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吸入醋不能治疗新冠症状
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吸入醋不能治疗新冠症状
法新社马来西亚 2021 年 10 月 13 日 01:14
https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.9NU22L
Facebook 和 TikTok 上反复分享的多个帖子声称吸入醋可以通过清除患者呼吸道中的痰来治疗新冠症状。该说法是错误的。卫生专家表示，该说法“毫无根据”，该方法“可能直接或间接造成危害”。
该说法于 2021 年 8 月 21 日发布在 Facebook 上。
它声称是新冠幸存者的证词。
它已被分享超过 150 次。
帖子的马来语标题部分翻译为：“想让朋友们知道，如果可能的话，如果我们感染了第三阶段的新冠病毒，不要去医院，先用传统方法治疗……
“我当时也是第三阶段，自己开车去医院，医院给了氧气。我要求回家，因为我的家人都生病了。感谢上帝，我被允许回家。第二天我的情况更糟了……
“我记得厨房里有醋。我把醋倒在毛巾上，塞进鼻子，反复吸气，真的很刺痛。之后，把毛巾放在嘴上，捂住鼻子……用嘴吸气，憋了三次，很疼。你可能会觉得想咳嗽，肺部也不舒服，但只要坚持住就行。然后完全停止咳嗽，再次吸气...让醋进入嘴里...感觉又热又酸，然后咳嗽......感谢上帝，大量清澈的白色痰从肺部和喉咙出来...然后感觉轻松了一些，你就可以呼吸了..显然，白色的痰中含有覆盖我们肺部呼吸道的 covid 病毒。感谢上帝，现在我不再感到卡住、喘不过气来、疲倦，也不再呼吸困难”。
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2021 年 9 月 17 日拍摄的误导性 Facebook 帖子截图
在 Facebook 上出现后，同样的声明已被分享了 130 多次，这里和这里。
一名男子在 Facebook 上分享了一段类似声明的视频，这里和这里，以及 TikTok 上。
健康专家表示，这一说法是错误的。
吉隆坡班台医院呼吸内科医师 Helmy Haja Mydin 博士告诉法新社：“吸入醋对 Covid-19 患者来说，可能直接或间接造成伤害。”
“直接伤害：醋含有乙酸，如果吸入，可能会腐蚀呼吸道、口腔、食道，甚至眼睛。间接伤害：它会延迟获得适当的、可能危及生命的治疗，”他说。
马来西亚士拉央医院传染病医生 Anuradha P. Radhakrishnan 博士表示：“[声称] 醋有助于治疗或预防 Covid-19 是毫无根据的。[没有] 可靠的令人信服的数据来支持这些说法”。
Health Desk 是非营利组织 Meedan 创建的 Covid-19 循证研究中心，它在这里回应了虚假的醋说法。
“醋是乙酸和水的混合物，呈弱酸性。不同类型的醋可以含有其他物质来调味和着色。医疗专业人士建议，在使用可能刺激鼻子、嘴巴和喉咙敏感膜的物质漱口时要小心。
“过度冲洗或用刺激性物质漱口可能会造成伤害，而不是健康益处。鼻腔冲洗和漱口水应遵循医疗和牙科指导。 Covid-19 的预防和治疗方法应遵循公共卫生和医疗指导”。
法新社揭穿了吸入蒸汽可以治愈新冠肺炎的各种虚假说法，包括这里、这里、这里和这里。
医学专家称吸入丁香蒸汽无法治愈新冠
法新社马来西亚 2021 年 7 月 15 日
https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.9EY64W
一段视频在 Facebook、YouTube 和 TikTok 上被观看了数千次，视频声称吸入丁香蒸汽可以治疗新冠。这一说法是错误的。医学专家告诉法新社，没有科学证据表明吸入丁香蒸汽可以治愈新冠。
该视频于 2021 年 5 月 15 日上传到 Facebook，观看次数超过 5,300 次。
视频显示，男子正在吸入炉子上一个由压力锅制成的临时装置产生的蒸汽。
帖子的标题是：“丁香蒸汽可以治疗新冠？
“印度的新冠病例现在正在突然减少。他们像这样吸入丁香蒸汽。”
视频上叠加的文字写着：“丁香蒸汽”。
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2021 年 7 月 14 日拍摄的误导性帖子截图
丁香是一种香气浓郁的香料，在亚洲国家常用于食品调味和药用。
该视频在 Facebook 上出现类似声明后，已被观看超过 2,400 次，这里和这里，TikTok 上，YouTube 上。
该声明还流传开来，人们演示如何煮丁香并吸入蒸汽的不同片段，例如这里和这里。
然而，这种说法是错误的。
马来西亚总理特别健康顾问 Jemilah Mahmood 博士在 2021 年 7 月 11 日接受法新社采访时表示：“没有科学证据表明它可以治愈 [Covid-19]，但一般来说，吸入含有薄荷醇和丁香的蒸汽油可以缓解鼻塞，让患者感觉好一点，但这只是暂时的缓解。”
马来西亚议会科学、创新和健康特别委员会主席 Kelvin Yii 博士于 2021 年 7 月 11 日告诉法新社，这一说法并不属实。
“比疾病本身传播得更快的事情之一是错误信息，以及某些方面利用这种疾病患者的不安全感和恐惧来引入不基于循证医学的替代治疗或治疗方法，”他说。
误导性视频
反向图像搜索发现，误导性帖子中的视频至少从 2020 年 9 月开始就在这里和这里的报道中流传，报道了在印度西部城市浦那开设的“蒸汽酒吧”。
在疫情期间，印度各地都报道了类似的装置，以预防 Covid-19，例如这里、这里和这里。
马里兰大学上切萨皮克健康中心传染病科主任 Faheem Younus 博士分享了这段视频，并于 2020 年 9 月 23 日写道：“我们不要把恐惧变成生意。这完全没用。”
法新社发表了事实核查报告，揭穿了蒸汽吸入可以预防或治愈 Covid-19 的说法，例如这里和这里。
Inhaling clove vapour cannot cure Covid-19, medical experts say
By AFP Malaysia July 15, 2021
https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.9EY64W
A video has been viewed thousands of times on Facebook, YouTube and TikTok, with a claim that inhaling clove vapour can treat Covid-19. The claim is false. There is no scientific evidence that inhaling clove vapour can cure Covid-19, medical experts told AFP.
