About 10 years ago, my allergist suggested I take clean vasoline on a
que-tip and coat my sinuses. His theory was salt and other sprays
irritate and dry you out, what I needed he said was to coat them like
you put on chap stick for dry irritated lips.   My problems with my
sinuses are that they basically burn and ache, but aren't clogged.  I
hardly ever have stuffed sinuses.  My face hurts or my sinuses will
swell down into my teeth and gums.

I did this and got immediate releif.  I actually have got pretty good
at almost inserting the entire que-tip into my head via my nose.  Now I
know how thoses magicians used to hammer nails into their heads that
way.

I ask my fam doc the other day if I could coat my sinuses with
neosporin and he said yes, sure.  This seems to work with soothing them
for a short while also.  Though, nothing works for long.

I was thinking of trying to irrigate.  Right now, if I get desperate, I
suck tap water up into my head and let the chlorine kill whatever is
inside.  This hurts very badly, but seems to work occationally also.

I am concerned about the irrigation drying me out more.  For those of
you that irrigate, do you think it dries out your sinuses?

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