Does Nasal Saline Solution Make a Difference by Stanley Lang The purpose of this article is to review some recent research on chronic sinusitis. In this research they looked at whether it made a difference in the treatment and control of symptoms in chronic sinusitis whether saline irrigation or saline spray was used. The condition of chronic sinusitis is one where there is a low grade infection in the sinuses that just won't go away. Sometimes the symptoms are mild, so mild that the person thinks they just have allergies. Sometimes the symptoms are much more severe. Just to explain a little, there is a reason that the researchers were looking at whether it made a difference to add nasal irrigation to the treatment of the chronic sinus infection. The reason is that the infection will not be able to get better if the secretions blocking the sinus are not removed. The idea being studied was whether saline irrigation helped to move these secretions. The researchers wanted to know not only whether it made a difference to use a nasal saline solution in the nose but also whether it made a difference to use a solution that was irrigated into the nose rather than a solution that was just sprayed into the nose. The researchers found two different but related things. Not surprisingly they found that the nasal saline solution was helpful in treating the symptoms of a chronic sinus infection. Based on what we know about what is happening with a sinus infection this is not unexpected. What they also found, however, was that it did make a difference whether you used the nasal saline solution as an irrigation rather than as a spray---even if it is the exact same ingredient. So to recap. It does make a difference if you use a nasal saline solution to irrigate your nose if you have a chronic sinus infection. It not only helps to use this kind of nasal solution, it actually helps to use the solution as an irrigation tool compared to just using the spray. So if you have this condition, you likely have a real benefit in using the nasal saline solution as an irrigation.N Want to find out more about saline nasal spray, then visit Dr Stanley Lang's site on how to choose the best saline nasal solution for your needs. How Saline Nasal Spray Helps You With Dusty Air

How Saline Nasal Spray Helps You With Dusty Air

One of the facts of life living in most places in the world is that the air is not very clean. In fact a lot of times it is plain dusty. You might say there is "stuff" in it. So you also might say that this air is not very healthy. As you might expect, this unclean air irritates the tissues in the nose and one of the things that happens is that the nose swells up.

There is kind of a cascade of events that happens when the nose starts reacting to "dirty air". These things include swelling of the nose, a feeling like the nose is "stuffy" and often reaches the point where it's just easier to breath through the mouth. If you remember ever having to breath through your mouth for an extended period of time you know that that was no fun.

Once you create a dilemma it is natural to look for a solution. So the "solution" here is to use a nasal saline "solution". There are some legitimate differences of opinoin with this treatment such as "just how strong should this salt water be?" Now I happen to believe it should be stronger than the usual saline sprays that are sold in stores.

I don't want to give the impression that it is urgent that these dust and other junky air particles need to be removed from the nose. In fact the nose is able to clear this stuff out if left to itself long enough. The problem though is that many of us are exposed to the junky air a lot and the body's ability to clean the nose out is overwhelmed.

So what strategy do you have to keep your nose cleaned out? If you don't have one your nose is going to have some side effects from the stuff you're inhaling. I suggest that the best thing to do is to make a home made nasal solution to irrigate out the junk in the nose. The added benefit is that there are no preservatives in the home made solution.

So why is this important? What difference does it make to use preservatives or not in a nasal saline solution or spray? The biggest reason is that the preservatives are not inert. They actually cause damage and more swelling to the nasal lining! So have a strategy to clean your nasal passages. I suggest making the solution at home to avoid the preservatives. Now that's a solution!

Order Nasal Saline Solution! Nasal Saline Spray and Asthma

At first glance it may not be apparent why there would be a connection between a nasal saline solution and asthma. Here is the connection: asthma is aggravated by chronic sinus infections. Sometimes asthma is actually caused by a chronic sinus infection. How does this happen? Well actually we don't know why this connection exists. But it does. What we do know is that in somebody who has a tendency toward asthma they will have an aggravation of the symptoms of asthma with any type of sinus infection, acute or chronic.

First it might be helpful to talk about sinus infections. They come in 3 flavors: acute, sub-acute and chronic. Usually it is not too difficult to figure out when somebody has an acute sinus infection. They tend to be fairly sick and they have a lot of head symptoms. They often have facial pain. If they have a tendency towards asthma they will be coughing quite a bit and the cough will tend to be a dry cough without having a lot of secretions that are being moved by the cough.

A sub-acute sinus infection will tend to be something that starts to hang on after the first 10 days of an acute sinus infection. By then the person's immune system has been working hard to get rid of the infection and so the symptoms have died way down- but there is still a lot of nasal symptoms and the person will likely have a "dry" cough. This person usually isn't very sick but they're getting tired of the symptoms.

A chronic sinus infection is one that has been going on for quite a while. In fact the person with it will often have forgotten their acute infection and assumed they had gotten better. But they have this nagging cough and they have nasal congestion that is not too bad-- in fact these folks often think they are dealing with chronic allergies.

So how does a nasal saline solution have anything to do with these various sinus infections? Well first of all the use of a good nasal saline solution will help decrease the symptoms in all three of these types of sinus infections. This is no small thing: being able to decrease symptoms that are bothering a person day and night is a fantastic blessing. The big thing though is that if used correctly and aggressively the nasal saline solution or spray can help keep the acute sinus infection from progressing to a chronic sinus infection.

How does this happen? If you can get the sinuses to open up and "drain", there is a lot better chance for the infection to clear. That's exactly what a nasal saline solution can do. When used correctly the saline solution helps the sinuses to open up and stay open and decrease the chance of becoming a chronic infection. It is the chronic sinus infection that tends to cause asthma. So in this fashion the use of a good saline nasal spray or solution can help decrease the development of asthma. (Especially if you use a saline solution without preservatives!) This is a good thing!

Order your Nasal Saline Solution! The No Tech Lo Tech Nasal Spray

If you go to the store to buy a salt water spray, you will find a dizzying number of different strategies to try to get the saline into the nose. If the nose is really congested then it can be challenging to get the saline into the nose in the first place.

We have developed a very "low tech" tactic to getting the saline nasal solution into the nose: use the hand. You may read in some places that sniffing from the hand is not effective. I can assure you that these people don't know what they are talking about. A big part of the uncertainty is that they often tell you to try to sniff up one nostril at a time. This does two things that are not helpful. First of all you have a harder time getting a effecitve mixture of nasal saline and air when you try to sniff up one side at a time. Second of all you miss getting the generous flow of the nasal saline into the nasopharynx because it didn't go up both sides at the same time.

The key is sniffing up both nostrils at the same time. The second important fact to understand is that the nose is always lower than the mouth when you're doing the sniffing. This makes sure that the nasal solution goes up both sides of the nose and into the nasopharynx which is the area of the throat behind the nose. This is a very important goal but unfortunately missed by most of the advice from sites that are trying to tell you how to use the nasal saline solution.

For many years our patients have been very succssfully using this practice. It is low tech and it is very effective, particularly when used with the saline nasal soltuion called "Rhinosnort".

So if you follow these instructions you will be successful.

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