Nasal irrigation is a very common treatment for nasal disorders and post-surgery, and is also an effective treatment with few side effects. Many patients mostly perform it at home by themselves. Due to the inaccurate operation method of patients, it causes some unnecessary troubles. Introduce some notes for reference.
1. Don’t push too hard when pinching the skin ball, as the pressure is too high and saline is instilled into the eustachian tube, which can lead to middle ear infection.
2. When rinsing the nasal cavity, open your mouth to breathe naturally, put the olive head into one nostril, slowly squeeze the leather ball, so that the water is slowly rushed into the nasal cavity and discharged from the opposite nostril (partly into the pharynx, spit out).
3, alternate sides, first rinse the side of the nasal cavity blockage is heavier, and then rinse the opposite side. Otherwise, the rinsing saline may be obstructed by the blocked nasal cavity on the heavier side and instilled into the eustachian tube.
4.If coughing, vomiting, sneezing and other uncomfortable phenomena occur when rinsing, stop immediately and wait for a while before rinsing again.
5.After the nasal rinse, tilt your head forward to let the residual saline out of the nasal cavity, and then gently uncover the nose on one side and one side respectively, which can help drain the residual saline from the nasal cavity.