Our household has really been suffering for about a month with a sinus infection. Being pregnant I am more limited on medication but I don't think it has mattered because everyone else is having just as much problem getting over it.We have the humidifiers and air filters going. We are taking cold pills, Vitamin C, Juice Plus+, Allerplex, Airborne, anything that we can think of that I am allowed to take. This week at my chiropractor, she suggest that I use a Neti Pot.
Hmmm, I have slightly heard of that. So, I bought us a set of Neti Pots at Central Market. What is a Neti Pot you may ask? It is a ceramic pot that looks like Aladdin will jump out if you rub on it. You fill it with salt water, put the spout in one nostril, tilt your head a certain way, pour the saline and it comes out your other nostril thus clearing your sinus passages.
Night before last we tried it. I did pretty well the first time except that I held my breath at first instead of breathing through my mouth. We thought we would spare you photos (we did not even take any) but we will say that it was not attractive having a stream of water and other substances draining from your nose. It did work though and I could tell that my passages were more clear.
I went in the other room to get ready for bed as Sam tried it. All of a sudden I heard choking and gasping for air. I ran in and laughed so hard. He said he could not think of the last time he saw me laughing so hard. He just could not get the proper head tilt and timing down. If you are tilted incorrectly, then it drains into your throat and mouth. He has practiced more and is better at it now.
So, in this season where it seems that everyone is suffering from sinus or allergy issues, we recommend the Neti Pot, or as Sam calls it, the "Snot Pot". I am curious who else uses one.
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We Neti! We discovered the neti pot after our trip to Peru this summer. Tom & I both had horrible sinus infections and it was the only way we could get even a few minutes of clear breathing. Tom has been neti-ing for the past week or two also as he's also fighting a sinus infection. As weird as it is, it really does work!!
It's very funny about Sam's first try with the Neti! We lol'd. But is it safe to share snot pots?
I am a HUGE fan of the neti pot. I use the Sinucleanse system which is now available at Walgreens and CVS. It is a plastic neti pot with little pre-packaged pouches of powdered solution. I use it several times a day, and I was just telling Mitch that I have mastered the art of sneezing while using my neti pot. Yes, I can neti and sneeze at the same time without a mess. I really love Sinucleanse. Go ahead and google it. I think I wrote about it on my blog a while back.
My sinuses have been out of control lately.
FYI- Dwight Schrute uses a neti pot.
Jaime, we actually bought two Neti pots. They are ceramic and could run through a dishwasher I am sure but we decided to each get our own. Maybe I will paint flowers on mine or something.
Anne, I tried three different CVS and they were all out of Neti Pots. They had the packets but no pots so we had to get the nicer ones at Central Market.
I've got a plastic version, but it does work very well for sinuses. I Neti too!
I used to do it a lot and it seemed to help w/ sinus infections. I haven't in awhile, though, b/c I ended up in the ER last May w/ a migraine from a crazy sinus infection in my sphenoid sinus--apparently a very rare place to get an infection. I was suspicious of the fact that I had been squirting saline way up there. It may have had NOTHING to do with that, but it freaked me out. So, all that to say, I haven't used it in awhile.
Dr. Oz (on Oprah) is a big fan of them.
Chrys
I'm gonna leave the "netti-ing" to you.
Hope you guys feel better soon though!
Hey there, Christy! I can't believe I just found your blog and just found out that you're expecting #2! So excited for you. Hopefully I'll get to meet you in person someday.
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