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Nicotine (smoking) has been known to act as an immunomodulator and can act as a preventative for gastrointestinal inflammatory disease such as ulcerative coliti
by cskinner 6y ago
Nicotine (smoking) has been known to act as an immunomodulator and can act as a preventative for gastrointestinal inflammatory disease such as ulcerative colitis. This could be attenuating the inflammatory response and reducing symptoms for COVID-19 patients.
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/516104_4 https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/516104_4
- rapjr9 6y agoThe additives in cigarettes have been shown to dilate lung airways, suppress coughing, and disguise symptoms of illness: https://www.verywellmind.com/cigarette-additives-2824737 https://www.verywellmind.com/cigarette-additives-2824737 Perhaps the additives are keeping COVID-19 patients alive by supporting breathing in difficult circumstances? There are hundreds of additives so figuring out if any of them help would be difficult: https://ec.europa.eu/health/scientific_committees/emerging/docs/scenihr_o_051.pdf https://ec.europa.eu/health/scientific_committees/emerging/d...