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Don't get the picture with nasal irrigation (123)

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I don’t see how this would help much either since I’m constantly blowing snot out of my nose, which would seem to clean it out and clear up the situation if it’s caused by uncleaniness.  However, it just keeps coming; snot that is (except when I take SN-X). >On 1998 xxx -1, DJ wrote: >> Hey Nick >> Thanks for asking this.   Ive been hearing the irrigation stories too and >> wondered why in the world anyone would want to shoot water up their nose. >> It’s so painful when water just creeps in while swimming. >> Let’s hope you get a "picture" for everyone who’s curious >> DJ

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In article <353BD8EF.166D0…@popd.ix.netcom.com>,   2blue…@ix.netcom.com wrote: > Hey Nick > Thanks for asking this.   Ive been hearing the irrigation stories too and > wondered why in the world anyone would want to shoot water up their nose. > It’s so painful when water just creeps in while swimming. > Let’s hope you get a "picture" for everyone who’s curious > DJ

UN-salted water IS painful in the nose – but with rrigation, the water is warm & salted & with a pinch of baking soda to "buffer" it.  Nasal washing is actually very SOOTHING and refreshing.  If you have stagnant mucous or an infection, you want to get that stuff OUT of your nose!!  You feel tremendous relief! I agree – a picture or drawing or a diagram would be good- but don’t knock nose washing ’till ‘ya try it!  It has saved my life! I suffered for years with chronic sinus infections that eventually became unresponsive to antibiotics. Scary!  I ended up having 3 sinus surgeries within a 2 year time period – awful!   I wish someone had stressed the importance of regular nasal  washing to ME years ago. Even AFTER MY 1ST 2 SURGERIES, I’d only irrigate if I was starting to feel congested.  For me, the thing I FINALLY realized is, that I needed to do nasal washing EVERY day, no matter how great I felt. It acts as a preventative measure in my case.  Every case is different and there are so many variables in sinusitis – diet, vitamins, stress etc.. .         Most doctors -( Tichenor & Grossan not included!) are completely unaware of how much  help a safe, simple & cheap thing like nasal washing can be.  My first ENT didn’t even STRESS the importance of it to me!  Remember doctors aren’t doing HEALTH care, they are doing DISEASE care and are very ‘disease oriented’.  If more people solved their sinus problems with washing, clean diet, good supplements etc. these docs would have to go begging for customers!! Dr. Grossan, as I’ve told you before , I am a big FAN of yours – you are a genius- and I would not go anywhere overnight without my waterpik & Grossan tip! (I have no financial interest in waterpik or Grossan tip!!) (I refused to do regular nasal washing until after my 3rd sinus surgery! Now I’m used to it – I like it even!  It is a good part of regular nasal hygiene.  I’d now rather skip brushing my teeth than washing my nose!) Nasal lavage, as it is known medically, is a very effective way to improve on one’s sinus symptoms. Using a saline solution for flushing the nose out does several things: 1.) the solution acts as a solvent, by losing crusts, thinning mucus, and cleaning away debris (including allergens: mold spores, pollens, dust particles, and danders). 2.) it acts as a decongestant, helping to shrink swollen vessels and open the nasal passage. 3.) it is soothing and reduces inflammation and promotes healing. A Neti pot is just one way to go about this process. Some people use saline spray bottles (probably less effective)  Some people use water pik with Grossan tip. This is by far the most effective way of cleaning out th sinuses!! Now I have no more sinus dryness or pain or headaches.  I haven’t had a cold or sinus infection for over a year and I used to get terrible sinus infections. Bless you Dr. Grossan! Yours in health! Shelley —–== Posted via Deja News, The Leader in Internet Discussion ==—– http://www.dejanews.com/   Now offering spam-free web-based newsreading

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DJ wrote: >  Hey Nick > Thanks for asking this.   Ive been hearing the irrigation stories too > and wondered why in the world anyone would want to shoot water up > their nose.  It’s so painful when water just creeps in while swimming. > Let’s hope you get a "picture" for everyone who’s curious > DJ

If you have ever suffered from acute or chronic sinusitis, you would know that irrigation really does help in loosening and removing stagnant mucus. When you get an acute sinus infection, the mucosa becomes swollen and inflamed interfering with the proper functioning of the cilia. Without proper mucociliary clearance, sinus drainage is compromised and your acute infection is likely to last longer and possibly turn into a chronic condition. Irrigation is most effective in penetrating the maxillary sinuses and anterior ethmoids.  I don’t think it effectively reaches much past the nasofrontal ducts into the frontal sinuses.  It is not painful if you use a warm saline solution with a little baking soda. Cheers, Michael M.

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Hey Nick Thanks for asking this.   Ive been hearing the irrigation stories too and wondered why in the world anyone would want to shoot water up their nose. It’s so painful when water just creeps in while swimming. Let’s hope you get a "picture" for everyone who’s curious DJ – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -Nick Halloway wrote: > Dr. Grossan, > I don’t get what is going on with nasal irrigation. > Roughly, one gets a pulsating stream of water to go up one nostril. > It has to go some way in because of the septum; then it goes across to the > other side of the septum, some way up into the nasal cavity, and goes > out the other nostril. > Does the whole nasal cavity, that is the whole cavity above the mouth, > get filled up with pulsating water during this?  Or is there simply > water introduced in there, which gets moved around by the cilia, to > wash the whole nasal cavity in this way? > How do the sinuses get washed out?  Is the water physically introduced > inside them by the nasal irrigation device, or is water moved into them > by the cilia? > I suggest having an illustration of what the nasal irrigation > device does on your web site, for example scanning in an illustration > of the nasal cavity from a medical textbook and drawing on it to > illustrate what the nasal irrigation device is doing.  It would > help to know something more about the anatomy of the nasal cavity: > when water goes in one nostril and out the other, how does this > wash it all out? > It would be interesting to know if you’ve looked inside the nasal > cavity while somebody was doing the nasal irrigation to actually see > what is happening. > Thanks –

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