According to researchers at the University of Edinburgh (Scotland), gargling with salt water would reduce the risk of developing a serious SARS-CoV-2 infection.
However, putting this hyspothesis goes back to last year when the researchers arrived at the conclusion of the results of a trial on gargles. The researchers explain that patients who take it regularly are satisfied with the results.
The Medisite site reports that after this experience, the scientific team found that the patients had a less severe cough, colds that lasted an average of two days less, and that they were less likely to take medication. .
This study also revealed that this grandmother’s remedy reduced the risks of transmission of the cold virus. Faced with these results, researchers from the University of Edinburgh concluded that salt water could also have an effect on the new coronavirus, which is responsible for the Covid-19 disease.
Indeed, the use of saline solution stimulates “innate immune mechanismsInside the airway cells that the human body makes by oxidizing salt, hypochlorous acid, a powerful oxidant effective against viruses and bacteria.
«We are now going to test our salt water gargles in suspected or confirmed Covid-19 people, and hope this will prove to be a useful measure to reduce the impact and spread of the infection.Said Professor Aziz Sheikh, director of the Usher Institute at the University of Edinburgh.
In Scotland, this new trial will be conducted on people who have had signs of the disease for up to 48 hours or who have recently tested positive. For fifteen days, each individual will have to record his symptoms in a diary and communicate the data to the scientists who will analyze them.
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