɔnfɔm se ``nɛgitiv`` rizɔlt wit ``mɔlikul tɛst``.

Wetin yu go du if yu nɔ gɛt di sik, bɔt yu dɔn de nia pɔsin we gɛt COVID-19?

Dɛn tu kayn tɛst ya kin ɛp yu fɔ si if yu dɔn gɛt pɔrsin wae gɛt COVID-19, ivin if yu nɔr gɛt sɔm sayn dɛm. Bɔt di impɔtant tin ya na dat yu fɔ gɛt tɛst fɔ at le 5 dez afta dɛn dɔn ɛkspos yu. If yu gɛt tɛst bifo tɛm, yu nɔ go ebul fɔ no di vayrɔs bikɔs di vayrɔs nɔ bɔku.

• Mɔlikul tɛst dɛn:

Bikɔs dɛn tin ya kin fil mɔ, dɛn kin no if pɔsin gɛt di sik ivin wit di vayrɔs we rili smɔl na di nos ɔ trot. Dis kin mek dɛn kɔrɛkt mɔ pan pipul dɛm wae nɔr gɛt ɛni sayn. Dis na bikɔs pipul dɛm wae nɔr gɛt ɛni sik kin gɛt smɔl smɔl vayrɔs na dɛn bɔdi pas pipul dɛm wae sik.

• Antijen tɛst dɛn:

If yu want fɔ gɛt kwik rizɔlt, dis bak fayn. כltu, if di fכs tεst nכ sho infεkshכn (i.e., i `nεgεtiv`), fכ tek sεkכn tεst tu de afta dat i go inkrεs di chans fכ kech am we di vayrus lεvεl dεm hכy. Dis min se ivin if yu nɔ kech am di fɔs de bikɔs di vayrɔs nɔ bɔku, yu kin kech am if yu du am tu dez afta dat.

Bɔt fɔ chɛk ɔltɛm na skul ɛn wokples

Wi kin kɔl dis "skrinin" we wi de tɛst pipul dɛm wae nɔr gɛt ɛni sik ɛn nɔr no se dɛn dɔn gɛt di vayrɔs. Bɔku tɛm, dɛn bin de du dis na skul ɛn wokples di tɛm we di sik bin de. Na bin impɔtant we fɔ kɔntrol di we aw di sik de skata.

• Pan ɔl we dɛn bin yuz ɔl tu di kayn tɛst dɛn fɔ skreynin, di tɛst we bin gi kwik rizɔlt na bin di wan we bin wok pas ɔl.
• So, we dɛn de chɛk skul ɛn wokples, dɛn bin de yuz antijen tɛst bɔku tɛm. Dɛn kin kwik, dɛn kin izi fɔ yuz, ɛn dɛn nɔ kin dia.
• Dɛn tin ya nɔ bin sɛnsitiv lɛk mɔlikul tɛst, so dɛn bin gɛt fɔ du dɛn mɔ ɛn mɔ (fɔ ɛgzampul, tu ɔ tri tɛm insay di wik).

As COVID-19 infekshɔn ɔlsay na di kɔntri dɔn slo, dɛn dɔn stɔp dɛn skrinin program ya. Di disayd fɔ skan skul ɔ wokples de dipen pan aw di COVID-19 infɛkshɔn rɛt de na da kɔmyuniti de. If di infεkshכn rεt inkrεs bak, di skul dεm kin disayd fכ skan grup dεm fכ studɛnt dεm we de pan ay risk fכ infεkshכn (e.g., spɔt tim, myusik tim, drama tim). Ɔ, dɛn kin screen bifo big ivent lɛk prom, ɔ afta di ɔlide.

Bifo yu go na pati ɔ gɛda

Insay ɔlide ɔ ɔda sɛlibreshɔn dɛn, wi kin gɛda na wi os, pul wi mask, ɛn it ɛn drink insay wi os. Sɔntɛnde lɛk dis, fɔ mek dɛn du wan tɛst kwik kwik wan bifo di ivent kin ɛp fɔ mek ɔlman sef ɛn gɛt wɛlbɔdi. Imajin, if ɛvri gɔst we de kam na wan ivent tɛst negatif pan antijen tɛst we dɛn dɔn tek bifo tɛm, di chans fɔ mek pɔsin kech di vayrɔs ɛn spre am to ɔda pipul dɛn rili smɔl.

We yu de disayd if yu fɔ tɛst ɔ nɔ fɔ tɛst, tink bɔt dɛn tin ya:

• Aw di rit we COVID-19 infɛkshɔn de skata na yu eria?
• Yu tink se pipul dɛn de na yu grup we de pan ay risk fɔ sik bad bad wan if dɛn gɛt COVID-19? (Fɔ ɛgzampul, yɔŋ pikin dɛm, ol pipul dɛm, pipul dɛm wae gɛt ɔda sik dɛm wae nɔr de mɛn, ɔr pipul dɛm wae gɛt wik imyun sistɛm).

Faynal Mɛsej fɔ Tek-Hom

So, a op se nau yu get beta andastan fo di COVID-19 test. Fɔ sɔmtin:

• `(PCR)` tεst dεm (Mכlikul tεst) dεn rili kכrekt, dεn de dεtekt ivin sכm sכm di vayrus, bכt di rizulεt dεm de tek tεm fכ kam.
• di antijen tεst dεm kin rili kwik, bכt sכmtεm dεn kin mis sכm sכm vayrus.
• If yu gɛt di sik , wan antijen bɛtɛ fɔ no kwik, ɛn PCR bɛtɛ fɔ mek yu kɔnfɔm kɔrɛkt wan.
• If yu dɔn gɛt di sik we yu nɔ gɛt ɛni sayn , wet fɔ at le 5 dez bifo yu du di tɛst. `(PCR)` na mכr akכrd, bכt if yu nid am kwik, du antijen tεst εn if i `nεgεtiv`, tεst bak insay tu de.
• If yu ɛva gɛt dawt ɔ yu nɔ shɔ bɔt us tɛst fɔ tek, di bɛst tin fɔ du na fɔ go to yu famili dɔktɔ ɔ pɔsin we de wok na di say we yu de. Dɛn kin advays yu bɔt wetin bɛtɛ fɔ yu sityueshɔn.

Mɛmba se wi de du ɔl dis fɔ mek ɔlman sef. Dɔn gɛt am? If yu nid fɔ no ɛni ɔda tin, jɔs aks am.

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