If we use alcohol as disinfectant, why drinking it doesnt solve throat infection / sore throat?
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Using a disinfectant to fight a disease that is showing symptoms is like trying to install a fire prevention system after the fire has already started. Besides, while it may kill infectious viruses and bacteria on the surface of the throat, it won’t do anything to address the bugs that aren’t so directly exposed, or the inflammation caused by the immune system.
Besides, the same things that make high-proof alcohol good at killing bacteria are also bad for the cells in your mouth and throat. It denatures proteins it comes in contact with, thus tearing apart cells, and it is indiscriminate whether those are bacteria or throat tissue. And damaging cells a lot means increasing the risk of cancer a lot.
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