#netti pot

[whoareyoulookingat]

Health protip brought to you by “I found out today my dad didn’t know this and thought it was something they made up on House MD so now I will be having nightmares about amoebas for the next few days”:

Always use distilled water for sinus irrigation, and make sure to clean whatever you’re using (I think netti pot is most popular?) after each use. Infections from using tap water are rare, but can be quite serious so it’s best to use water that you know for sure doesn’t have pathogens in it.

[fruit-teeth]

GUESS WHAT I JUST DID???

I JUST BURNED MYSELF WITH NETTI POT WATER

Ahhhhhhhh

It hurts

[hunkadorusrex]

Sinus issues? Go snort some salt water!

[selahflight]

"You need Aladdin's genie lamp"

"When you're sick you just pour the saline in the lamp and then in your nose"

[positivelypersistentteach]

lifetimeofstuff said: I LOVE NETTI POTS. All my friends think I’m insane but they’re glorious and my friends are all wrong.

I have tried the sprays, and they are good when you are in a pinch or to keep your sinuses from getting to dry, but nothing compares to a good netti pot run.

I feel like taylorswift needs to talk about it or write a song and then maybe the world would understand.

[positivelypersistentteach]

lydiatakespictures said: Those things really work???

YES!   Every doctor from GP to ENT to Allergist that I’ve seen and told my general history to has said, “you’re using a netti pot or a saline spray right?”

I should do them about daily and not just when I am congested to flush out allergens... but life gets in the way.

[positivelypersistentteach]

If it wasn’t gross, I’d show you what just came out of my nose when I did the netti pot.  Because it was massive, firm, and now my nose feels like a whole new nose.

[is-this-illegal]

i saw netti pots on 1,000 ways to die once so im not doing that.