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A member asked:
If you got a viral respiratory infection and it turns to bacteria can salt water gargle kill bacteria and save trip to doctor ?
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Sometimes: Yes, if you catch it early and do the gargles frequently. Listerine gargles have been show to also be effective and shorten even the vira lillnesses. Needs to be every 4 hours for the first 5 days of the illness.l
Answered 12/11/2016
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