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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 442268" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>A neti pot or sinus rinse bottle (sold at most drugstores) that you use to flush your sinuses would also be a good thing. You can either buy the packets of stuff to put into the water or you can mix baking soda and salt - 3 t salt to 1 t baking soda - and use 1/8 tsp per 8 oz water. It costs pennies to mix your own and it lasts forever. They can really halp with congestion and keeping things cleared out. After allergy testing the doctor told me that this will help as much as medications because my body reacts like it is allergic but it isn't actually reacting to any specific allergen. I had NO reactions from over 100 different items (skin pricks) except to the control of histamine. But my body still reacts like I am allergic. But washing the allergens out of my nose/sinuses means that my body doesn't react as long because the irritants are not htere. This is true for anyone with allergies - wash them out and the body won't react as much or as long.</p><p></p><p>This will sound odd. Get a tube of Ayr saline gel (I think it comes iwth aloe in it mostly, doesn't matter if it does or doesn't have the aloe) when you get the rinse bottle/neti pot. After you use the rinse, wait 3-5 min and put some of the saline gel up your nose with a qtip. IT will keep the tissue moist. Otherwise the rinse takes the covering of mucus away and the tissues can feel very dry and be prone to nosebleeds. But with the gel that doesn't happen nearly as often and you will be more comfortable.</p><p></p><p>the neti pot is held above your head and water is poured into your nose from it. This is best used in the shower because otherwise it makes a mess (had a good laugh as my mother did this, lol). The sinus rinse bottle (same price, made by NielMed pharmaceuticals - may have misspelled the name) uses the same principal but you lean over the sink and it pushes the water up into your nose instead of using gravity to make it flow down into your nose. I like the bottle because it is easier to use outside of the shower. They both do the same thing, so it is just preference.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 442268, member: 1233"] A neti pot or sinus rinse bottle (sold at most drugstores) that you use to flush your sinuses would also be a good thing. You can either buy the packets of stuff to put into the water or you can mix baking soda and salt - 3 t salt to 1 t baking soda - and use 1/8 tsp per 8 oz water. It costs pennies to mix your own and it lasts forever. They can really halp with congestion and keeping things cleared out. After allergy testing the doctor told me that this will help as much as medications because my body reacts like it is allergic but it isn't actually reacting to any specific allergen. I had NO reactions from over 100 different items (skin pricks) except to the control of histamine. But my body still reacts like I am allergic. But washing the allergens out of my nose/sinuses means that my body doesn't react as long because the irritants are not htere. This is true for anyone with allergies - wash them out and the body won't react as much or as long. This will sound odd. Get a tube of Ayr saline gel (I think it comes iwth aloe in it mostly, doesn't matter if it does or doesn't have the aloe) when you get the rinse bottle/neti pot. After you use the rinse, wait 3-5 min and put some of the saline gel up your nose with a qtip. IT will keep the tissue moist. Otherwise the rinse takes the covering of mucus away and the tissues can feel very dry and be prone to nosebleeds. But with the gel that doesn't happen nearly as often and you will be more comfortable. the neti pot is held above your head and water is poured into your nose from it. This is best used in the shower because otherwise it makes a mess (had a good laugh as my mother did this, lol). The sinus rinse bottle (same price, made by NielMed pharmaceuticals - may have misspelled the name) uses the same principal but you lean over the sink and it pushes the water up into your nose instead of using gravity to make it flow down into your nose. I like the bottle because it is easier to use outside of the shower. They both do the same thing, so it is just preference. [/QUOTE]
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