Got a stuffy nose and a cough? If you go to an urgent care or ER, chances are that you may be able find out exactly what type of germ is making you sick.
Use of these so-called multiplex tests has become more common in recent years. They were especially handy last fall and winter, when the US was contending with surges of at least three respiratory infections at the same time: Covid-19, respiratory syncytial virus and the flu. They help doctors in busy settings make faster diagnoses, but experts say they can also be a mixed blessing. On one hand, you may be able to identify exactly which virus or viruses are making you sick.
Testing may not change treatment Since testing for Covid has made swabbing your sniffles commonplace, many patients are more likely to want to know what bug they have. “So we have the ability now to put names on things, so I think it has changed,” said Dr. Preeti Milani, an infectious disease specialist at the University of Michigan. “I do feel that Covid has changed that paradigm a bit.” Multiplex tests aren’t available everywhere.
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