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Southwest Lab provides convenient and accessible COVID-19 testing to the community. We’ll Ensure You Always Get The Best Result.
The coronavirus, or COVID-19, is inciting panic for a number of reasons. It’s a new virus, meaning no one has immunity.It is highly contagious, meaning it spreads fast. Its novelty means that scientists aren’t completely sure as to how it behaves since they have very little history to go on.
Southwest Lab offers the key three FDA-approved diagnostic COVID-19 tests. We administer the tests with customer service in mind—going above and beyond what regulating authorities require to ensure our testing procedures are the highest-quality possible.
The tests we offer are designed to provide convenient and fast results.
Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) testing analyzes the upper respiratory specimen and looks for genetic material (ribonucleic acid or RNA) of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. RNA is discernible in the early phase of infection ––before the body has had a chance to manufacture antibodies to the infection.
Antigen tests are very successful in identifying cases where people are at their peak of infection. They are taken with a nasal or throat swab and detect a protein part of the Coronavirus. These tests are less expensive and generally faster but also less accurate. They can also identify if a patient had contracted the virus in the past.
Antibody testing screens for things called antibodies in the blood. Antibodies are created when the body is fighting an infection like COVID-19. The antibody testing is not checking for the virus; it is looking to see whether the immune system has responded to the infection.
this means you feel hot to touch on your chest or back (you do not need to measure your temperature). It is a common sign and also may appear in 2-10 days if you affected.
this means coughing a lot for more than an hour, or 3 or more coughing episodes in 24 hours (if you usually have a cough, it may be worse than usual).
Around 1 out of every 6 people who get COVID-19 becomes seriously ill and develops difficulty breathing or shortness of breath.
