[CAUT] FW: Prevent Swine Flu - Good Advice

[Jeff Tanner]

I believe it was on the Today Show, Dr. Nancy Sniderman said that the claim that "gargling with salt water would prevent proliferation" was a myth. If it wasn't her, it was some other TV doctor personality. (but then, the medical community doesn't want us to know if something they don't sell works too)  Also, a local USC experiment with school kids revealed that hand sanitizers only kill bacteria, not viruses.  (In that regard, I suspect these sanitizing wipes don't do much to kill viruses either, since they use the same active ingredient - alcohol.)  According to this USC experiment, hand washing with soap is the single most effective thing you can do to prevent the flu, and it didn't matter whether you use hot or cold water.

And, don't tune in homes where the virus is active.
Tanner
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Jim Busby 
  To: pianotech at ptg.org ; caut at ptg.org 
  Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 11:51 AM
  Subject: [CAUT] FW: Prevent Swine Flu - Good Advice


  All,

   

  More common sense stuff some of you might like to read.

   

  Jim Busby

   

  From: vince mrykalo [mailto:madvinmryk at yahoo.com] 
  Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 9:48 AM



   

        This was sent to me from my boss. The wife of my other boss has cancer and this goes along with what the doctors have been telling him. Hope this keeps everyone well. Chris

         Prevent Swine Flu - Good Advice

         Dr. Vinay Goyal is an MBBS,DRM,DNB (Intensivist and Thyroid specialist) having clinical experience of over 20 years. He has worked in institutions like Hinduja Hospital , Bombay Hospital , Saifee Hospital , Tata Memorial, etc. Presently, he is heading our Nuclear Medicine Department and Thyroid clinic at Riddhivinayak Cardiac and Critical Centre, Malad (W).  The following message given by him, I feel makes a lot of sense and is important for all to know. 

        The only portals of entry are the nostrils and mouth/throat. In a global epidemic of this nature, it's almost impossible to avoid coming into contact with H1N1 in spite of all precautions. Contact with H1N1 is not so much of a problem as proliferation is. While you are still healthy and not showing any symptoms of H1N1 infection, in order to prevent proliferation, aggravation of symptoms and development of secondary infections, some very simple steps, not fully highlighted in most official communications, can be practiced (instead of focusing on how to stock N95 or Tamiflu):

        1. Frequent hand-washing (well highlighted in all official communications). 
        2. "Hands-off-the-face" approach. Resist all temptations to touch any part of face (unless you want to eat, bathe or slap). 
        3. *Gargle twice a day with warm salt water (use Listerine if you don't trust salt). *H1N1 takes 2-3 days after initial infection in the throat/ nasal cavity to proliferate and show characteristic symptoms. Simple gargling prevents proliferation. In a way, gargling with salt water has the same effect on a healthy individual that Tamiflu has on an infected one. Don't underestimate this simple, inexpensive and powerful preventative method.
        4. Similar to 3 above, *clean your nostrils at least once every day with warm salt water. *Not everybody may be good at Jala Neti or Sutra Neti (very good Yoga asanas to clean nasal cavit ies), but *blowing the nose hard once a day and swabbing both nostrils with cotton buds dipped in warm salt water is very effective in bringing down viral population.*
        5. *Boost your natural immunity with foods that are rich in Vitamin C (Amla and other
         citrus fruits). *If you have to supplement with Vitamin C tablets, make sure that it also has Zinc to boost absorption. 
        6. *Drink as much of warm liquids (chicken broth, herbal tea, coffee, etc) as you can. *Drinking warm liquids has the same effect as gargling, but in the reverse direction. They wash off proliferating viruses from the throat into the stomach where they cannot survive, proliferate or do any harm. Neti pots and sinus rinse kits are available at the drug store and relatively inexpensive….under $15. 

        I suggest you pass this on to your entire e-list.  You never know who might pay attention to it - and STAY ALIVE because of it.
        "If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change." Wayne Dyer

        Vince Mrykalo 
        Provo, Utah 
        www.mrykalopiano.com
       

   
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