Simple Nasal Wash Reduces Risk of COVID Hospitalization

It takes less than five minutes to do, but if done within 24 hours of a COVID diagnosis, it pretty much assures you won't be hospitalized. Why haven't you been told about this?

STORY AT-A-GLANCE

• Rinsing your nasal passages with a saline solution within 24 hours of a COVID-19 diagnosis could reduce your chances of being hospitalized by 8.5-fold

• Among people with COVID-19 who used nasal irrigation twice daily, 80% had zero or one mild symptom, compared to 42% of those who irrigated less often

• Only 13% of those who used nasal irriga…