Okay guys today im feeling really miserable. ive had a really long week and now im exhausted and feeling sick. Ive read about the Neti pot recently can gave it a try. I seem to be having a problem. The water is not “flushing” through the opposite nostril that i dont have the pot in.
Why is this? am i doing something wrong?
Thanks in advance.
[quote]TomRocco wrote:
Okay guys today im feeling really miserable. ive had a really long week and now im exhausted and feeling sick. Ive read about the Neti pot recently can gave it a try. I seem to be having a problem. The water is not “flushing” through the opposite nostril that i dont have the pot in.
Why is this? am i doing something wrong?
Thanks in advance.
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I love the neti pot. You must be pretty stuffed up if the water isn’t flushing all the way through. Are you using warm water and tilting your head enough? There are some instructional videos on the net.
[quote]TomRocco wrote:
The water is not “flushing” through the opposite nostril that i dont have the pot in.
Why is this? am i doing something wrong? [/quote]
Don’t insert the entire pot in the nostril.
WHAT THE! i’ve never seen that thing befor in my life. whats it for? the after effects of a huge coke binge?
If you’re really stuffed up, it won’t flow through.
[quote]pushmepullme wrote:
If you’re really stuffed up, it won’t flow through.[/quote]
Yup. Think of it like brushing your teeth. If you had a rotting tooth and started brushing it, it’s not going to do a lot of good. It’s all about preventive maintenance.
When you’re first learning sometimes it runs down the back of your throat and out your mouth, which is kinda gross.
Uh, your nasal cavity is supposed to have mucus and such in it.
Anyway, if you’re sick the three biggest things that you can do for yourself are:
Sleep - it does a world of good and you can actually make yourself sick by not sleeping for a few days or make yourself worse if you have bad sleep habits
Eat - I don’t see how your body could muster up a super-strong defense and immune response when you are losing weight if you aren’t eating enough. It’s the same principle of eating weight to gain muscle.
Medicine.
The woman in that video is funny looking.
What PMPM said. I bought the squeeze bottle nasal irrigator about three weeks ago and it works great. I too was stuffed up and the water would simply flow down the back of my throat and into my mouth.
[quote]VanderLaan wrote:
What PMPM said. I bought the squeeze bottle nasal irrigator about three weeks ago and it works great. I too was stuffed up and the water would simply flow down the back of my throat and into my mouth. [/quote]
Does it flow through now? I want to get one. One time when I had seriously bad sinus problems, like getting headaches from such strong congestion and pressur I took a turkey baster and just started filling it with warm salt water and shooting it into my nose. Worked ok but it burned bad, I think I had too much salt in it. This seems like a little bit better method though.
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Don’t use regular table salt… that will burn. Also, baking soda can help to buffer the salt.
[quote]Vegita wrote:
Does it flow through now? I want to get one. One time when I had seriously bad sinus problems, like getting headaches from such strong congestion and pressur I took a turkey baster and just started filling it with warm salt water and shooting it into my nose. Worked ok but it burned bad, I think I had too much salt in it. This seems like a little bit better method though.
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No problems now. I have tried to use it daily. So far, I am pleased with the results. I would suggest that you get the squeeze bottle-type and give it a whirl. I bought mine for $10 at Walgreens.
[quote]Christine wrote:
Don’t use regular table salt… that will burn. Also, baking soda can help to buffer the salt.[/quote]
Exactly, use sea salt instead.
When you get better at it you can try the next step. Inhaling while the water is flowing into the nostril and spitting the water out of your mouth. It’s suppose to work for the sinuses that are further back. That takes some getting use to though.
[quote]dre wrote:
When you get better at it you can try the next step. Inhaling while the water is flowing into the nostril and spitting the water out of your mouth. It’s suppose to work for the sinuses that are further back. That takes some getting use to though. [/quote]
The directions on my bottle said that after irrgating one side of the nose, to sniff up any water that was running out of my nose. According to them, it is supposed to get the very back of your sinuses. Not sure how I can verify that it does this, but it makes intuitive sense.
[quote]pookie wrote:
TomRocco wrote:
The water is not “flushing” through the opposite nostril that i dont have the pot in.
Why is this? am i doing something wrong?
Don’t insert the entire pot in the nostril.
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…So that’s what I did wrong!