It takes less than five minutes to do, but if done within 24 hours of a COVID diagnosis, it pretty much assures you won’t be hospitalized. Why haven’t you been told about this?
STORY AT-A-GLANCE
- Rinsing your nasal passages with a saline solution within 24 hours of a COVID-19 diagnosis could reduce your chances of being hospitalized by 8.5-fold
- Among people with COVID-19 who used nasal irrigation twice daily, 80% had zero or one mild symptom, compared to 42% of those who irrigated less often
- Only 13% of those who used nasal irrigation still had symptoms at day 28, compared to nearly 50% of those in another study
- Other research also supports the use of nasal irrigation as a “useful add-on to first-line interventions for COVID-19”
- Nebulized hydrogen peroxide diluted with saline, with or without iodine, can also be safely used by most people for prevention of respiratory infections — and in cases of active infection
Rinsing your nasal passages with a saline solution within 24 hours of a COVID-19 diagnosis could reduce your chances of being hospitalized by 8.5-fold.1Ear, Nose & Throat Journal August 25, 2022 Why hasn’t your doctor told you about this? And why haven’t public health agencies shared the good news with the public that they can significantly reduce their risk of severe COVID-19 with a simple nasal wash?
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