Genuine question. I once had a medical doctor who swore by saline nose/throat gargling for upper respiratory tract illnesses—he was a by the book, orthodox, evidence-based doc. I did not research it. Anyone know the evidentiary status of his claim? I did not see a recent review.
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Btw, I asked out of curiosity, and I know this is a common folk-remedy in some cultures but... just in case anyone is encountering this with a practical mindset. DO NOTE THE FOLLOWING. Rinsing nasal passages with tap/contaminated water has real risks!https://twitter.com/heckathorn_amy/status/1476353795927904259 …
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Just because I find rigorous testing of folk-remedies interesting… Someone could do a quasi-experiment by using rapid tests like this, but with some folks using rinse/gargle, some not, and also do before/after comparisons (after waiting an hour or so, as per test instructions).https://twitter.com/methanoJen/status/1476276591219064836 …
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By the way, why rigorously test folk-remedies? First: sometimes there’s unintended harm you can uncover only through proper trial. Second: if beneficial, yeay! Third: if no effect found? It seems that the placebo benefit is essentially unshakable, so no harm in finding no effect.
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Just wait to you hear that this came up with
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Irrigating your nose could be the one Covid intervention that’s beneficial whether or not you have Covid (ok, hand washing/ubiquitous sanitizer wins…) 15 years ago, I started using saline 2x/day because of chronic sinus infections and haven’t had one since. 5
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I had a sinus surgery to treat chronic sinusitis at the VA, the ENT prescribed daily saline rinse basically forever (I use the neilmed bottle and mix). In addition to a couple pill or spray meds
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Very interested thread! Always was told by my great aunt gargling with salt water helped a sore throat (no claims about curing respiratory illnesses more generally though), and always wondered how much of that was placebo/if any genuine benefit
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Meanwhile, the evidence in this thread is good enough for me to personally start doing this, & even if it doesn't outperform a placebo it sounds like it will still help, so who cares which part of my head the mechanism is in!
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To throw one more variable in: my wife, who is Indian, tends to include turmeric in the water when gargling. She also more often recommends steaming with turmeric water.
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