Get our daily coronavirus email newsletter with all the news you need to know direct to your inbox Sign up Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Invalid EmailA coronavirus swab test went so far up a woman’s nose that it caused her brain to leak, a new case report has revealed. During her assessment, the woman revealed that she had recently been tested for coronavirus, ahead of a hernia operation. In their report, published in JAMA Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery, the team, led by Dr Christopher Blake Sullivan, wrote: “Complications associated with nasal swab testing are not well characterised. The NHS explained: “This test involves taking a swab of the inside of your nose and the back of your throat, using a long cotton bud. Parents or guardians have to swab test children aged 11 or under.”

Source: Daily Mirror October 02, 2020 07:13 UTC