‘’Salty Water
for Allergic Rhinitis’’
Dr Stella,
Ear, Nose and Throat doctor, writes about the latest evidence on nasal saline
irrigation for allergic rhinitis |affected by hay fever or year-round allergies
to things like house-dust mites|.
Imagine you
are sitting on the beach, on silver sand, appreciative the aquamarine water of
the sea as it gently laps the shore.
Being an inquisitive health-conscious kind of person, you can (just may)
find yourself wondering: what are the health assistance of seawater? Google this, and you will be directed to an object
from Surfer Today with a long list, that includes strengthening the immune
system and slow down the development of rheumatism. Is it all true? Well certain of these claims I take with –
frankly – a pinch of salt. Sorry. ‘’Salty Water
for Allergic Rhinitis’’
Salty water:
cheap, safe and widely available
But salty
water (saline) does have certain demonstrated health benefits and a recent
Cochrane Review on the benefits of nasal saline in allergic rhinitis shows
that. Allergic rhinitis can be seasonal
(hay fever) or perennial (year-round allergies to belongings like house-dust
mites); the indications can make people miserable. Several patients use steroid nasal sprays to
help with their symptoms. Although the usage
of these is widespread, and the chance of having unpleasant side-effects is
very low, many people would like to know if there is something a bit extra natural
that they can use, either instead of the steroids or in addition to them.
‘’Salty Water for Allergic Rhinitis’’
Allergic
rhinitis can be seasonal (hay fever) or perennial (year-round allergies to belongings
like house-dust mite); the symptoms canister make people miserable.
‘’Salty Water
for Allergic Rhinitis’’
In both
adults and children using saline decreases the severity of patients’ symptoms,
with no reported unpleasant side effects.
At least this is the case for the chief three months; we don’t know what
happens after that. And we also don’t
know which way of using the saline, or which strength of resolution, is best.
How do you become
it in (and out) of the nose?
So, salty
water is cheap, safe and widely accessible.
But how do you become it in (and out) of the nose? There are a variety of methods. The ‘cheap and cheerful’ one is to make up
your own resolution of salty water, put some in your cupped hand, and sniff or
snort it up your nose |one side or both| and then spit the resolution out of
your mouth. There is a beneficial patient
information leaflet about this here.
All you need for this is a source of water that has been boiled and then
cooled to room temperature, and certain common table salt costing almost
nothing.
‘’Salty Water
for Allergic Rhinitis’’
Alternative
methods
There are
alternatives that some persons find more convenient. You can buy saline in an aerosol can. This is advertised as sterilized sea
water. The canister produces a fine mist
that you can set up your nose as often as you wish. There is a definite ‘convenience’ factor
here; the canister can be simply carried in a bag and there is very little
‘mess’. The volume of saline that goes
up the nose with each squirt is minor.
‘’Salty Water
for Allergic Rhinitis’’
Alternative popular
method involves putting the saline in a plastic bottle or other container, and
– via an attached nozzle – squirt anything up to a 100ml+ into one
nostril. This then either movements out
of the other nostril (if you are tipping your head down) or goes into the back
of the mouth to be spat out. Many manufacturers
sell such devices along with sachets of salt (often not just plain sodium
chloride, but other mineral salts too).
One device that has attracted care is called a “neti pot”. It looks somewhat like a small tea-pot. You fill it with water, add salt, landfill your
head to the side, and put the spout in one nostril. Tip the tea – tip up the pot – and the water
flows into one nostril and out the other. ‘’Salty Water
for Allergic Rhinitis’’
Using salty
water and steroid nasal spray collected
One last supposed
about putting salty water up your nose.
If you also use a steroid nasal spray, don’t put the saline up your nose
directly after you’ve sprayed the steroid in; you may flush it away before it
has done anything.
‘’Salty Water
for Allergic Rhinitis’’
It is continuously
good to find simple, ‘natural’ remedies that people can try without incurring
great expense, or running the risks of thoughtful side effects.
Salty water
sprays and douches look to be in this category.
My guess is that swimming in the sea twice a day would probably work
just as healthy. I wonder if surfers
suffer fewer from hay fever than the rest of us?
‘’Salty Water
for Allergic Rhinitis’’
Health Benefits of Salted Water for Allergic Rhinitis, Hay temperature and dust-mite allergies
Health Benefits of Salted Water for Allergic Rhinitis, Hay temperature and dust-mite allergies
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November 24, 2018
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