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Jun 23, 2022 · Experts discuss what it might mean if you get a faint line on a home COVID-19 test, when to take another test and what precautions to take. Here's what it means if your at-home COVID-19 test ...
Dec 19, 2023 · Do Fainter Lines on Home COVID Tests Mean You’re Getting Better? The colors of lines on COVID tests can show whether you’re getting healthy or staying sick—if they’re interpreted the right way
Jan 20, 2023 · Even if it is faint, a positive line result on a rapid antigen COVID-19 test indicates that you are sick and likely contagious. For those who are recovering, the opaqueness of the...
Mar 6, 2024 · While there are many factors that can cause a line on a COVID test to be faint or hardly visible, the safe bet is to assume that any line on a test means you're positive and that you need to take precautions to avoid spreading the virus to others.
Aug 26, 2022 · A faint line could mean you've collected less virus this time around. Maybe you swabbed for less time or in only one nostril when your test instructions say to swab both.
Dec 12, 2023 · It’s probably not what you’re hoping to hear, but a faint line on a COVID test means you have COVID-19. “A faint line is a positive test result,” says infectious disease expert Amesh Adalja, MD, a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security.
Nov 9, 2023 · A faint line could suggest that your viral load (or how much of the virus is in your body) is low.
