If we use alcohol as disinfectant, why drinking it doesnt solve throat infection / sore throat?

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If we use alcohol as disinfectant, why drinking it doesnt solve throat infection / sore throat?

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Answer 1

When you have a sore throat the infection is already inside, within the tissues of the throat, and therefore isn’t affected by alcohol that only washes the surface. We only use alcohol to disinfect surfaces so that we don’t pick up infections from these surfaces.