Flush your sinuses!

17 May 2020, 12:43 PM

markj

Flush your sinuses!

Love the neti-pot. For many reasons. Now there's a new reason to love it!

https://www.msn.com/en-us/Heal...ar-BB14aOJi?ocid=sf2

17 May 2020, 01:54 PM

rontuner

I saw that this morning! Time to start rinsing...

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17 May 2020, 02:09 PM

markj

WHO says no data to confirm that it is effective. I don't see how it can hurt though.

17 May 2020, 02:22 PM

ShiroKuro

quote:
I don't see how it can hurt though.

As long as you're using distilled water and are careful about taking care of the tools.

Do you remember the story a few years back about the death that was attributed to neti-pot use by someone who was just using regular tap water? IIRC... My mother and I both stopped using them after that.

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17 May 2020, 03:11 PM

Amanda

Thanks for the link! I woke up this morning with my first sinus infection in many years.

(And yes, SK, I will boil my water first. My sons pointed out that ghastly story about the woman who contracted some flesh-eating amoeba from using a Neti-Pot without sterile water!)

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17 May 2020, 03:29 PM

markj

We use UV/RO water and we still boil it. lol

17 May 2020, 03:39 PM

ShiroKuro

quote:
flesh-eating amoeba from using a Neti-Pot without sterile water!

Yep. I'm sure that's the same one I was thinking of!

Mark, is UV ultraviolet? But what is UV/RO?

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17 May 2020, 04:15 PM

markj

The water is exposed to UV light before entering the filters.

17 May 2020, 04:21 PM

ShiroKuro

What is RO? Oh, run off?

And then you boil what you use in your neti-pot?

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17 May 2020, 05:48 PM

markj

quote:
Originally posted by ShiroKuro:
What is RO? Oh, run off?

And then you boil what you use in your neti-pot?

Reverse Osmosis Filtration. We have a 6 stage RO system with a 14 gallon pressure tank. It's used exclusively for drinking, cooking and ice.

17 May 2020, 09:05 PM

ShiroKuro

quote:
Reverse Osmosis Filtration

Yeah, as soon as I posted "run off" I thought, um, this is for drinking water, so probably not!

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18 May 2020, 10:35 AM

pianojuggler

If I-1 hears about it he will blather about it at a presser and the next day thousands of his followers will be stuffing nettles and pot up their noses.

Not that that would be a bad thing.

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18 May 2020, 11:26 AM

wtg

Hopefully he doesn't combine a neti pot recommendation with his previous suggestion of disinfectant...

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18 May 2020, 11:28 AM

pianojuggler

Well, that might kill off the brain-eating amoebas.

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18 May 2020, 11:31 AM

CHAS

Some amoebas, etc. can live through a short boil.
I microwave a coffee mug 3/4 full of water for 2 minutes, 11 seconds.

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