The COVID-19 epidemic started in China at the end of 2019, then gradually this epidemic engulfed the entire world. Due to this, a large number of people lost their lives, and even more people had to make trips to the hospital. Recently there have been reports of new variants of COVID-19. In such a situation, American scientists have advised gargling with salt water in addition to the vaccine.

'Gargle with salt water'
Research has revealed that gargling with salt water can help in improving respiratory symptoms and fighting the Covid-19 disease. Due to this hospitalization can be avoided. The studies, being presented at this year's annual meeting of scientists at the American College of Allergy Asthma and Immunology in California, showed that both low- and high-dose saline diets were less effective in reducing severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus infections than controls. seem to be associated with decreased rates of admission.

This is how the research was done
The University of Texas team randomized 58 people aged 18-65 with a positive PCR test for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus infection between 2020 and 2022 to undergo a low- or high-dose saline regimen for 14 days. They were compared with a group of 9,398 people who had COVID-19 but were not instructed to gargle or gargle. The rates of hospitalization in the low- (18.5 percent) and high- (21.4 percent) saline regimens were significantly lower than the reference population (58.8 percent). There was no difference in hospitalization rates between the low- and high-saline regimens.

What did the scientist say?
Jimmy Espinoza from the University of Texas said, 'Our goal was to investigate salt gargles for their possible relationship to improving respiratory symptoms associated with coronavirus infection. We found that both saline gargles were more effective in severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus infections compared to controls. Diets reduce hospitalization rates. We hope that more studies can be conducted to further investigate the association.

The new study supports evidence from previous small studies that suggest salt gargles can reduce Covid viral load. While infectious disease experts have applauded the findings, they said more research is needed and stressed that gargling should never be used as a substitute for vaccination or treatment with drugs.

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