Scientists from the College of Medicine of Pennsylvania have found that oral antiseptics and mouthwashes can be beneficial in the healing process of COVID-19 infection.
American scientists have proven that mouth rinses are capable of inactivating coronavirus in humans. It turns out that some drugs can reduce the viral load in the mouth after infection.
Scientists have tested a range of mouth and nasopharyngeal rinses for their ability to deactivate coronaviruses like SARS-Cov-2. Also included in the samples were various antiseptic solutions, a solution of baby shampoo, and a hydrogen peroxide-based mouthwash.
These substances were contacted with the virus for 30 seconds, 1-2 minutes before further dilution. Then cultured human cells were added to the same solutions.
The result is as follows: The baby shampoo solution used by doctors to treat the sinuses inactivated 99,9% of the viruses. And after half a minute of contact, 100% of the viruses were destroyed by several mouth rinses.
Scientists are also looking to find out if mouthwashes can lower viral load in coronavirus patients. For this, it is planned to conduct clinical trials.