A little while back I read an article on WebMD about nasal sprays

[rateyes]

might kill cold viruses. I have to take Flonase every night. I wonder if there might be a link in use of Flonase and lower incidences of coronavirus.

I am NOT recommending this. It’s just something that I wonder about. I am 60 years old. I have had two colds a year for as long as I can remember. But, for the past two years, have not had one. That’s how long I have been using Flonase.

https://www.webmd.com/cold-and-flu/news/20090915/nasal-spray-may-kill-cold-virus

Above is the article I mentioned.

[Ferrets are Cool]

1. One would think that if there is ANY connection, the Medical Profession

would have let us know.

[rateyes]

3. I don't know.

[Dave Starsky]

15. Trust me: There are at least a few thousand people around the world....

Who have graduated at the top of their class at medical school and spent their entire lives researching and working on JUST THIS ONE THING.

If it would help, they would know it and would have said something by now.

[Frances]

2. I have been using Flonase some nice thev1990's

I have had the normal amount of colds

[rateyes]

4. ...

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

5. Getting fewer colds at your age is probably more connected to the fact that by

now you've been exposed to a whole lot of the many cold viruses out there, and don't as often run into one you haven't had before.

I'm 71. I think I've had perhaps three colds in the last ten years. Maybe only two.

Plus, the Flonase is strictly for allergy relief. Not for colds.

[PatSeg]

8. I think you could be right

I'm in my 70s too and I rarely ever get colds anymore and if I do, they are very mild, nothing like the full blown colds I got in my youth. I figured that years of exposure to different viruses probably enhanced my immune system.

Personally, I can't stand Flonase. Anything I've put up my nose only made things worse.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

9. My understanding is that there are several hundred different cold viruses.

Once you've had one, you are permanently immune to that specific virus. So over your lifetime you've probably had two hundred or more colds.

The wonderful thing about viruses is that once you've gotten over whatever it is that specific virus causes, you're immune forever.

It does seem somewhat possible that Covid-19 is different, and there have been hints that recovering from a bout of it may not confer permanent immunity. However, if that were the case, I'd have thought we'd be seeing a lot of re-infections already. There's also a problem in that Covid-19 seems to be mutating like crazy, and another possibility is you get and recover from type one, but type two comes along and you can get sick again. And so on. We have a long way to go to know for certain.

[PatSeg]

12. Yes

Covid 19 seems to be breaking all the rules. Its almost like something out of a pandemic disaster movie or novel. The blood clotting is freaking me out.

[rateyes]

13. Makes sense

[doc03]

6. I was addicted to nasal spray. The more you use the more you need until

you can't breath without it. I got off it by using saline spray. Haven't had congestion problems since unless I
do get a cold.

[rso]

7. Flonase

Very unlikely that Flonase helps in the prevention of colds because Flonase is a steroid. Steroids reduce inflammation by suppressing the body’s immune response, so a reduced immune response would actually be conducive to the development of the cold virus. That is why steroids are recommended for non-infectious conditions like allergies, but not for colds.

[GeorgeGist]

10. Best answer.

[cally]

11. I quit using Flonase because of covid

I need my immune system to be the best possible.

[rateyes]

14. Got it. Thanks.

[Drahthaardogs]

16. You need to start spraying 409 up each nostril

And then sit naked on a UV light.

Don't thank me, thank your President!

[JHB]

17. Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue