Shooting salt water up my nose everyday & feeling good! Anybody else doing this?

[SparticleBrane]

Leah, thanks for this thread.

I've seen the neti-pot thing before, and heard of people swearing by it, but I haven't done it yet.

For the past few years I have had issues with my sinuses. Not infections, but just general stuffiness. I usually have to blow my nose a few times per day in an attempt to clear them out. Most of the time, one nostril or the other is clogged. If that isn't the case they're both "open" but they feel restricted.

I think I'll go out sometime soon and try this. I'll let you know how it works...

 

[SparticleBrane]

AARRRRRRGGGGGHHHHH!!!!!

My eyes are completely bloodshot, the tears won't stop, my nose burns, my throat burns, and I've gone through a box a Kleenex in the last 30 minutes.

I've been using NeilMed Sinus Rinse with success for the last week. Today my allergies were worse than normal so I thought I'd try the lying on the bed method using some Ocean saline spray I had around the house. The directions on the back say if you hold it upside down it will deliver drops so I incorrectly assumed it was for this method of cleaning out the sinuses. Boy was I wrong. I've tried everything to get the burning to go away. I repeated the process with water, I used the Sinus Rinse bottle with plain water and tried using one of the packets with hopes that the baking soda in it would help. None of it worked. DON'T BE STUPID LIKE I WAS AND TRY THIS!

Edit: 4 hours later and my nose is still burning.

<one-upper>

That couldn't possibly have been as bad as the time I accidentally snorted industrial strength ammonia...:11:
I was running off blueprints and the current bottle of ammonia was about dead. I saw another on the floor and didn't know if it was water or ammonia (used in the blueprint process). I proceeded to open the bottle and take a big whiff. :11: :11:

Whoops...:no I suppose we all did stupid things in our early teens.

 

[tridacna]

I suppose we all did stupid things in our early teens.

I ingested a few cc's of Gold Cyanide solution in a pipette trying to be clever when I was in my early 20's. Rushed to hospital where they pumped my gut so often, I thought that I was a fire hydrant. (Aah!...so that's what the rubber bulb was for).

 

[SparticleBrane]

Anyone know where I can buy this Nasaline thing? I can't find it on the Walgreens or CVS websites.

 

[UnderSeaBumbleBee]

Go to Nasaline's web site by clicking here: About Nasaline then click on the ordering tab at the top of the page and you should see two choices: order online or store locator.

There is also an video demo that you can access on the left side of the page. The video shows how to do it. The first half of the clip in an animation and the second half is a real person doing it.

 

[tridacna]

or....go to www.neilmed.com I like their stuff a lot. Worked for me.

 

[SparticleBrane]

(from the Nasaline website...)

Something about that image just makes me laugh.

 

[SparticleBrane]

Go to Nasaline's web site by clicking here: About Nasaline then click on the ordering tab at the top of the page and you should see two choices: order online or store locator.

There is also an video demo that you can access on the left side of the page. The video shows how to do it. The first half of the clip in an animation and the second half is a real person doing it.

Thanks Leah.

 

[Sinbad the Diver]

that video is a little disturbing :dropmouth:

thing looks huge

 

[UnderSeaBumbleBee]

You only put the tip of it against your nostril. You don't shove it up inside. I think the Nasaline is easier to use than Nelimed. They both work. I just don't like having to tip over.

You can use Nasaline, Nelimed, or just lay on the bed with your head hanging off and drip salt water into your nose with a rag or dropper. I have used the rag method and find the Nasaline method to be more comfortable.