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Salt Water Gargling Blood Streaks

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Dr. Noble Zachariah MD

Is it all right to gargle with salt and warm water 3 times a day. Like to visit on Christmas Day my family. Is this contagious? My doctor said that it would be all right to visit. Do you agree? There will ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Noble Zachariah ( Internal Medicine Specialist)
Dr.    Muhammad Sareer Khalil MD

yesterday and they said its nothing even after i said sometimes blood came up. Is that true? They didnt give me any medication. Ive just been gargling salt water. Heres theblood in my mucus and... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Muhammad Sareer Khalil ( General & Family Physician)
Dr.   Bonnie Berger-Durnbaugh MD

have had a severe sore throat for 48 hours, along with productive cough . No fever . Gargling with salt water helps, cepacol lozenges do not. How often can I gargle with salt water? When... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Bonnie Berger-Durnbaugh ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Sumit Bhatti MD

contributing to the duration that this is taking to go away, possibly. I tried gargling with salt water, colloidal silver, a mixture of water,salt, and XXXXXXX cider vinegar, and I spray... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Sumit Bhatti ( ENT Specialist)
Dr.       Honey Arora MD

Doctor i read it somewhere if somebody doesnt have time to brush in night then its ok to have gargling with salt XXXXXXX warm water to remove bacteria and germs. It is kind of an alternative of not ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Honey Arora ( Dentist)

Public Forum Discussions

Dr.  Hiren Hirpara MD

gargling betadine, thick blood like substance comes. This happens only when i gargle betadine. When I gargle with warm salt water, this doesn t happen. If that is blood, what will be the... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Hiren Hirpara ( General & Family Physician)
Dr.  James M Wilson MD

battling sinusitis and is taking amoxacilin. Add to that she gargled with salt water tonight. her B.P is ... normal because of the salt water gargle? ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. James M Wilson ( Cardiologist)
Dr. Penchila Prasad Kandikattu MD

I have high blood pressure that I keep controlled by meds, diet and exercise. I ve had a tooth extracted and was told to gargle with a salt solution 5x a day, especially after eating. My blood pressure... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Penchila Prasad Kandikattu ( Internal Medicine Specialist)
Dr. Hardik Sanghvi MD

My mother-in-law is a nurse and told me I shouldn t gargle with salt water for my sore throat ... it, simply gargling and spitting back out. Can it raise my blood pressure? ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Hardik Sanghvi ( Hematologist)
Dr.      Honey Arora MD

I am a singer and my voice is becoming very weak. I read that gargling with salty water might help in recovering my voice. So I gargled today with warm salty water and I spit blood although I... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Honey Arora ( Dentist)