The clip was uploaded on May 15, 2021 on Facebook here, where it has been viewed more than 5,300 times.
It shows men inhaling steam from a makeshift device made of a pressure cooker on a stove.
The post's caption reads: "Clove vapour treatment for COVID19?
"Covid cases in India are suddenly decreasing now. They inhale clove vapour like this."
The text superimposed on the video says: "Clove vapour".
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Screenshot of the misleading post, taken on July 14, 2021
Clove, a spice with a strong aroma, is commonly used for food flavouring and medicinal purposes in Asian countries.
The video has been viewed more than 2,400 times after it also appeared with a similar claim on Facebook here and here, on TikTok here, and on YouTube here.
The claim has also circulated with different clips of people demonstrating how to boil the cloves and inhale the steam, such as here and here.
The claim, however, is false.
When asked by AFP, Dr Jemilah Mahmood, special health adviser to the Malaysian prime minister, said on July 11, 2021: "There is no scientific evidence that it is a cure [for Covid-19], but in general steam inhalation with menthol and clove oil can relieve congestion and help patients feel a little better but it is temporary relief."
Dr Kelvin Yii, chairman of the Malaysian parliamentary special select committee on science, innovation and health, told AFP on July 11, 2021, that the claim is not true.
"One of the things that is spreading faster than the disease itself is misinformation as well as certain quarters playing on the insecurities and fear of the people of this disease to introduce alternative treatment or cures that are not based on evidence-medicine," he said.
Misleading video
A reverse image search found that the video in the misleading post has circulated since at least September 2020 in reports here and here about "a steam bar" that opened in Pune, a city in western India.
Similar contraptions have been reported across India during the pandemic in a bid to prevent Covid-19, for example here, here and here.
Dr Faheem Younus, chief of infectious diseases at the University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Health, shared the video and wrote on September 23, 2020: "Let’s not turn fear into business. This is completely useless."
AFP has published fact-check reports debunking claims that steam inhalation can prevent or cure Covid-19, such as here and here.
Inhaling vinegar cannot treat Covid-19 symptoms
By AFP Malaysia October 13, 2021 at 01:14
https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.9NU22L
Multiple posts shared repeatedly on Facebook and TikTok claim that inhaling vinegar can treat symptoms of Covid-19 by clearing sputum from a patient's airways. The claim is false. Health experts say the claim is “baseless” and the method “can be potentially harmful, both directly and indirectly”.
The claim was posted here on Facebook on August 21, 2021.
It purports to be a testimony from a Covid-19 survivor.
It has been shared more than 150 times.
The post's Malaysian-language caption translates in part as: “Want to let friends know, when possible if we're infected covid stage 3.. don't go yet to the hospital, medicate the traditional way first ...
"I was also in stage 3, went to the hospital with my own car, and was given oxygen. I asked to go back home because my family members were all sick at home. Praise be to God I’m allowed back. The next day I got worse ...
"I remember there was vinegar in the kitchen. I poured vinegar on a towel, stuffed it up my nose, breathed in repeatedly, it really stings. After that, put the towel on my mouth, covered my nose ... breathed in through my mouth, held it 3 times, it smarts. You may feel like coughing and it feels uneasy on the lungs, but just hold on. Then let go of the cough entirely, breathe in again..let the vinegar enter the mouth..it feels hot, sour, then cough... Praise be to God, a lot of clear white sputum comes out from the lungs and throat..then it just feels lighter and you can breathe..apparently, the white sputum has the covid virus that covers the airways in our lungs. Praise be to God now I no longer feel stuck, breathless, tired and have any difficulty breathing".
The same claim has been shared more 130 times after it appeared on Facebook here and here.
A video of a man making a similar claim was shared on Facebook here and here, and on TikTok here.
The claim is false, according to health experts.
“It can be potentially harmful, both directly and indirectly," for Covid-19 patients to inhale vinegar, said Dr Helmy Haja Mydin, a physician specialising in respiratory medicine at Pantai Hospital Kuala Lumpur, told AFP.
"Directly: vinegar contains acetic acid, which if inhaled may be corrosive to the airways, oral cavity, oesophagus, and even the eyes. Indirectly: it delays obtaining appropriate, potentially life-threatening treatment," he said.
Dr Anuradha P. Radhakrishnan — an infectious disease physician at Malaysia's Selayang Hospital — said: "[It is] baseless [to claim] vinegar aids in treatment or prevention of Covid-19. [There is] no reliable convincing data to support these claims".
Health Desk, a global hub for evidence-based research on Covid-19 created by non-profit organisation Meedan, responded to the false vinegar claim here.
“Vinegar, a mixture of acetic acid and water, is mildly acidic. Different types of vinegar can contain other substances for flavour and colour. Medical professionals advise caution when rinsing with substances that could irritate sensitive membranes in the nose, mouth, and throat.
"Over-rinsing or rinsing with harsh substances can cause harm rather than health benefits. Nasal rinses and mouthwashes should follow medical and dental guidance. Covid-19 prevention and treatment methods should follow public health and medical guidance".
AFP has debunked various false claims that inhaling steam can cure Covid-19 -- including here, here, here and here.
