Nothing clears out the sinuses better than a power drill. No I’m not kidding.
Obligatory, I’m a professional sideshow performer. Don’t try this at home. If you do it wrong you WILL regret it
Navage sorta makes what you are describing. It’s a neti pot of a device that has 2 tanks. One that will hold a saline solution and one for the ‘waste’ water.
You insert the nozzles into both nostrils and push the button and one pushes water into one nostril while the other has a light suction that pulls the water out the other and into the waste tank.
I’ve used one for a couple years and it legit works. Great for allergies and sinus issues. Just google it or look it up on Youtube.
Is there any benefit to collecting it in a second tank as opposed to just letting it drain into the sink?
With the Navage you can save it for later instead of letting it go down the drain!
mainly that you don’t have to worry about doing it over the sink or holding it just perfect so the waste goes in the sink and not on the faucet or the cabinet or whatnot. I personally prefer just emptying the waste container. Also it tries to force you into its proprietary pods but there are plenty of jury rig ways to make it work with your salt solution.
What about those things they have for sucking the snot out of congested baby noses?
I imagine they would work on anyone as long as the top is wide enough for the nostril.
Bulb syringe. Easy peasy. No batteries/electric needed.
Also came here to suggest this. I never used one on myself because my infant didn’t seem to enjoy it. But, it is an option and much more affordable than a surgical suction device!
I was in the store the other day and saw they now make electric ones
A neti pot with boiled (not boiling) salted water is great! In one nostril, out the other, and after 10 crappy seconds, my stuffed runny nose is clear for hours.
A little baking soda to lower the PH takes away some of the unpleasantness. With the right PH, salinity, and temperature, you barely feel the water flowing. You can also add just a drop of baby shampoo to help clean out crusties.
Here’s a safer solution. https://shop.neilmed.com/products/sinus-rinse-kit-with-50-packets
I use it fairly regularly because of bad allergies. It basically dissolves the snot. Weird feeling at first, but feels wonderful afterwards
It’s very important to shake the saline solution to mix it well; burns like hell if you don’t
Also burns if you forget the saline packet
For me this doesn’t burn in the same way – it’s more like the swimming pool feeling if you don’t put enough salt
I’ve been looking for somewhere that sells USP-grade salt and baking soda in bulk so I don’t have to waste so much material dealing with the packets, but I haven’t been able to find anything legit.
The pre-measured packets are really convenient though. If you’re nose is really blocked it’s good to use between 1 and 2 packets for a hypertonic solution.
No?
Every time I get a runny nose it’s all I can think about.
Get some surgical tubing.
One end up the nose, the other in your mouth. Don’t forget to spit before you have to swallow.
Maybe instead think about what you’d have to do with the receptacle that all this snot would wind up in once it’s full.
Another rabbithole to endlessly research. Thanks for the link!
Try squirting salt water. No, really!:-)
I wonder why that works?
I use the neilmed sinus rinse almost every day and it has been life-changing. Last time I got sick there was no stuffy nose or runny anything because I just cleaned it all out it was phenomenal.
My guess would be that the hypertonicity of the salt water causes water to move out of your nose’s tissues through osmosis, reducing swelling, while the water clears out the mucus and stuff clogging it up.
Isotonic is what you’re shooting for. Hyper- or hypotonic will cause discomfort. You can buy saline packets from any pharmacy, mix those with a specified amount of distilled water and you’ll have the correct concentration with minimal extra bits (which you’ll get a lot of with tap water… don’t use tap water).
Done correctly and applied at roughly the same temp as your body, you’ll barely feel it in your sinuses.
Isotonic is good for routine use, but hypertonic doesn’t burn that bad if you’re really congested. I’ve used 2 neilmed packets before in my 8 oz water when I had viral nasal infection (as the instructions suggest) and didn’t experience burning. However if I’m not congested like this, hypertonic will burn.
I just asked copilot. The salt water has a couple of benefits over pure water; it’s less irritating to mucous membranes, it thins mucus more effectively, and it has modest antimicrobial effects.
Don’t trust copilot though.
Pure water would be bad, but salt somehow works, just like going to the beach (even if you are thousands of miles away:-D).
using that suction on your nose would really irritate your lining of your nose
That’s like the nose equivalent of ear candling. Just stick with the safer advice, would you?
Ear candling is fake thought. The candles have all that nasty stuff built in
No lmao
