Cystic fibrosis, it turns out, doesn’t like salt water. Inhaling it rehydrates the airways, allowing mucus to flow more easily and be dislodged by coughing. Patients have used saline nebulizers to achieve this effect for years, and new units are under development that people can use during sleep.Huh. Cystic fibrosis is caused by a genetic inability to fight a bacterial infection.
The pharma I worked for spent millions of dollars and made even more millions of dollars repurposing the same antibiotic in different inhalable forms for CF patients. They died anyway.
Saltwater is pretty effective for preventing skin and mouth infections too. Go figure.
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