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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Sinusitis / October 2006Peroxide irrigation????
Is this method of irrigation ok/safe, is there anyone in this group currently using this method? mwgoldie67@cox.net (Lateralus) wrote: >Is this method of irrigation ok/safe, is there > anyone in this group currently using this > method? I have used the peroxide mixture, maybe 1/2 dozen times in the last 3 or 4 years. Has it helped me? Yes-- without question, however, I'm not exactly sure if I benefited more from the irrigation mixture itself, or the extreme irritation it caused which induced my sinuses to purge themselves. ...As for safe... Well.. Many people use the 3% H²O² mixture full strength as a mouthwash... They pour the H²O² full strength on a cut (In fact, I (and a zillion others) have done this 100s of times), with no permanent (or apparent) damage done to the tissues. ...Moreover, unlike its other uses, the irrigation mixture has the 3% mixture, further watered down to an insignifificant amount -- lest one were to writhe in pain on the floor. Is it safe? Well, the jury is still out on this one. But I wouldn't hesitate to use it again. ...I'm probably doing more damage to my body from the air I breathe, and the food I eat. ...Jon what you dont want to do is damage the normal drainage of teh nasal lining--there are very small hairs (cilliae( that witterly sweep the nasal lining--damaging them is not a good thing--i know of now studies that address the toxicity of hydrogen peroxide on the nasal mucosa but i would give serious consideration of not doing it-- i certainly would not use any iodine solutions like lugos or any herbal stuf--most of teh herbal stuff is oils that do ahve some antibacterail effect but once again you are putting an abnormal material onto a verys ensitive area--normal saline ( has essetially the same osmotic pressure of your blood ( osmotic pressdure is an measure of the pressure of elements in solution ( i know this is abs answere but do look it up) hth mwgoldie67@cox.net (Lateralus) wrote: >Is this method of irrigation ok/safe, is there > anyone in this group currently using this > method? I have used the peroxide mixture, maybe 1/2 dozen times in the last 3 or 4 years. Has it helped me? Yes-- without question, however, I'm not exactly sure if I benefited more from the irrigation mixture itself, or the extreme irritation it caused which induced my sinuses to purge themselves. ...As for safe... Well.. Many people use the 3% H²O² mixture full strength as a mouthwash... They pour the H²O² full strength on a cut (In fact, I (and a zillion others) have done this 100s of times), with no permanent (or apparent) damage done to the tissues. ...Moreover, unlike its other uses, the irrigation mixture has the 3% mixture, further watered down to an insignifificant amount -- lest one were to writhe in pain on the floor. Is it safe? Well, the jury is still out on this one. But I wouldn't hesitate to use it again. ...I'm probably doing more damage to my body from the air I breathe, and the food I eat. ...Jon |
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