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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Sinusitis / November 2003does irrigating "pull" mucous?
hi there, i'm wondering if irrigating does give some pressure to "pull" the mucous that's near the ear, somehow i also wonder if with myringotomy, air will go in and thus there will be no pressure to resist the pulling of mucous by the irrigator. can someone confirm? thanks! The salt you add to the solution has a drawing effect which is what pulls the mucus and edema (swelling). Brian > hi there, > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > thanks! The principle is called Bernoulli's principle. As the pulsatile stream goes past a narrow opening i.e. the sinus opeing, it creates a vacuum and displaces out the sinus mucus and replaces it with the solution. Murray Grossan, M.D. http://www.ent-consult.com http://www.hydromedonline.com > The principle is called Bernoulli's principle. As the pulsatile stream goes > past a narrow opening i.e. the sinus opeing, it creates a vacuum and displaces > out the sinus mucus and replaces it with the solution. > Murray Grossan, M.D. > http://www.ent-consult.com > http://www.hydromedonline.com how about mucous near the ear? will it remove it? i have been irrigating several times and the popping thing that's caused by blowing while irrigating remain to exist, should i go for myringotomy? The opening of the eustachian tube to the ear is not in a location to allow suctioning to take place. .Irrigation can cleans the area and clear the nasal condition that may be the cuase of the ear problem, but it can't create a vacuum to suck out fluid from the middle ear. Murray Grossan, M.D. http://www.ent-consult.com http://www.hydromedonline.com > The opening of the eustachian tube to the ear is not in a location to allow > suctioning to take place. .Irrigation can cleans the area and clear the nasal [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > http://www.ent-consult.com > http://www.hydromedonline.com would you recommend myringotomy as solution? i have slight negative pressure in my left ear. Please don't expect a person who hasn't fully examined you and knows all about you to give you an accurate recommendation. Your own doctor is best qualified to give you advice. We do myringotomy and tubes when all efforts to clear the ear irrigation enzymes sprays have failed. We are more likely to do myringotomy and tubes for persons whose occupation requires flying. Howerver the most frequent cause of failure of the middle ear to clear is excess blowing and forcing the ear. That's like rubbing your eyes too hard - they will stay swollen. Murray Grossan, M.D. http://www.ent-consult.com http://www.hydromedonline.com http://www.tinnnitusrelief.net http://www.hydromedonline.com/presentingthehydropulse/ |
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