Just got back from the dentist where I saw a posting about using salt-water to gargle twice a day and saline spray once a day during flu season (dentist says he does it year-round) to help kill off viruses before they're able to cause problems. He said he keeps a bottle of saline spray in the shower and uses it every morning. Posting also recommends drinking hot beverages to rinse away the nasty little bugs. Would be worth a try!
Just got back from the dentist where I saw a posting about gargling with salt-water twice a day and using a Neti pot(or saline nasal spray ) once a day to kill viruses before they set in and make us sick. Dentist says he keeps a bottle of saline spray in the shower and uses it every day. Posting also recommends drinking hot beverages. Sounds simple enough to give it a try.
The flu shots help, but they don't give 100% coverage, and there are so many other viruses (including colds) out there. The posting indicated that salt-water gargle and nasal irrigation would help prevent most viruses. Nothing is a complete "magic bullet", but I'll see if I can find more information.
I do, however, drink hot tea all day during winter, and use saline spray to keep my nasal passages open, so perhaps that is why John is sick, and I am not. At least, not yet.
Here's a link that has the info the dentist posted. http://webswagger.com/blog/?tag=h1n1-prevention You might be right about why John got sick and you didn't!
Just got back from the dentist where I saw a posting about using salt-water to gargle twice a day and saline spray once a day during flu season (dentist says he does it year-round) to help kill off viruses before they're able to cause problems. He said he keeps a bottle of saline spray in the shower and uses it every morning. Posting also recommends drinking hot beverages to rinse away the nasty little bugs. Would be worth a try!
ReplyDeleteJust got back from the dentist where I saw a posting about gargling with salt-water twice a day and using a Neti pot(or saline nasal spray ) once a day to kill viruses before they set in and make us sick. Dentist says he keeps a bottle of saline spray in the shower and uses it every day. Posting also recommends drinking hot beverages. Sounds simple enough to give it a try.
ReplyDeleteI thought that was what those flu shots we got were for!
ReplyDeleteThe flu shots help, but they don't give 100% coverage, and there are so many other viruses (including colds) out there. The posting indicated that salt-water gargle and nasal irrigation would help prevent most viruses. Nothing is a complete "magic bullet", but I'll see if I can find more information.
ReplyDeleteI do, however, drink hot tea all day during winter, and use saline spray to keep my nasal passages open, so perhaps that is why John is sick, and I am not. At least, not yet.
ReplyDeleteHere's a link that has the info the dentist posted. http://webswagger.com/blog/?tag=h1n1-prevention
ReplyDeleteYou might be right about why John got sick and you didn't!