Nasal Irrigation May Help Prevent COVID Hospitalizations

Doing something as simple as irrigating your nose with saline may help reduce your risk of severe COVID disease. Your health depends on how you support your immune system.

STORY AT-A-GLANCE

• A recent preprint study demonstrated that people who used normal saline nasal irrigation were 19 times less likely to be hospitalized for COVID-19 than the national rate; the study used pressure-based nasal irrigation systems

• In one group, the intervention included povidone-iodine, which some physicians have been using as oral solutions,…