Re: study of different kinds of nasal washes

[Guest guest]

My Ear, Nose and Throat doc has me use a water pic with the nose tip

adapter. When I start getting stuffy, I use this at least 2 times a day. I

feel it helps clear out my sinuses, but I am not sure if it stops the

virus/bacterial infection from spreading to my lungs. It seems to move into

my lungs every time. I am battling this right now. I hope, maybe with the

Xolair, it won't get as serious as it usually does.

It is early in the season for me to get this infection. I usually come down

with it in Jan. or Feb. But I am a teacher and my students have been sick.

I usually get what they have - no matter how much I disinfect, require the

use of hand sanitizer and anti-viral Kleenex (I wish some other brand would

make these - I don't want to buy the Kleenex brand). I really need to wear

a mask, but it would be hard to teach with one on all the time. My

Pulmonary doc keeps telling me I need to change profession.

On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 6:20 AM, pyle456 <jamcculloch2@...> wrote:

> I know this is a Xolair board, but so many of us have sinus issues I

> thought I should post that abcnews.com has a link to a report on this

> study on the home page of their website. If the link is gone by the

> time you go look, I expect you can google it. To sum up - a study has

> been done of the efficacy of the different ways you can rinse your

> sinuses - squeeze bottle, syringe (I'm assuming WITHOUT a needle), Neti

> Pot, and sniffing it out of your cupped hand. The syringe technique

> distributes the wash most evenly, apparently, but the study folks

> emphasize that all of them work to some extent and the patient needs to

> find what works for him/her. My favorite quote: " It won't go up into

> your brain, even if you try. "

> They also said to buffer saline solutions with a pinch of baking soda.

>

> Addy

> Group co-owner

> who uses the National Jewish recipe and sniffs it out of a bowl, but

> who may try the syringe technique next time.

>

>

>

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From the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. - Prince

[Guest guest]

very interesting - i'm a big fan of the squeeze bottle. seems a bit

unnatural to squirt water UP your nose, but it does help.

here's the link if anyone is interested. its a 4-page article with

video.

http://a.abcnews.com/Health/ColdandFluNews/Story?id=5977773 & page=1

thanks addy!

heather

--- In , " pyle456 " <jamcculloch2@...>

wrote:

>

> I know this is a Xolair board, but so many of us have sinus issues

I

> thought I should post that abcnews.com has a link to a report on

this

> study on the home page of their website. If the link is gone by

the

> time you go look, I expect you can google it. To sum up - a study

has

> been done of the efficacy of the different ways you can rinse your

> sinuses - squeeze bottle, syringe (I'm assuming WITHOUT a needle),

Neti

> Pot, and sniffing it out of your cupped hand. The syringe

technique

> distributes the wash most evenly, apparently, but the study folks

> emphasize that all of them work to some extent and the patient

needs to

> find what works for him/her. My favorite quote: " It won't go up

into

> your brain, even if you try. "

> They also said to buffer saline solutions with a pinch of baking

soda.

>

> Addy

> Group co-owner

> who uses the National Jewish recipe and sniffs it out of a bowl,

but

> who may try the syringe technique next time.

>

[Guest guest]

My favorite quote: " It won't go up into

your brain, even if you try. "

I'm not so sure. Years ago, my ENT doc had me try a thingy I hooked up to my

water pic. When I tried it, one nostril was completely swollen shut from my

allergies, so I stuck the thingy in my open nostril (it sealed in the nostril,

kind of like a cork in a bottle) and turned the water pic on. It happened to be

set on high at the time, and I think I blew my left frontal lobe out. Never

used that bad boy again, but I do use the squeeze bottle religiously - well, I

don't mean I pray or anything when I use it - but I do use it regularly. Come

to think of it, maybe I ought to start praying - my sinus infection has moved

into my ears and I can hardly hear anything - which does have some advantages,

come to think of it, what with being married and all.

Ohldepharte

----- Original Message -----

From: pyle456

Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2008 8:20 AM

Subject: [ ] study of different kinds of nasal washes

I know this is a Xolair board, but so many of us have sinus issues I

thought I should post that abcnews.com has a link to a report on this

study on the home page of their website. If the link is gone by the

time you go look, I expect you can google it. To sum up - a study has

been done of the efficacy of the different ways you can rinse your

sinuses - squeeze bottle, syringe (I'm assuming WITHOUT a needle), Neti

Pot, and sniffing it out of your cupped hand. The syringe technique

distributes the wash most evenly, apparently, but the study folks

emphasize that all of them work to some extent and the patient needs to

find what works for him/her. My favorite quote: " It won't go up into

your brain, even if you try. "

They also said to buffer saline solutions with a pinch of baking soda.

Addy

Group co-owner

who uses the National Jewish recipe and sniffs it out of a bowl, but

who may try the syringe technique next time.

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