I've heard so many people rave about how great they feel after using a Netty Pot.  I bought something similar but mine is called NasoPure and is to be used in the shower.  It flushes out your sinuses with saline.   

I'm a little bit afraid to use it.  I have an aversion to anything being put in my nose/ear for fear of triggering a hit. ( I had a Dr get really upset with me because I refused a Flu swab.) 

Has anyone ever used something like this and did it cause any CH trouble for you?

Thanks!

PF wishes,

Jeannie

I tried it with this last flu bug I had. The flushing actually felt great, once you get past the "Holy Crap I'm Drowning" phase! I'm off cycle but no effect.

Joe

You guys make it sound like water boarding! 

midwestbeth wrote on Dec 30^th, 2010 at 2:21pm:


LOL!  Too funny.  I think I spelled it incorrectly.  In Potter's Craig's list add it's spelled Netti.  Maybe you'd have recognized it had I spelled it right.

I'm working up the courage to try it.  The fact that I do have 02 on hand makes me a little less afraid.  I have that full feeling in my sinuses, on my CH side, all the time.  I guess I'll find out if it makes it better or worse.  That is...IF I get brave.  Thanks to the boys, now I'm scared I'll drown!!!   LOL!

Sounds like waterboarding is the new cure...hee.he.he
You have a picture of that thing Potter?
thebbz

Quote:

You want a lot for a buck.

Using a Netti pot or similar device is as easy as pie.

To avoid the danger of drowning, just open wide your mouth. Then the velum (or soft palate) closes the opening between oral and nasal cavities, and what you pour into one nose hole runs out the other, and not into the throat.


                

I've never been able to get the thing to work.  It won't drain out the other side no matter what I do.  I think the deviated septum might have something to do with it.

Potter - If you can't get rid of it for a buck, maybe you could serve jasmine tea from it?

I am another one with a deviated septum. 
I spend half my life trying to keep things out of my
nose, ass, and eye's, and I'm not about to start changin that now. 

I did find this though...
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  I must have gagged like three times watching that.

I have decided to change my display name to "JustNotRight" since I've been told that soooooo many times here and Hey if the shoe fits...   

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I've used this in the past for bad allergy attacks and sinus (didn't do jackshit for my sinus').

Jimbo has used a homemade sinus rinse for years and to my knowledge, it never triggered a ch attack.

Quick story. I think I mentioned a while back I had a massive nosebleed on Dec 1 while traveling where they kept focusing on my CH instead of my bloody nose in the ER. Anyway, one of the things that helped with the nosebleed, since I can't use Afrin (it irritates the nasal lining) is the netty pot, which is just amazing. At first it is weird. The key is to hang over the sink, with your mouth open to let the water come out both your open nasal passage and your mouth, and you will cough a little. once you get used to it, and after you finish doing it once, you will have no problem doing it a few times a day. It is great to clear out your sinuses. When I have allergies, I use it 3x a day, and I literally never blow my nose (except right after to clear out the stuff). It not only keeps you clear, but it prevents your nasal and sinus passages from drying out (warning, never do it with plain water, even if you run out of saline, it will dry out your passages immediately). They sell Ayr saline packs, 100 for about 5 bucks.