Prof. Dror Blessed from Hadassah warns that in cases where the corona has spread to the lungs, checking the nosebleed in the palate or nose may return negatively - even though the patient is a virus

Hadassah Department Manager Corona is alerted: Fuzz tests can "miss" symptomatic patients in Corona.

Photo: Mia Tsban, spokeswoman for the Peda Furia Medical Center

The Corona Department in Hadassah Ein Kerem currently has two Corona patients, 70 years old and 68, in moderate condition. Both with pneumonia and need oxygen help. Imaging tests done showed a picture of bilateral pneumonia typical of Corona. But the check that they did was found to be negative. Despite this, they are hospitalized and re-tested to confirm the outcome.

"The patch test is good in cases of asymptomatic carriers (without the side effects of the disease), but in patients with symptoms the medical literature is known to be effective only in about 70 percent of the cases," says Prof. Dror Blumach, director of Hadassah Internal Medicine. "I suggest that my colleagues use clinical parameters such as lung photography to determine a diagnosis.

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According to him, any patient who is hospitalized for the ward and who has typical symptoms of Corona is undergoing pre-hospitalization. In the present case, an imaging test showed that it was a corona, but the blur test was negative and the patients were hospitalized for isolation. One recently returned from the US.

"It is known that touch is sensitive in about 70 percent of the cases among symptomatic patients, which is not a good predictor enough. That's why more and more researchers in the world are diagnosing patients not only with the help of ink, but also according to clinical and x-ray screening. Exists on a large scale. "

Prof. Mebrach emphasizes, however, that the effectiveness and effectiveness of the examination is limited in symptomatic patients - most of whom are in medical care and under supervision.

As of Monday, there are 4,347 diagnosed patients in Israel, 80 of whom are in serious condition.