How Did You Rinse Your Sinuses When You Were A Child?

[+ Lucky]

Well, I didn't. That seems to be an adult thing.

[+ sync]

I've never been aware of that practice or the need for it. Perhaps I somehow managed to dodge the bullet.

[+ azdr0710]

Gotta say I'm glad this 'question' craze the Lounge is going thru now seems to be entering the sarcasm phase of the trend.

[Cooper]

Not sure if this counts as rinsing my sinuses out but as a child I recall that drinking milk & laughing at the same time didn’t mix. It was always a hoot seeing the milk come out your nose. Thanks @Lucky for starting a thread that brought back this long forgotten childhood memory.

[MikeBiDude]

I don’t, and never have. There seems to be a lot of advertising for these systems lately?

[+ MysticMenace]

I don’t, and never have. There seems to be a lot of advertising for these systems lately?

 

I have this. have I used it? not yet.

[+ Lucky]

I have this. have I used it? not yet.

But, @JoeMendoza it says right on the box: You'll love that clean nose feeling! (I didn't see the hyphen as necessary.)

[+ RJD]

I don’t, and never have. There seems to be a lot of advertising for these systems lately?

I bought one, tried it, and boxed it back up. Followed the instructions to the letter and all it did was create a wet mess on my bathroom vanity.

[+ Charlie]

I have tried these things occasionally, because I have always had sinus problems, but I have never found them very effective at making me feel any better.

[+ Lucky]

Not sure if this counts as rinsing my sinuses out but as a child I recall that drinking milk & laughing at the same time didn’t mix. It was always a hoot seeing the milk come out your nose. Thanks @Lucky for starting a thread that brought back this long forgotten childhood memory.

Not only is this post funny, but I now see it as clever! It could have been an appropriate reply to the question of milk as a child too!

[+ harey]

[rvwnsd]

Garden hose. I had tough parents.

[+ poolboy48220]

I was 40-something the first time I ever saw an ad for a neti pot, I thought it was a joke. I printed it out & put it on my cube wall. These days, I use it frequently.

[+ pitman]

I don’t, and never have. There seems to be a lot of advertising for these systems lately?

Now that this thread has veered off into a discussion of Navage perhaps it should be moved to the Fetish forum.

[spider]

Garden hose. I had tough parents.

 

Wimps. Mine hooked up a firehose to the hydrant. Strapped me to a tree so the pressure wouldn’t blast me all and had at it full strength.

 

actually, I don’t remember EVER rinsing out my sinuses. The closest we came was vapor rub in a pan of boiling water with a tower over it. Head under the towel and breath deeply, but I think that was more for a chest cold?

[+ nycman]

Never as a child.

 

Never had sinus issues until I was in my 20’s.

Thankfully rare that I do get them, but when I do,

I start Sudafed and a twice daily routine of Afrin nasal

spray followed 5 minutes later by nasal irrigation with:

SinuPulse Amazon Link

 

Sometimes it’s horrifying the stuff that comes out.

The first time you use it it feels like your drowning.

You get used to it.

 

I also use the SinuPulse brand saline packets, but you can make

your own if money is an issue. Just make sure you add saline to the

water. I forgot once and gave myself wicked vertigo. Also make sure

you use warm (not hot) distilled water. Amoebas live in crappy tap water

and some people have given themselves brain eating infections.

 

Nowadays, I don’t even think about Antibiotics until I’ve followed my

routine for 1 week without improvement. It has dramatically decreased

my need for antibiotics.

 

YMMV.

Edited February 28, 2021 by nycman

[+ Charlie]

I had forgotten about the Vicks Vaporub that my mother used on me whenever I had a headcold.

[+ sync]

Wimps. Mine hooked up a firehose to the hydrant. Strapped me to a tree so the pressure wouldn’t blast me all and had at it full strength.

 

actually, I don’t remember EVER rinsing out my sinuses. The closest we came was vapor rub in a pan of boiling water with a tower over it. Head under the towel and breath deeply, but I think that was more for a chest cold?

I had forgotten about the Vicks Vaporub that my mother used on me whenever I had a headcold.

I keep a supply of Vicks VapoRub. It's one of the "old reliables" that has survived the test of time. It really comes through for me in times of nasal or chest congestion.

[Guest]

I didn’t as a child, but as an adult, I do often - with OUTSTANDING results.

 

I don’t use novage...it takes too long. I use a regular Neti pot heated in the microwave for 50 seconds

[Lookin]

I've never been aware of that practice or the need for it.

 

Same here. Even if I had been, all my modest childhood resources were going to candy and comic books.

 

When my sinuses required tidying up, I followed my fellows and placed my faith in the ancient ways.