Help Your Body Remove Virus Particles
From Your Nose, Throat and Lungs

  You can help your body remove virus particles from your nose throat and lungs before they can take root and multiply. This helps lower the dose of the virus inside you, helping you have a milder case and less virus to spread.

Simple Solutions are the Best
  There is a story about a truck that got stuck under a bridge and a group of men trying to get it unstuck who were having no luck. A young boy suggested letting the air out of the tires to lower the truck. This simple solution solved the problem.
  Sometimes we get so narrowly focused in one direction that we miss simple solutions that can be seen from a wider viewpoint. We can’t see the forest for the trees.

The Forgotten Immune System
  Your body has two immune systems that work together in a two step process to first remove and then attack the virus. The immune system that attacks the virus gets all the attention. The immune system that removes the virus has been basically ignored.
  It is very important that your immune system that removes the virus is turned on and removing virus particles as fast a possible to help lower your virus dose for a milder case with less virus to fight and less virus to spread.
  While the Attack immune system needs billions of dollars, the Remove immune system just needs water to help it float the virus particles up and out of your body. Simple solutions are the best.

Remove & Attack Immune Systems
  Your body has two immune systems that fight virus. Your body’s first line of defense against airborne virus particles is your Innate immune system which removes virus particles from your nose, throat and lungs before they can take root and multiply.
  Your body’s second line of defense is your Adaptive (Acquired) immune system which attacks the cells inside your body that were infected by the virus particles that weren’t removed in time.
  Your body needs both the first line of defense to remove virus particles and the second line of defense to attack the virus to help you survive.

Limited Window of Time
  It is important to recognize that there is a window of time between when you breathe the virus particles into your body and when they begin to take root and multiply. Your body needs to be well hydrated so the Mucociliary Escalator can remove as many virus particles as possible.
  Once the virus takes root infecting cells in your body it is too late to remove them and your body must fight them. The more you can remove the less your body has to fight.
  You want to make sure your virus removal system is turned on and working full speed to remove as many virus particles as possible during this critical time.

Mucous & Cilia Clearance System
  Your body’s built in air filter that removes virus particles is called the Mucous and Cilia Clearance System also known as the Mucociliary Escalator. (It is part of your Innate immune system.)

  Your nose, throat and lungs are covered with a protective coating of mucous which has two layers. The top layer is sticky and traps airborne particles like virus that land on it. The bottom layer is watery and the top layer floats on it.
  Your nose, throat and lungs are also covered with cilia which are tiny hair like structures that are constantly moving beating 16 times per second in the watery layer to push the top sticky layer of mucous up and out of your lungs to the top of your throat where it is swallowed and then dissolved by your stomach acid. Your body processes a half cup of mucous this way every day.

Dehydration Slows/Stops Virus Removal
  The more dehydrated you are the denser and more gel like your watery mucous layer becomes making it harder for your Cilia to move. This causes your Mucociliary Clearance Mechanism to move slower removing less virus particles.
Dehydration can also lower the height of the bottom watery layer of mucous so the top layer presses down on the Cilia flattening them out so they can’t move. This stops your Mucociliary Clearance Mechanism from moving and stops its ability to remove Covid-19 particles.
  Your body needs water to float the top layer of mucous with the virus trapped in it up and out of the body. You can’t float a boat on a dry river bed.

Specific vs. Non-Specific Immune Responses
  Your attack virus immune system has a specific response which means it has to research and identify each new type of virus before attacking it.
  Your remove virus immune system has a non-specific response that traps anything that falls on the sticky mucous including dust, pollen, bacteria and virus particles. It removes different types and variations of virus particles.
  Viruses are constantly changing and mutating producing new variants. Flu viruses change and mutate every year as the virus adapts itself for survival. It can even change in the middle of a flu season so flu vaccines have to be changed each year. Flu vaccines are usually good for 6 months.
  There is a new virus mutation that has a shorter incubation time period and a higher virus dose so which increases the need to remove as many virus particles as quickly as possible. The Mucociliary Escalator can clear the nasal cavity in about 12 minutes.

Non-Specific Means It Removes All Viruses
  The Mucociliary Escalator which is non-specific traps virus particles and removes them no matter what strain or variation they are. The ability to remove a virus immediately without having to research and identify it first is an advantage over the specific immune response which can take 4 to 14 days during which time the virus in multiplying inside your body.
  The longer it takes to identify the virus the more the virus multiples increasing your viral load and the amount of virus your body has to fight. Once your body has had a virus it remembers that virus and has a quicker response.
  Your body’s first line of defense to remove as many virus particles as it can before they take root and begin to multiply is especially important with new virus that the body has not seen before that will take longer to identify.

VIRUS REMOVAL STRATEGY
Drink Water Before, During and After Events
  Drinking water before, during and after going to an event or activity where you might breathe in virus particles will help keep your Mucociliary Escalator well hydrated to float the virus particles up and out of your body before they can take root and multiply.
  This includes going to group gatherings like concerts, sporting events, churches, bars, restaurants, family gatherings, shopping or any activity where you might be exposed to and breathe in virus particles.
  You may want to consider buying a water bottle to take with you or carry in your car to help you stay hydrated.

