Rapid Testing Kits

Health is something that we should never take lightly and whenever there are any medical issues we are often plagued with worry. Getting a medical consultation immediately or going in for an in-person visit to a specialist may not always be possible or accessible. This is when rapid testing kits become useful. Even in rural medical facilities or in health settings that have limited pathology resources, such medical diagnostic test kits can be used for preliminary or emergency medical screening. Rapid testing kits are easy to perform even without any formal medical training and the results are quick as well.

Rapid Testing Kits can help deliver important diagnostic results so that the spread of communicable infections can be controlled in a timely manner and health professionals are able to administer speedy treatment to the affected patients. Such diagnostic tests were in fact initially introduced in the developing countries in the early 1990s as they lacked sufficient specialized lab facilities that was enough for the growing population. The poor accessibility to medical facilities in the far-flung areas was another reason for the prevalence of such rapid tests. Rural areas are often characterized by overcrowding and close lying settlements where diseases can spread quite speedily, so rapid tests can help save lives without letting viral infections go out of control.

It is important to always choose the rapid testing kits of credible companies or brands for result accuracy. A rapid testing kit that is efficiently designed will be highly sensitive and specific, it will be easy to use and have all necessary, easy to understand instructions provided within the packaging on how it should be used or administered. Rapid testing kits are most often non-invasive, the results will have clear visibility and the test will also have simple storage requirements. Once diseases have been diagnosed, the treatment protocols or medications can also be quickly started.

Apart from pregnancy tests and ovulation testing kits, let’s look at the different types of rapid testing kits that are now available;

• Dengue rapid test kits can be used for the early detection of the dengue virus especially for the diagnosis of an acute dengue infection.
• HBsAg rapid test kits can be used for testing for Hepatitis B infection by detecting Hepatitis B surface Antigen (HBsAg) in human serum or plasma. The Hepatitis B infection is spread through infected blood or body secretions of infected individuals.
• HIV rapid test kits can be used for preliminary diagnosis of the HIV virus. This is especially useful for early detection of HIV in high-prevalence settings like when an untested pregnant woman is scheduled to go into labor after a possible exposure to the virus sexually or through an infected needle or when the patient refuses venipuncture.
• Syphilis testing kits can be used for rapid detection of the marker Treponema Pallidum for the diagnosis of the sexually transmitted syphilis infection.
• Malaria rapid testing kits can be used for the quick detection of the presence of the malaria parasite in the blood of patients. These tests work by detecting specific antigens produced by malaria parasites in the blood of infected individuals.
• Chikungunya fever test kits uses human blood, serum or plasma for the qualitative detection of the Chikungunya virus.
• H pylori rapid testing kits can help detect the Helicobacter pylori that resides in the mucous layer of the gut and occasionally may be detected in ectopic gastric tissue in the duodenum or esophagus.

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