How to wash rhinitis with saline solution?

Rhinitis is a very common disease. It is easy to occur in cold weather and it is very easy to relapse. Some patients use surgery to relieve their condition, but this method is also prone to relapse. Rhinitis patients often use saline to wash their noses to relieve pain. So how to wash rhinitis with saline?

First, how to wash the nose with saline solution? We need a set of nasal washing tools, including a 500ml measuring cup, a nasal wash device (similar to a baby bottle, which can be squeezed, but with a catheter at the top), a measuring spoon (which can accurately measure grams), and a bag of iodine-free salt. Non-iodized salt is available in local supermarkets, and the others can be purchased at local medical equipment stores or Taobao, and the prices are not expensive. Measuring cup (500ml is basically enough, you can buy a larger one if you want to wash more times, but it must have precise scale because we need to prepare the saline solution ourselves).

Second, prepare normal saline solution, 0.9% sodium chloride solution, which means 100ml of water requires 0.9 grams of salt. There will be a slight error in your own preparation, but it will not have a impact. PS: If you put too little salt, that is, much lower than 0.9%, it will be uncomfortable to wash your nose, and the feeling is similar to choking on water while swimming. If your nasal congestion is severe, you can increase the salt concentration to help shrink nasal swelling and promote ventilation. However, if your nose is so blocked that you can't even take in water, it is not recommended to wash it. First make the salt water with boiling water or purified water to ensure hygiene. The recommended amount of water in the measuring cup is 500ml, and 4.5 grams of iodine-free salt is needed. You can decide the amount yourself. If you feel it is not accurate, Taobao also has those precisely weighed bagged iodine-free salt, but it is more expensive. In addition, local hospitals also have normal saline solution.

How to wash with saline solution for rhinitis? When the water temperature is appropriate, you can control the temperature yourself and make it comfortable. Pour it into the nasal washer and rinse your nose. Aim the catheter at one side of the nose. You can squeeze the water bottle with your hands or inhale it through your nose. There are generally two water flow cleaning routes: 1. Enter one side of the nose and come out of the other side; 2. Enter one side of the nose and come out of the mouth. Anyway, they wash out the dirt, so it doesn’t matter which side comes out. Wash twice a day and you will feel comfortable!