Nasal Rinsing Devices

I'm the judgment expert that writes a lot. For many people, nasal rinsing is really important. Certain people having deeply congested sinuses might flush out their sinuses as often as ten times a day, however that has risks including nosebleeds. Most folks probably should limit themselves to no more than three times each day, unless a doctor tells you that you can/should rinse more than that. When one has deep nasal congestion, they should don't overdue it, as it can be several days for all the benefits of daily nasal rinsing to appear.

Some people use crazy techniques to clean out their nasal area. I heard of one guy who stands inside a warm home shower, and allows the hot water to flow into his nose till he gags and vomits. That doesn't seem healthy or fun at all, so I will never try this. And, a shower's water flow is not sufficiently clean; distilled, really well-filtered, or bottled pure water is needed to help prevent an infection. However, a hot shower after and/or before your nasal rinsing session can be nice, because moist warm water vapor helps loosen things up; and may become a great location for draining, after your sinus rinsing episode.

I've tried the top 4 most common basic and cheap types of sinus rinsing devices, covered in this article. Although I've not tried the aerosol can type of sinus irrigation products, I am certain they all perform very well; although for daily rinsing, they are most likely too expensive for most folks.

Certain people may use more than one kind of device for their nose rinsing sessions. Certain folks partially close one of their nostrils, while gently sniffing only a little salt water; to help the salt water reach further, to clean their higher sinus area better, to release additional junk.

The closed NetiPot devices are teapot-looking salt water storing jugs having an included lid, which allows them to be closed with a waterproof seal. These are usually passive devices, and gravity does the work. NetiPots are not expensive, and are usually made of plastic. Because they have a lid which will seal, you can use very pure water using prepackaged convenient salt mixture packs. You simply microwave the water in your NetiPot for about thirty seconds, and check to make sure that it's warm enough. After that, put in the salt mixture, close your NetiPot, and shake/swirl everything a little, which will mix the salt in. To use the device, you hold the spout to seal with one of your nostrils, and then let the water flow down the other. NetiPots are more gentle than most other nose rinsing devices, so they're good when you've got to flush your nasal passages a few times, to remove a lot of sinus blockage.

The open NetiPot units look like closed NetiPot units, but they look like a gravy ladle-boat. they can't be sealed, that means when you mix in their salt mixture, a spoon is needed; or the salt needs to be mixed in the clean water, before pouring the water in an open-style NetiPot.

The squeeze bottle types of nasal rinsing devices are really cheap, and designed to be replaced after around 3 months. The NeilMed company often includes theirs, if one buys their salt packets. Squeeze bottles have the benefit of being "active", which means you control your water flow by how hard you squeeze the bottle. Easy does it, but at times a little more power is handy to release additional junk. As with closed NetiPot devices, they come with a screw-top lid to let them be closed, to make mixing the water simple. One might have to squeeze the bottle a little bit harder against their nose, compared to other cheap sinus rinsing units. When you are using a bottle, when the water is gone, you may use your water bottle to squeeze one shot of air gently into each nostril, which will help remove more stuff more quickly.

There are also many kinds and brands of various powered sinus rinsing devices. Powered units have the advantage of pulsing the salt water to dislodge more junk than a squeeze bottle can. However so far; I've just used the NeilMed SinuGator, that is cheap and runs on batteries. You hold a power button down to start the SinuGator, and to keep it going. It's eight-ounce container of salt water goes really quickly; so switch nostrils quickly when you use the SinuGator. I partly close one nostril, use the SinuGator in the other nostril; and then snort slowly as I hold down the power button for a few seconds, to clean my upper regions more completely. I have found using my SinuGator to loosen things up, followed up by a "passive" (and a longer lasting) NetiPot session, works well. As of yet, I have not tested any other powered sinus irrigators. Some of them are expensive and professional, and I'm sure all of them work very well.

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