Iota-carrageenan (carragelose) as a new possibility of symptomatic proceedings respiratory viral infections Review article

Abstract

During the autumn–winter time, both children and adults, increasing the incidence of upper respiratory tract. Improper treated, usually symptomatic viral infections can be a source of complications that often require hospitalization. Treatment of viral infections of the upper respiratory tract is symptomatic. One of the possible responses in these indications is the use of products containing carragelose that by acting on the barrier mechanism impede the invasion of the virus to cells of the respiratory tract.