- A viral message recommends holding your breath to find out if you have coronavirus. He also recommends drinking water to repel the virus to the stomach so that it can be eliminated by "stomach acid".
- These councils have no scientific basis.
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Recommendations not to be followed. A message circulating on social networks gives advice to check if a person has Covid-19. These recommendations come from mysterious "Chinese doctors arrived in Italy" and "Taiwanese experts".
This message ensures that "the new coronavirus may not show signs of infection for several days, before which it is not known whether a person is infected." But by the time you have a fever and / or cough and go to the hospital, your lungs are usually already at 50% fibrosis and it is too late. "
The message goes on to suggest "hold your breath for more than ten seconds". "If you manage to do it without coughing, without discomfort, without feeling of oppression, it shows that there is no fibrosis in the lungs, which indicates essentially no infection [sic]. "
The message also advises “to drink a few sips of water every fifteen minutes”. The reason advanced? "The stomach acid in the stomach will kill the virus."
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20 Minutes reviews the statements in this message. There are many carriers of Covid-19 who do not show symptoms, however it does not seem to be the main means of transmission of the virus, detail the American health authorities. Asked by AFP about the incubation period of the virus, Tarik Jasarevic, spokesperson for the WHO, explains that it "varies from 1 to 12.5 days, the median being between 5 and 6 days" . "WHO recommends a 14-day follow-up for people who have had contact with confirmed cases," he adds.
The message then speaks of "going to the hospital". If you experience symptoms of Covid-19 (fever, dry cough), the French government does not recommend going to the hospital on your own initiative. You have to stay at home and call a doctor. If you have difficulty breathing or feel unwell, call 15. Tests for the disease are prescribed by your doctor.
There is currently no evidence that Covid-19 causes fibrosis, infectious disease specialist Dr. Robert Legare Atmar told The Associated Press. As for the breath test, "it could be helpful in identifying people with more serious lung disease." But it will not identify people with [Covid-19] who have little or no symptoms. Other factors, such as asthma, anxiety or heart disease can prevent you from holding your breath, says Gregory Poland, doctor and vaccinologist, with the American agency.
Does drinking regularly have an effect on the virus? This does not prevent being infected, warned WHO on February 8. There is also no evidence that stomach acid will kill the virus. The BBC recalls that a study carried out on MERS, a coronavirus which had affected the Middle East in 2012, had shown that it was "resistant" to the acid of a person who has just eaten.
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