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Saline Nasal Sprays: Why Use Them and When?

Each day we breathe in approximately 12,000 litres of air and along with that, many irritants and allergens such as viruses, bacteria, smoke, dust, mould spores, pet dander, dust, pollution and smoke. In fact, our airways are confronted with 25 MILLION PARTICLES AN HOUR! All of which need to be filtered or transported away...

In today's world, mask wearing is now common place but whether you wear a surgical or cloth mask or P2/N45 filter masks consistently and in the accurate manner, it's important to remember these do NOT remove all particles from the air.

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 The role of saline nasal sprays or drops in nasal hygiene: a review of the evidence and clinical perspectives

Minimising exposure to airborne aggressors such as air pollutants, pollen and respiratory viruses is important for everyone to reduce associated ill-health effects. Daily nasal hygiene may reduce the effects of noxious stimuli in the nose, helping to support respiratory health.

Articles of Interest

How to Avoid Getting Pummeled by a Cold

Antihistamines will help with mild congestion, but if you’re really stuffed, try a saline nasal spray, he says. Not only will it help thin the fluids created by the mucous membranes in your upper airway (a.k.a. nose gunk), making it easier to blow that stuff out, but since it’s a high-concentration salt solution, it will suck water out of your nasal passages, reducing swelling and helping to bring sweet, sweet oxygen through your nostrils once more.

How to Correctly Put Saline Drops in an Infant's Nose

We’ll give you step-by-step instructions to help make the process of administering saline drops more comfortable for both of you. We’ll even provide our recipe for homemade saline drops for babies.

How to Make Saline Nasal Spray

Luckily, a saline (salt water) nasal spray can get you through nasal congestion from cold or allergies. You can easily make your own saline nasal sprays at home for use on adults, children, or even infants.

Long-term Nasal Saline Irrigation: Helpful or Harmful?

If used for short-term periods, such as during an acute sinus infection, it can be useful (just like Afrin), but this study’s result shows that long-term use may be more harmful. My feeling is that if you feel better and you don’t get as many infections, keep doing it. After a few weeks or months, you can experiment by stopping the irrigation and see what happens.

Saline nasal sprays, drops and rinses

It is best to use saline products bought from the pharmacy. They come in the right strength and in the right device that makes them easy to use and store.

Saline Nose Spray Might Help Tame Severe Nosebleeds

When the study was over and the researchers found out which drugs people had used, they were surprised to discover that the people using saline reported as much improvement as the people on meds.

Resources

6 Salty Secrets You Need to Know About Saline Nose Spray

Saline nose spray is a fancy word for a salt water spray! Years ago, many physicians (myself included!) used to provide a “recipe” for parents to make their own salt water nasal mix. Now rows and rows of saline nose spray solutions line store shelves everywhere.