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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 453108" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>There are two systems to rinse your nose - neti pots and the sinus irrigation bottle. I cannot stand the neti pot because you have to let gravity pull the water down into your nose. The rinse bottle is better for me because you bend over the sink and squeeze this special bottle and it goes up into your nose and then comes out. Many who have neti pots do them in the shower, or so I have been told. My mom got one and ended up with snotty water all over her bathroom floor because she didn't do it in the shower. She had seen my bottle (sold at stores everywhere - neilmed is the company and they make both the pot and the bottle and also the packets to buffer the water so it doesn't burn) and thought it was the same thing. With the rinse bottle the water and snot comes out into the sink because you are bent over.</p><p></p><p>My sons both used to LOVE to watch. thank you cannot blow well and never could and the rinse bottle makes him vomit. Part of his problem is in his hands, they don't bend normally when doing things - hard to explain but they work funny. Occupational Therapist (OT) type issues mostly. </p><p></p><p>The little salt packets are expensive, in my opinion esp for what they are. I use the 8oz adult bottle and mix 3 t salt and 1 t baking soda in a container. 1/8th of a tsp is the same as one adult packet and works fine in either the neti pot or the rinse bottle. For the 4 oz pediatric bottle it is 1/2 of 1/8 tsp. Do NOT use reg tap water - the chlorine is awful in your nose even with the buffer.</p><p></p><p>Another thing that might be handy is to get a package of boogie wipes. Some mom created them - they are wipes with saline on them for stuffed up, crusty, or sore noses. I have seen them in sams and walmart and walgreens. I go for the 3ply sam's club brand tissues when we have colds. I like them better than puffs because they don't leave as much lint and even wtih the hard to find 3 ply puffs my husband uses 3 tissues at a time (he is afraid to get snot on his hand I guess, seems dumb to me).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 453108, member: 1233"] There are two systems to rinse your nose - neti pots and the sinus irrigation bottle. I cannot stand the neti pot because you have to let gravity pull the water down into your nose. The rinse bottle is better for me because you bend over the sink and squeeze this special bottle and it goes up into your nose and then comes out. Many who have neti pots do them in the shower, or so I have been told. My mom got one and ended up with snotty water all over her bathroom floor because she didn't do it in the shower. She had seen my bottle (sold at stores everywhere - neilmed is the company and they make both the pot and the bottle and also the packets to buffer the water so it doesn't burn) and thought it was the same thing. With the rinse bottle the water and snot comes out into the sink because you are bent over. My sons both used to LOVE to watch. thank you cannot blow well and never could and the rinse bottle makes him vomit. Part of his problem is in his hands, they don't bend normally when doing things - hard to explain but they work funny. Occupational Therapist (OT) type issues mostly. The little salt packets are expensive, in my opinion esp for what they are. I use the 8oz adult bottle and mix 3 t salt and 1 t baking soda in a container. 1/8th of a tsp is the same as one adult packet and works fine in either the neti pot or the rinse bottle. For the 4 oz pediatric bottle it is 1/2 of 1/8 tsp. Do NOT use reg tap water - the chlorine is awful in your nose even with the buffer. Another thing that might be handy is to get a package of boogie wipes. Some mom created them - they are wipes with saline on them for stuffed up, crusty, or sore noses. I have seen them in sams and walmart and walgreens. I go for the 3ply sam's club brand tissues when we have colds. I like them better than puffs because they don't leave as much lint and even wtih the hard to find 3 ply puffs my husband uses 3 tissues at a time (he is afraid to get snot on his hand I guess, seems dumb to me). [/QUOTE]
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