mac_diver
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For a non-medicinal method of clearing your sinuses, I use something called a nasel cup. Best way of describing it is that it looks like a small watering can for flowers. You add a teaspoon of salt and fill it with warm water. Then you flush your sinuses through each nostril. It is pretty gross, but not uncomfortable. I use it in the mornings before diving and have not had any problems with congestion. I usually wake up slightly congested which normally clears by itself. I use this as a precaution, to prevent blocks.
Before I started using this, I would normally I was taking sudafed and never had a problem with it wearing off. I stopped taking sudafed when I read a report about toxing on nitrox with a ppO2 below 1.4. For me, its not worth the risk. A blocked ear, even a ruptured ear drum is better than toxing.
I'm going to try a google search and see if I can get information on the nasel cup. I'm not sure where my wife got it. She has severe allergies and this helps when she is really congested.
Before I started using this, I would normally I was taking sudafed and never had a problem with it wearing off. I stopped taking sudafed when I read a report about toxing on nitrox with a ppO2 below 1.4. For me, its not worth the risk. A blocked ear, even a ruptured ear drum is better than toxing.
I'm going to try a google search and see if I can get information on the nasel cup. I'm not sure where my wife got it. She has severe allergies and this helps when she is really congested.
