> Did anyone doing daily irrigation find that they avoided catching the flu?
I irrigate daily, and I haven't caught the flu in years. Probably
because I get a flu shot every year.

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Do you mean last year or this? I have been doing daily's for a couple of
years now and haven't had the flu nor do I get the shot even though my doc
suggests it. I do get a touch of a cold with sore throat though and end up
using the nebulizer and prednisone though. I wonder how many using
irrigation are finding they don't get as sick...this will be interesting.
Trudy.
Shirley Thebaglady - 18 Oct 2004 12:03 GMT
I have got the flu shot for years and I still have my Sinus problems,
infection, inner ear, and upper respiration infections. They are the
worst in the winter months.
I have hay fever in the warmer weather so I take Claritin prescribed by
my MD. He used to write a prescription but I can get it over the counter
now.
I woke up with a sinus headache and ringing in my ears this morning.
shirley
I irrigate a lot, have done so daily for years, and have caught the flu
before while irrigating. Right now I have a cold, in fact, that I have had
for about 3 or 4 weeks. I used to get a lot of sinus infections too,
including while irrigating daily, but I think that has improved since my
last surgery.
I'm one of the fortunate persons who had a flu shot for this season (last
Monday), so hopefully I won't get the flu this year, although of course it
does not provide perfect protection.
Of course, it is not always clear what is meant by "the flu". Literally the
word is short for influenza, and that is what the flu shot protects against.
But many people say they have "the flu" when they have a bad cold. So,
having people answer a question about "the flu" is not really clear,
regarding what they had.
Are you hoping to promote your device as a replacement for flu shots, since
they are in short supply?
> Did anyone doing daily irrigation find that they avoided catching the flu?
> Did anyone doing daily irrigation get the flu infection?
> Murray Grossan, M.D.
> http://www.ent-consult.com
ENTconsult - 18 Oct 2004 04:58 GMT
I don't know if irrigation would help reduce the incidence of the flu. There
hasn't been any scientific study on this subject.
In theory, the flu virus remains in the nose 6 - 8 hours before it penetrates,
but no one knows if irrigation to try to wash this away would help.
Murray Grossan, M.D.
http://www.ent-consult.com
MS - 18 Oct 2004 05:34 GMT
> I don't know if irrigation would help reduce the incidence of the flu. There
> hasn't been any scientific study on this subject.
> In theory, the flu virus remains in the nose 6 - 8 hours before it penetrates,
> but no one knows if irrigation to try to wash this away would help.
> Murray Grossan, M.D.
> http://www.ent-consult.com
Then one would have to irrigate before the flu virus is in the nose for 6
hours, to wash it away before it penetrated. Usually one wouldn't know
exactly the hour the flu virus got in your nose, in order to wash it out
before 6 hours.
If that's true, then I guess it could sometimes help, if the person just
happened to irrigate within 6 hours of the virus coming into his nose.
Is the nose always the point of entry for the flu virus?
Sometimes, I think, influenza doesn't even have bad nasal symptoms, unlike a
cold, although sometimes it does. More problems with fever, aching body,
etc., depending on type of flu.