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Public service announcement: sinus rinse (e.g. NeilMed) works. Available in every drug store with no prescription or pharmacist involvement necessary. It's gro

Public service announcement: sinus rinse (e.g. NeilMed) works. Available in every drug store with no prescription or pharmacist involvement necessary. It's gross, though. Do it in private.

doug_durham 3y ago
It doesn't reduce the sinus inflammation. At least for me all I end up with is a still congested, but now watery nose.
- AlbertCory 3y ago
  Noted. At least you've tried it. The water dripping out of your nose: that's a feature, not a bug /s
- quercusa 3y ago
  It's useful to rinse out the sinuses so that nasties don't grow there.
- lazide 3y ago
  If you already are pretty bad off, yeah it usually doesn’t help. It really helps prevent it from getting that bad though, by washing out pollen, gunk, etc. and hydrating things.
the_sleaze9 3y ago
I have swollen nasal polyps (or something) which causes every single cold I get to eventually transform into a 2 week sinus infection + cough ordeal. Netty pot with salty water and a pinch of baking soda, and an even saltier water gargle clears things up nicely. And is very budget friendly.
- AlbertCory 3y ago
  It was when I had the mother of all sinus infections that someone told me about this. Never had the problem again. YMMV. People imagine it must burn, because getting water up your nose when swimming burns. But the salt & baking soda neutralizes that.
- quercusa 3y ago
  Ask your ENT to look into adding Budesonide [0] to your saline rinse. It is intended to keep polyps from growing (and has worked wonders for me). [0] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7374675/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7374675/
  - altgeek 3y ago
    It's been superseded by Mometasone. It's more lipophilic.
jrgoff 3y ago
Since I have seen a number of recommendations for sinus rinse in this thread but haven't (yet) noticed this specifically mentioned: It is important to use sterile water if you are using water for the rinse. Water directly from the tap apparently may not be safe for that purpose (there was a case earlier this year where a person died from a brain eating bacteria - they were apparently infected from using unboiled tap water for a sinus rinse.) https://www.healthywa.wa.gov.au/Articles/N_R/Nasal-irrigation-is-it-safe https://www.healthywa.wa.gov.au/Articles/N_R/Nasal-irrigatio... https://www.everydayhealth.com/lung-respiratory/too-many-people-are-using-neti-pots-and-vaporizers-unsafely/ https://www.everydayhealth.com/lung-respiratory/too-many-peo...
- AlbertCory 3y ago
  it's been discussed before here.
- dade_ 3y ago
  Brain Eating Ameoba! https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53302773 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53302773 Yes, it was in Florida.

Public service announcement: sinus rinse (e.g. NeilMed) works. Available in every drug store with no prescription or pharmacist involvement necessary. It's gross, though. Do it in private.

doug_durham 3y ago

It doesn't reduce the sinus inflammation. At least for me all I end up with is a still congested, but now watery nose.

AlbertCory 3y ago
Noted. At least you've tried it. The water dripping out of your nose: that's a feature, not a bug /s
quercusa 3y ago
It's useful to rinse out the sinuses so that nasties don't grow there.
lazide 3y ago
If you already are pretty bad off, yeah it usually doesn’t help. It really helps prevent it from getting that bad though, by washing out pollen, gunk, etc. and hydrating things.

the_sleaze9 3y ago

I have swollen nasal polyps (or something) which causes every single cold I get to eventually transform into a 2 week sinus infection + cough ordeal. Netty pot with salty water and a pinch of baking soda, and an even saltier water gargle clears things up nicely. And is very budget friendly.

AlbertCory 3y ago
It was when I had the mother of all sinus infections that someone told me about this. Never had the problem again. YMMV. People imagine it must burn, because getting water up your nose when swimming burns. But the salt & baking soda neutralizes that.
quercusa 3y ago
Ask your ENT to look into adding Budesonide [0] to your saline rinse. It is intended to keep polyps from growing (and has worked wonders for me). [0] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7374675/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7374675/
- altgeek 3y ago
  It's been superseded by Mometasone. It's more lipophilic.

jrgoff 3y ago

Since I have seen a number of recommendations for sinus rinse in this thread but haven't (yet) noticed this specifically mentioned: It is important to use sterile water if you are using water for the rinse. Water directly from the tap apparently may not be safe for that purpose (there was a case earlier this year where a person died from a brain eating bacteria - they were apparently infected from using unboiled tap water for a sinus rinse.) https://www.healthywa.wa.gov.au/Articles/N_R/Nasal-irrigation-is-it-safe https://www.healthywa.wa.gov.au/Articles/N_R/Nasal-irrigatio... https://www.everydayhealth.com/lung-respiratory/too-many-people-are-using-neti-pots-and-vaporizers-unsafely/ https://www.everydayhealth.com/lung-respiratory/too-many-peo...

AlbertCory 3y ago
it's been discussed before here.
dade_ 3y ago
Brain Eating Ameoba! https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53302773 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53302773 Yes, it was in Florida.