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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Sinusitis / February 2005sinus rinse/ tear ducts
Hello. This is my first post to the group. I have had so much trouble this winter and am too dry because of Sjogren's to take a lot of things that would be helpful, so I have tried the sinus rinse bottle. It seems to help a bit, but somehow, in an effort to get the solution up from the bottle, I am blowing the saline up into my tear ducts. This is real irritating to the ducts and eyes. Since my tear ducts are already narrow due to dry eyes, I would hate to irritate them further. Has anyone else here had this problem? Would purchasing a machine such as the HydroPulse or Waterpik avoid the tear ducts or be more likely to send the saline into them? Thanks for any insights you have, Charlotte > Hello. This is my first post to the group. I have had so much trouble > this winter and am too dry because of Sjogren's to take a lot of things [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Has anyone else here had this problem? Yes, and it happens when you irrigate too forcefully. Try squeezing the Sinus Rinse bottle until you get a stream that is only an inch or so high. That's how gently you need to irrigate.  SignatureSteven D. Litvintchouk Email: sdlitvin@earthlinkNOSPAM.net Remove the NOSPAM before replying to me. On 2/23/05 7:25 AM, in article mf1Td.9386$x53.3931@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net, "Steven L." <sdlitvin@earthlinkNOSPAM.net> wrote: >> Hello. This is my first post to the group. I have had so much trouble >> this winter and am too dry because of Sjogren's to take a lot of things [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > Try squeezing the Sinus Rinse bottle until you get a stream that is only > an inch or so high. That's how gently you need to irrigate. Unfortunately with squeeze or gravity devices the change in pressure and flow is difficult to regulate and does fluctuate. This is one advantage of a mechanical irrigator where the pressure is maintained throughout the irrigation at one setting. If you are having difficulty with a squeeze system, try using only the upper two thirds of the bottle. Its the final 1/3 that is hard to control. Thanks for the help. I have ordered a Hydro-Pulse, which should help regulate things. I guess I am so desperate from lack of sleep that I overdid the squeezing a bit. It's very tempting to go back to the Dristan spray, but the sinus issues were there then, too. Things just drained better. Charlotte
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