How many people will feel nervous, afraid and other negative emotions during the whole process of nucleic acid testing?

What should I do if I am afraid of doing nucleic acid testing?

Some friends have reported that some people are so scared when they do nucleic acid testing that they can't even open their mouths and feel like vomiting. Many attempts failed, or were laborious. What happened? How to prevent and overcome it? Today we will briefly explain.

Principle of nucleic acid detection

The substance of nucleic acid detection is the nucleic acid of virus. After COVID-19 infects the human body, it will first reproduce in the respiratory system, so we can judge whether the human body is infected with the virus by detecting the virus nucleic acid in sputum and nasopharyngeal swab.

Specifically, it is to use a long sterile cotton swab to wipe the secretions on both sides of the palatal arch, pharynx and tonsils with sensitive and gentle movements. Friends who have done throat swab sampling know that this process is very fast and slightly irritating to the throat, but it is completely tolerable.

The reaction of sensitive people.

However, some people are sensitive to foreign objects, have psychological fears, and are prone to rejection, such as silence, shrinking, vomiting, yelling and so on. , resulting in sampling failure. This affects the process of centralized sampling, and individuals feel embarrassed.

Sensitive reason

Some people think that a sensitive person is melodramatic, while others think that he is acting. In fact, this refusal is determined by sensitive person's individual physical and mental characteristics. On the one hand, individuals are highly defensive, keeping a high degree of vigilance against all foreign objects and preventing invasion, which is determined by human instinctive characteristics and has a protective effect on individuals; There is also the refusal caused by personal cleanliness; There are also fears caused by natural timidity and fear of pain.

Desensitization method

From the point of view of psychological adjustment, we generally adopt cognitive behavioral adjustment method, that is, propaganda from cognition, combined with actual behavior training, to gradually achieve desensitization effect without excessive fear.

In understanding, it is necessary to explain the principle of throat swab sampling in detail, preferably with pictures. As shown in the figure below, throat swab sampling is to wipe and collect throat secretions with a brisk action. This process is fast, a little exciting but completely tolerable. After eating, it's like swallowing a mouthful of hard food. Swallowing saliva and drinking water can relieve discomfort. But sensitive people should not eat it right away, it is easy to feel sick.

Behaviorally, you can wait at the collection point in advance (but don't collect), carefully observe the collection process, get familiar with the collection process by observing others' collection process, and get familiar with others' feelings and States when collecting, thus dispelling the inexplicable fear brought by unfamiliar situations. That is to say, it is normal to turn a blind eye to what we often say. Seeing others relaxed after collection will play a role in eliminating fear. Keep watching for half an hour, watch carefully, listen carefully, and don't be distracted from chatting. If you have family or friends, the effect will be better. You can also let the staff take a closer look at the long cotton swab used for sampling to eliminate strangeness.

Also pay attention

For sensitive people, men and women, old and young, they should not be forced to dissuade and pull, which is even more terrible. Don't laugh at and scold sensitive people, which is their inherent characteristic. A tolerant attitude is more conducive to their self-adjustment. Don't eat or drink water for two hours before the test. Stimulating the pharynx during the test is easy to vomit. After the exam, don't focus on the pharynx, and do something relaxed and happy with the attention transfer method, which is conducive to eliminating discomfort.

Desensitization method for fear of injection

By the way, I also want to talk about the desensitization method of fear of injection, because some people are particularly afraid of injection, which is a psychological specific fear. I won't elaborate on the reasons, but mainly talk about the methods of cognitive behavior desensitization.

Cognitive speaking, a sensitive person knows the necessity of injection, but his body can't stand the initial stimulation. In fact, the pain of being bitten and scratched by mosquitoes in summer is more painful than an injection. So the pain of injection is completely tolerable, that is, psychological fear. Therefore, taking gradual and painful training will help to eliminate fear.

The so-called step-by-step painful training is to pinch your arms and gradually exert your strength. Because the force is small at first, it doesn't hurt or be afraid. After getting used to it, I will increase my strength. After adaptation, increase the intensity by one level until it is equivalent to the pain of injection. Tell sensitive people that the injection only reaches this pain value instantly, and there is no problem at all.