Is it useful to wash sinusitis with salt water?

Many patients will choose to wash their noses with saline after they have sinusitis, because saline has a bactericidal effect to a certain extent. Most sinusitis is caused by inflammation and bacteria, so we can use cotton swabs to put some saline into our nasal cavity for three to five minutes to allow the saline to be absorbed. So is it useful to wash sinusitis with saline?

It may be caused by rhinitis. General patients often experience nasal congestion, clear runny nose, nasal itching, and throat discomfort, which are inflammation, congestion or edema of the nasal mucosa and submucosal tissue. A large amount of mucus will be secreted in the nasal cavity, and in severe cases it may even turn yellow and cause coughing. These symptoms alone cannot fully diagnose rhinitis. Some causes have latent periods and pathological factors, and require careful examination by an otolaryngologist and the right medicine to effectively treat rhinitis. It is recommended to use Bi An Shu for treatment. During the treatment, pay attention to rest, keep warm, drink plenty of water, eat a light diet, and avoid spicy foods.

Symptoms caused by rhinitis are mainly complications after repeated colds

Drink plenty of water, eat a light diet and avoid spicy food. Exercise appropriately to strengthen your physical fitness, take oral anti-inflammatory drugs and nasal soothing treatments to relieve symptoms, and apply local hot compresses. It is recommended to strengthen nutrition, eat more lean meat, eggs, milk, fresh vegetables and fruits, etc., avoid eating spicy, greasy, raw, cold and irritating foods, keep warm, participate in more physical exercise, improve your body's immunity and prevent colds.

1. To treat sinusitis by washing your nose with salt water, you must first prepare a bottle of light salt water yourself. You can use a small glass bottle with a capacity of about 100 ml, then put two small spoons of salt in the bottle, dilute it with boiling water, and then you can set it aside.

2 When using it, you should use a toothpick to roll some clean cotton balls. You can go to the pharmacy to buy some special medical cotton swabs, and then dip the cotton swabs in an appropriate amount of salt water to clean the nostrils. The cotton swabs should be kept in the nostrils for a while, and finally lie down flat. At the same time, you should use your index finger and thumb to gently massage both sides of the nose, and you should also suck hard, so that the salt water on the cotton ball can flow into the nasal cavity, thereby achieving a good effect.

3 At the beginning, when using this method, you will feel a spicy sensation in your nose that is difficult to bear. In fact, you must persist at this time. After doing it a few times, you will slowly get used to it.

Precautions

In fact, using salt water to wash your nose to treat sinusitis must be insisted on washing your nose once in the morning and evening. After more than a month, the nasal cavity is unblocked, the sense of smell is sensitive, and the sinusitis that has lasted for many years has been cured.