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markj
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posted 17 May 2020 12:43 PM
Love the neti-pot. For many reasons. Now there's a new reason to love it!

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posted 17 May 2020 01:54 PMHide Post
I saw that this morning! Time to start rinsing...


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posted 17 May 2020 02:09 PMHide Post
WHO says no data to confirm that it is effective. I don't see how it can hurt though.
 
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posted 17 May 2020 02:22 PMHide Post
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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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posted 17 May 2020 03:11 PMHide Post
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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markj
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posted 17 May 2020 03:29 PMHide Post
We use UV/RO water and we still boil it. lol
 
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posted 17 May 2020 03:39 PMHide Post
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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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posted 17 May 2020 04:15 PMHide Post
The water is exposed to UV light before entering the filters.
 
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posted 17 May 2020 04:21 PMHide Post
What is RO? Oh, run off?

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


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markj
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posted 17 May 2020 05:48 PMHide Post
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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.
 
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posted 17 May 2020 09:05 PMHide Post
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Reverse Osmosis Filtration


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


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posted 18 May 2020 10:35 AMHide Post
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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posted 18 May 2020 11:26 AMHide Post
Hopefully he doesn't combine a neti pot recommendation with his previous suggestion of disinfectant...

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posted 18 May 2020 11:28 AMHide Post
Well, that might kill off the brain-eating amoebas.


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posted 18 May 2020 11:31 AMHide Post
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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