Provide Water, Signs and Announcements
  If you are a restaurant, bar, church, gym, concert, sporting event making water available and encouraging hydration with signs and announcements will help keep your gathering from becoming a super spreader event.

Drinking Water 3 Times a Day for Jobs and School
  If you work in a job where you may be exposed to virus particles in the air from other employees or customers you may want to consider drinking water throughout the day.
  The easy way is 3 times a day, morning, noon and later afternoon or evening. You may want to consider this if you are a school teacher or student as well.
  Working construction in the heat of summer you will probably sweat more than someone working in an office. Adjust your water for your situation and how much water you lose during the day.

DRINK WATER BEFORE, DURING & AFTER
  When going to a public gathering drink water before, during and after to stay hydrated.

  Your Mucociliary Escalator needs water to float the virus up and out of your lungs to remove it before it can take root and multiply.

Alcohol, Smoking, Airplanes and Sweat Water Loss
  Drinking alcohol quickly dehydrates you. If you drink 2 cups of wine your body needs 3 cups of water to process it so your body loses 1 cup of water. This means you need to drink a cup of water for every two cups of wine to balance your hydration.
  Beer goes quickly through the body causing water loss as well as other alcohol. You may want to drink a beer bottles worth of water for every two bottles of beer your drink as well to help keep you hydrated.
  Smoking and vaping can paralyze your Cilia slowing down or stopping the removal of virus particles. You might want to consider stopping smoking or vaping to help your body’s ability to remove virus particles.
  Activity like dancing or working out can cause you to sweat increasing water loss as well.   You want to drink water to replace the water you lose from sweating activities.
Air conditioning can dry out the air and increase dehydration in offices as well as airplanes. Drinking water during a flight can help fight jet lag as well.

How Heat and Cold Affect Virus Removal
  Hot weather creates more water loss from sweat which can cause people to be dehydrated if they don’t replace the water lost from sweating.
  Cold weather can cause a different problem as breathing in cold, dry winter air can dry out the mucous and slow down the Cilia movement. Breathing through your nose helps humidify and warm cold winter air in your nasal cavity before it goes into your lungs.
  The nasal cavity also produces Nitric Oxide which is anti-viral that you won’t get with mouth breathing. Nose breathing also helps filter virus particles. If you are in a group with other people speaking nose breathing lets you close your mouth to reduce direct spray from people speaking.

Drink Water for Fever, Vomiting, Diarrhea
  Drinking water to replace water lost to fever, vomiting or diarrhea that can happen if you get sick from a virus is a good idea. Having a water bottle by your bedside can be a good idea.

No Magic Bullet - Living with Covid-19
  There is no magic bullet but there are things you can do to help fight a virus. It is the combination of prevention that helps mitigate it. For one of the newest virus the current goal is to prevent severe disease and death. It looks like this virus will be around going forward so learning how to live with it and all the things we can do to make it less severe are needed.
  Wearing a mask, social distancing and washing hands are three things that have been suggested. In addition to these you may want to consider drinking water before, during and after attending activities where you might breathe in the virus, to help your Mucociliary Escalator “Wash” the virus from your nose throat and lungs.

Virus Particles Breathed In – Virus Particles Removed = Initial Virus Dose
  Lowering the initial virus dose helps lower your viral load to help you
have a milder case of the virus and less virus to spread.
  A mask helps filter the air you breathe in so turning on your body’s built in air filter makes sense as well.

Don’t Drink Too Much Water
  Both dehydration, not drinking enough water and hyper-hydration, drinking too much water are bad for you. You want to drink a balanced amount of water, replacing water as your body loses water during the day.
  I have talked with people who have told me they were told to drink water and drank too much and ended up at the doctors office. Every body is different and talking with your doctor about how much water is right for you and your body is a good idea.

Drinking Water Health & Beauty Benefits
  There are amazing health and beauty benefits to drinking water. Hydration helps your lungs, heart, brain, digestive system, liver and kidneys, muscles, joints, eyes and ears.
  Drinking water also helps you have thick beautiful hair, fights aging and wrinkles as well as fighting cavities and helping you have fresher breath.
  Drinking water helps both your Innate and Adaptive immune systems fight the virus. Being hydrated also helps make your body stronger to fight the virus.

Drinking Water and Happiness
  Dehydration can affect your mental health as well. Even a little dehydration can make your brain feel depressed and anxious as well as making you feel tired.
  Drinking water is an easy way to help improve your health, beauty and your life.

2 Quarts of Water a Day
  The average body loses about 2 quarts of water a day. That is 8 cups of water and there are people who only drink 3 cups of water a day. A study showed that 75% of Americans are chronically dehydrated. Not replacing the water your body loses during the day can cause health problems.

Low Water Level Creates Low Blood Level
  Your body needs water to make blood so when you are low on water your body can’t make enough blood which lowers your blood level. Low blood level makes your heart work harder and means your organs are not getting as much blood with the oxygen and nutrients that they need. Lack of blood can damage your organs and cause disease over time.

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