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"Cotton wiffer" test shows good air movement - Betty


Posted: Dec 11, 2009

Cotton Wiffer test???? 

whiff test - not capitalized - Gyn exam?

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whiff test:

"The whiff test is performed by mixing a sample of vaginal discharge with potassium hydroxide and smelling
the sample for a characteristic fishy odor"

and they sometimes will say "cotton whiff test" - ...

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Because they put it on a cotton swab.

Get a whiff of that!

Not gyn, but thanks, ENT - Betty

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