What is an anal swab test?

The anal swab test is an ancillary test used to check for the presence of parasites in the anus. It is designed to look at the skin around the anus or pubic area to see if the patient has eggs produced by the parasite, or if the eggs have adhered to the skin around the anus due to rupture of the tapeworm pregnancy nodes during active spillage, or after they have been expelled from the anus. Commonly used methods are the transparent adhesive paper method or the cotton swab swab method. 1. Cotton swab method: the cotton swab is put into the saline soaked in saline will be removed after squeezing too much saline and quickly lift the cotton swab in the patient’s pubic skin or around the anus wipe, and then put the cotton swab into the penicillin vials or saline stirred sufficiently, so that the eggs into the saline, and then the laboratory test. 2. Transparent adhesive paper method: the use of transparent adhesive stickers on the skin around the anus, and then remove the adhesive stickers flat on a glass slide with a microscope to observe the presence or absence of eggs approach. Anal swab test can be used in these two ways to detect the presence or absence of eggs, and then diagnosed according to the situation through the doctor’s instructions for treatment, to maintain their own cleanliness and hygiene on weekdays and change underwear, to ensure that they are in a clean and tidy environment.