- Mar 23, 2006
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Neti pots
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My understanding that you use salt water (aka saline solution) to act as an astringent which reduces the swelling in the nasal passages. This also helps the drainage due to less constriction. This is why I feel so much better on a winter cruise in the Caribbean; the warm salty air is an effective albeit expensive way to breathe better.
So I'm battling a bad sinus infection right now, and am considering doing this. Never done it before though, so I'm afraid of doing something stupid like making the water too warm. It also kind of grosses me out to think of doing it, but it's probably a better alternative of doing nothing
[video=youtube;EDSlUuAOnN0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDSlUuAOnN0[/video]
I've done it before. It works. I would recommend distilled water and making sure you do it in as sterile of a fashion as you can. Hate to have an amoeba crawl up into your brain and kill you (which has happened before from this).
[video=youtube;aQm7YpxgOnA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQm7YpxgOnA[/video]
With that, this is a way better video than the other one posted above.
With that, this is a way better video than the other one posted above.
I use the more aggressive nasal irrigator with the saline rinse. Gets more force behind it! Great for keeping allergies at bay and moistening nasal cavities if you use steroid nasal spray!
Hooray for clean nasal passages and **** iowa.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/tap-wat...ng-amoeba-deaths-in-2011-investigation-finds/
Can't make this **** up.
These work great. The one I've used actually looks more like a squirt bottle. It's mildly uncomfortable but the eventual relief is worth it every time.
Yup, just stay away from tap water and especially well water. Boil it if you don't have any other options.
The Neti Pot is great, especially when you are sick. I have allergies and have to take medication for it, but use the neti pot in conjuction with the meds.
Do it, you won't regret it. Buy a $10 kit with 100 salt packets and a gallon of distilled water and you're good to go. Just throw the little pot/bottle in the dishwasher once a week and you'll be fine.
I suffered from constant sinus infections for years and haven't really even had a cold in the last several years because of this.
I suffered from constant sinus infections for years and haven't really even had a cold in the last several years because of this.
I used one once when it got to a point where I was so stuffed up I had absolutely zero air passage through my nose and couldn't sleep at night. It cleared me up pretty quickly and I couldn't believe the colors that came out of my nose when I blew it right after. Some of them seemed unnatural.
And FFS, definitely use distilled water. I think mine even had a warning on it that said to absolutely never use tap water. And you also want to make sure it's warm water. Even warmer than room temperature.
And FFS, definitely use distilled water. I think mine even had a warning on it that said to absolutely never use tap water. And you also want to make sure it's warm water. Even warmer than room temperature.
Just don't make tea in it and pour it into your nose (see first page - WTF...:err
Also, get the mechanical one (I believe it's called the Sinugator). It shoots the solution up your nose into your sinuses. Sounds like it would be painful, but it's actually great - or, at least it became great after my severely deviated septum was surgically straightened out.
I use filtered water, which the instructions say is acceptable as long as it meets a certain level. I've never had problems using water filtered from my Brita. Just don't use it directly from your refrigerator...:err:
I actually did that with Pepsi once as a teenager. It cleared out my nose like nobody's business, but I wouldn't do it again!
