Anyone else ever use a neti pot?

[SykkBoy]

I've had a nasty flu the last couple days and my wife suggested using a neti pot for my sinuses...I was reluctant, but will be damned it if worked. My sinuses are all cleared up

Ours looks like a raging blue penis though...hard to not look a little gay shoving a blue penis tip up your nostrils...

[AllAboutCams]

yep and it fucking burned the first few times but well worth it

[PR_Glen]

yep.. whodda thought salt water up the nose can all but cure the common cold.. hehe

[edgeprod]

I swear by mine.

[Supz]

i have terrible sinuses. it works for me right away. but i always get the congestion back, probably gonna look for surgery soon.

[oscer]

Never used it But i know people who have a swear by it

[Sophie Delancey]

I witnessed my sister do this once. It was gross as fuck, to say the least.

[SykkBoy]

Originally Posted by xxxupdate

yep and it fucking burned the first few times but well worth it

same here, but I got used to it and do it twice a day...
my wife has this extreme drowning phobia, so she has mini panic attacks when using it, but still digs deep and does it anyways.

[CIVMatt]

neti pot is the single greatest thing I've ever owned, I swear you can just use that and skip them meds half the time, esp if you have allergies

[AaronM]

Been using one for a couple of years now. Very handy when the allergies start flaring up.

[Chosen]

Neti pot rocks
I've bought a few in Vivekananda Kendra in Kanyakumari

[Mr Pheer]

Its really great if you add a little wasabi powder to it

ancient Japanese secret

[NaughtyVisions]

Just saw this headline: "Deadly Infection by neti pot"

And then the article:

http://health.yahoo.net/articles/flu...oeba-tap-water

Neti Pot Deaths Linked to Brain-Eating Amoeba in Tap Water
By The Associated Press Fri, Dec 16, 2011

Louisiana health regulators warned residents Tuesday about the dangers of using neti pots improperly. A neti pot, which looks like a genie's lamp, is commonly used to irrigate sinuses. The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals issued its warning following a second death this year caused by Naegleria fowleri, the so-called brain-eating amoeba.

A 51-year-old DeSoto Parish woman died after using tap water in a neti pot to irrigate her sinuses and became infected by the deadly amoeba, which entered the body through her nose. In June, a 20-year-old St. Bernard Parish man died under the same circumstances.


Safe Neti Pot Use
"If you are irrigating, flushing, or rinsing your sinuses, for example, by using a neti pot, use distilled, sterile or previously boiled water to make up the irrigation solution," said Louisiana State Epidemiologist, Dr. Raoult Ratard. "Tap water is safe for drinking, but not for irrigating your nose."

It's also important to rinse the irrigation device after each use and leave open to air dry, he said.

The very rare infection typically occurs when people go swimming or diving in warm freshwater lakes and rivers. In very rare instances, health experts said such infections may also occur when contaminated water from other sources, such as inadequately chlorinated swimming pool water or heated tap water less than 116.6 degrees, enters the nose when people submerge their heads or when people irrigate their sinuses with devices such as a neti pot.


Be Wary of Symptoms
DHH said the amoeba causes the disease primary amebic meningoencephalitis, a brain infection that leads to the destruction of brain tissue. In its early stages, symptoms may be similar to symptoms of bacterial meningitis and can include headache, fever, nausea, vomiting and stiff neck. Later symptoms include confusion, loss of balance, seizures and hallucinations.

After the start of symptoms, the disease progresses rapidly and usually causes death within one to 12 days.

[CyberHustler]

Originally Posted by NaughtyVisions

Just saw this headline: "Deadly Infection by neti pot"

And then the article:

http://health.yahoo.net/articles/flu...oeba-tap-water

[Far-L]

5000+ years of ayurvedic medicine can't be wrong!

[VikingMan]

You can also just take an epson salt bath or dead sea salt bath and put a shitload in the water. Cleared up my cough the other night because I sealed up the door and breathed it all in for about 15 minutes.

[Karupted Charles]

Use distilled water and keep it clean. If you do the results are very good.