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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Sinusitis / October 2004Effect of excess sodium on sinuses?
Wondering if there could be some adverse effect of having high sodium intake on inflammation in the sinuses? Maybe even like 'edema' of the mucous membranes or turbinates? Anyone got any input on this idea? I can't/won't explain right now, but I 'use' something that has very high sodium content about every 4-6 hours. I try to balance that out by taking good potassium and magnesium supplements and drinking plenty of water. I can't seem to do without the substance that has the high sodium content though - it's a medicine of sorts that I'm very dependent on. iJah >Wondering if there could be some adverse effect of having high sodium >intake on inflammation in the sinuses? Maybe even like 'edema' of the >mucous membranes or turbinates? Anyone got any input on this idea? I don't like the idea of all that sodium either and that is oen reason I do not irrigate as such. However I do go swimming a lot, which has a similar effect. >>Wondering if there could be some adverse effect of having high sodium >>intake on inflammation in the sinuses? Maybe even like 'edema' of the >>mucous membranes or turbinates? Anyone got any input on this idea? > >I don't like the idea of all that sodium either and that is oen reason I do not >irrigate as such. However I do go swimming a lot, which has a similar effect. Hello, Because of my high blood pressure i donot cotton to the salt irrigation too much although i sometimes use it, however my favorite and easiest is Listerine . . . (: + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + http://www.biblebelievers.org.au/benjamin.htm MustRead! http://WWW.PAMINIFARM.COM "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge" Hosea 4:6 > Hello, > Because of my high blood pressure i donot cotton to the > salt irrigation too much although i sometimes use it, > however my favorite and easiest is Listerine . . . (: You irrigate with Listerine????? Straight? One would think that would be much more irritating than using saline! I gargle with Listerine. (Actually, usually generic version of it.) But I couldn't imagine irrigating with it. I have used a few teaspoons of Alkalol in my irrigation water, as some have recommended (I really can't say that it's helped at all), and that has some ingredients similar to Listerine, but not as strong. > >Wondering if there could be some adverse effect of having high sodium > >intake on inflammation in the sinuses? Maybe even like 'edema' of the > >mucous membranes or turbinates? Anyone got any input on this idea? > > I don't like the idea of all that sodium either and that is oen reason I do not > irrigate as such. However I do go swimming a lot, which has a similar effect. Did you stop irrigating, Don? Or did you never do it regularly? (I thought I read that you did, but I might not recall correctly.) Did your ENT recommend that you not irrigate? I don't think I could survive without irrigating. My nose and sinuses and throat gets so filled and clogged with very thick tenacious mucous, that I'd be miserable without it. The irrigation is a hassle. I spend hours each day on it. Because after irrigating, I have to shake my head in all different ways over the bathtub to get all the stuff out, as even after washing it out with two 1000 ml Waterpik tankfuls, there is still gunk stuck in there, although loosened by the irrigation, that comes out with shaking. Usually this twice a day, with more minor ways of irrigating (such as squeeze bottle, or even using non-preserved saline solution for contact lenses directly in the nose) in between. Yet, if this could be true, that all the irrigating, salt, etc. irritates the sinuses and nasal linings, causing more inflammation, mucus production, etc., perhaps it is part of the problem. Yet it would be hard to stop, as I would be miserably clogged up with gunk all the time if I didn't wash it out. (I don't subscribe to the theory, btw, that pulsatile irrigation "restores the cilia" so that they work better naturally to clean the nose, etc. At least that certainly hasn't worked for me. But irrigation sure can clean out the sticky gunk, better than anything I know.) >Did you stop irrigating, Don? Or did you never do it regularly? (I thought I >read that you did, but I might not recall correctly.) I have never irrigated regularly. I did try it maybe twice. I do sometimes mention irrigation to people, merrely by way of passing along common advise that is given by others here. >Did your ENT recommend >that you not irrigate? No but he said he did not think it would be necessary in my case at least. >I don't think I could survive without irrigating. My nose and sinuses and >throat gets so filled and clogged with very thick tenacious mucous, that I'd [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >non-preserved saline solution for contact lenses directly in the nose) in >between. I do swim a lot and I know what you mean as the stuff does drain out afterward. >Yet, if this could be true, that all the irrigating, salt, etc. irritates >the sinuses and nasal linings, causing more inflammation, mucus production, [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >least that certainly hasn't worked for me. But irrigation sure can clean out >the sticky gunk, better than anything I know.) Yes I think it is probably helpful for many people. > (I don't subscribe to the theory, btw, that pulsatile irrigation "restores > the cilia" so that they work better naturally to clean the nose, etc. At > least that certainly hasn't worked for me. But irrigation sure can clean out > the sticky gunk, better than anything I know.) I agree. I haven't seen sufficient evidence that pultatile irrigation can coax moribund cilia into action, but the cleansing action is worth it... |
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