Could nasal irrigation and oral rinse reduce the risk for COVID-19 infection?
Betacoronavirus
/ drug effects
COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections
/ prevention & control
Disease Transmission, Infectious
/ prevention & control
Ethanol
/ therapeutic use
Humans
Mouth
/ virology
Mouthwashes
/ therapeutic use
Nasal Cavity
/ virology
Pandemics
/ prevention & control
Pneumonia, Viral
/ prevention & control
SARS-CoV-2
Therapeutic Irrigation
/ methods
Viral Load
/ drug effects
COVID-19 infection
oral rinses
prevention
saline nasal irrigations
Journal
International journal of immunopathology and pharmacology
ISSN: 2058-7384
Titre abrégé: Int J Immunopathol Pharmacol
Pays: England
ID NLM: 8911335
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Historique:
entrez:
18
8
2020
pubmed:
18
8
2020
medline:
28
8
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Public health measures are essential to protect against COronaVIrus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). The nose and the mouth represent entry portals for the COVID 19. Saline Nasal Irrigations (SNIs) can reduce the viral load in the nasal cavities. Oral rinse with antimicrobial agents is efficacious in reducing the viral load in oral fluids. We advocate the inclusion of SNIs and ethanol oral rinses as additional measures to the current public health measures, to prevent and control the transmission of any respiratory infectious disease, including COVID-19.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32799596
doi: 10.1177/2058738420941757
pmc: PMC7436790
doi:
Substances chimiques
Mouthwashes
0
Ethanol
3K9958V90M
Types de publication
Letter
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
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