"One thing that I believe may have saved me from getting worse respiratory symptoms is the fact that I consistently took Sudafed, used Afrin nasal spray (3 sprays in each nostril, 3 days at a time and then 3 days off), and used a Neti pot (with purified water). This could have kept my sinuses clear and prevented the symptoms from spreading to my lungs. This is not medical advice: I’m simply sharing what I did and correlating it with the fact that I had no respiratory symptoms. The two could be entirely unrelated based on the viral strain and viral load that I received. .."
Due to a lifetime of severe allergies, which has led to complications with my hearing (and all that goes along with that), I have found that the only thing that has made a significant dent in my allergies was sinus irrigation. Due to one horrendous sinus infection, I tried it out of desperation, and it worked great for clearing that up And for my allergies - it has restored my hearing.
Been using sinus irrigation for the last 11? years.. maybe longer... I think I have had two? or three? colds ...in those 11 years, and they have only been very-mild, lasting a few days.. No flu.
With kids in school - used to be, I would get a cold every year - sometimes twice a year.. They were severe, and they would last up-to two-weeks...
...Was going to say something about this the other day, but, I didn’t want to spread false hopes.
There has been statements that have been put-out there which state – clearly – that sinus irrigation does Not prevent contracting this thing.
In the same statement it gives the nod to many reports where sinus irrigation has had an impact to alleviating and reducing symptoms of “the cold”.
Both of those statements are very-true in my experience.
And that’s as far as I want to go with that.
If you have sinus issues though.. :0)
If you are at the end of your rope and want to give sinus irrigation a try, Don’t get a neti-pot. Get one of these:
Amazon product ASIN B001CWT4JI
I make my own rinse.
1 gallon of distilled water. 1.35oz of pure salt – not table salt – table salt contains anti-clumping ingredients which can trigger allergy reactions. Morton’s Canning Salt (or the like) – pure salt, will do. ..You add it to the water to balance the water to your body’s PH. This is important.
In addition to the salt, I add 2.15oz of Xylitol. Xylitol is a sugar substitute which has anti-bacterial properties. It’s used in sugar-free foods (chewing gum) and also Nasal Sprays.
^^^…that is tuned to me.
...Everybody who is serious about sinus irrigation makes their own rinse, with a-little more of this, a-little less of the other, or use different ingredient entirely.
All my doctors have signed off on this treatment, and those ingredients, and regard the use of this treatment as safe.
I rinse at-least once a day, and have no-more real issues with sinus allergies..
Anything else? I wouldn’t want to get anybody’s hopes up. Might help. Might not. I just can't make statements in any regard outside of my own personal experience with it.
