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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Sinusitis / April 2006HydroPulse question again
Hi, I recently got hold of the HydroPulse irrigator to help me with my sinus/ear problems and to see if my cilia will be restored. After using it, I can detect some strange lingering odor in my nose. I can't describe it but could this be just the Xylitol from the Breathe-Ease XL powder? I did not get this smell when using the Neilmed rinse bottle with their saline powder. I might add, my sense of smell has not been good for some years and occasionally do have strange odors in my nose that last for a day or so. thanks, Chris > Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > thanks, > Chris I never detected any smell from using Breathe-Ease. You don't say how long you've been using the hydropulse, but is it possible that your sense of smell might be creeping back and you haven't quite gotten used to smelling things again? I hadn't been able to smell much in 20 years and this year I can actually smell flowers. AW > I never detected any smell from using Breathe-Ease. You don't say how long > you've been using the hydropulse, but is it possible that your sense of > smell might be creeping back and you haven't quite gotten used to smelling > things again? I hadn't been able to smell much in 20 years and this year I > can actually smell flowers. AW I've detected such a smell on occasions, though not usually. Susan > x-no-archive: yes > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Susan It's certainly possible there might be a smell I wouldn't have detected. I used quite a bit of Breathe-Ease the first year after I bought my Hydropulse but at the time I still couldn't smell much of anything. I thought my sense of smell was gone forever so I continue to be amazed at my rediscovered sense of smell. AW > It's certainly possible there might be a smell I wouldn't have detected. I > used quite a bit of Breathe-Ease the first year after I bought my Hydropulse > but at the time I still couldn't smell much of anything. I thought my sense > of smell was gone forever so I continue to be amazed at my rediscovered > sense of smell. AW I don't know if I think the smell is from the product, or from the condition of my sinuses at the time. Susan Thanks august and Susan - you also helped me out at the alt.med.allergy group. I have only been using the HydroPulse for a few days. I think it may be due to the state of my sinuses. I seem to have quite abit of thick white mucous. My left side can smell a little, but my right side can hardly smell anything. August, that's very encouraging that you managed to improve your sense of smell. I hope I will too. Also, I don't seem to be getting any post-drainage of liquid after 15-20minutes. Is this normal? Chris > Thanks august and Susan - you also helped me out at the alt.med.allergy > group. <*waves*> Hi, again! > I have only been using the HydroPulse for a few days. I think it may be > due to the state of my sinuses. I seem to have quite abit of thick > white mucous. My left side can smell a little, but my right side can > hardly smell anything. If your mucus is very thick, drink lots and lots of water to thin it. Really, it works! That's always an allergy sign for me, and desensitization has helped a LOT. > August, that's very encouraging that you managed to improve your sense > of smell. I hope I will too. > > Also, I don't seem to be getting any post-drainage of liquid after > 15-20minutes. Is this normal? I didn't either, at first, and I don't always now. Susan Thanks Susan, So densensitization helps get rid of the white mucous? That's great. I better try it. I do try to drink lots of water also. Chris On 4/19/06 4:56 PM, in article 1145491007.514615.96480@e56g2000cwe.googlegroups.com, "chrisw" <sanufi@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks august and Susan - you also helped me out at the alt.med.allergy > group. [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Chris Often you are not aware of the liquid since it is "thin" and is moistening the throat in the normal manner. On 4/19/06 4:01 PM, in article uI6dnR7GEOqhXNvZnZ2dneKdnZydnZ2d@comcast.com, >> x-no-archive: yes >> [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > of smell was gone forever so I continue to be amazed at my rediscovered > sense of smell. AW AW: when did your sense of smell return? Did it return fully? Did you use other means besides the Hydro Pulse and Breathe.ease? > On 4/19/06 4:01 PM, in article > uI6dnR7GEOqhXNvZnZ2dneKdnZydnZ2d@comcast.com, >> It's certainly possible there might be a smell I wouldn't have detected. >> I [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > AW: when did your sense of smell return? Did it return fully? Did you use > other means besides the Hydro Pulse and Breathe.ease? I bought my Hydropulse in June 2004 after many many years of chronic sinusitis. I'd get acute sinusitis 2-4 times a year. In 04 drug therapies weren't helping the CT proven acute sinusitis that I'd had for 3 months. I began regular Hydropulse use along with Breathe-Ease for the first 6 months of irrigating. Irrigated 2-3 times a day - every day. I also began taking allergy shots about a month after starting with the Hydropulse. Slowly but surely I started improving and the infection cleared. Within a year I began to notice smells again. I was able to quit sudafed and antihistamines after having taken decongestants and antihistamines for over 30 years. Now I do only irrigation 2X day, Flonase once a day and some Nasal Crom instead of the shotgun drug therapy of past years. I've cut back to bi-weekly allergy shots. This year I really noticed being able to smell all kinds of things that previously simply wouldn't register as smelling at all, whether pleasant or unpleasant. It's great to walk around and smell flowers and experience cooking smells. I don't know if my sense of smell has fully recovered but it's sure a lot better than at any time in my adult life. I think the Hydropulse has been a great tool for me. Sinusitis had been grinding me down for a long time. Thanx, AW > Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > thanks, > Chris This happened to me also. I didn't make the connection till I read your post. I've had a constant smell no matter where I am that reminds me of car exhaust. Looking back this happened about the same time I tried the Breathe-Ease. I'm going to stop it and see if it goes away. hhggffdd, thanks. How long have you been using the Hydro-Pulse? I sometimes have smells that linger in my nose for a day or so. Does this happen to you? I wonder if this is due to impaired ciliary function. Chris > hhggffdd, thanks. How long have you been using the Hydro-Pulse? About three weeks. > I > sometimes have smells that linger in my nose for a day or so. Does this > happen to you? Yes. > I wonder if this is due to impaired ciliary function. > > Chris I think it has more to do with the olfactory nerves. On 4/19/06 1:32 AM, in article 1145435572.605156.142050@j33g2000cwa.googlegroups.com, "chrisw" <sanufi@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > thanks, > Chris Hard to say but perhaps the bacteria are coming out of the sinus cavities and the sense of smell is starting to return.
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