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Clearing Out Nasal Allergies with Saline Irrigations

Kathleen MacNaughton
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Monday, August 03, 2009
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Pharmaceutical research is producing new solultions for treating allergies every year. There are pills you can take, sprays you can use and shots you can endure, all geared to reducing the hold nasal allergies have over our lives. And those are all great solutions...   At the same time, they a...
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    terrence
    Thursday, August 06, 2009 at 02:45 PM

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    I have used nasal irrigation (NI) for about four years for my mostly springtime allergies. Since starting to do it, i have not needed ANY prescription medications – NONE.  Occasionally use OTC antihistamines, but no where near as many as I did prior to doing NI. I don’t have to use NI as much as I used to either.

     

    One of my brothers-in-law has had the same experience.

     

    Anyone with airborne allergies should try nasal irrigation for a t least a week or two. It really works; the worst that will happen is nothing – no effect. But it will most likely ease or eliminate symptoms.    

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    terrence
    Thursday, August 06, 2009 at 02:47 PM

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    I have used nasal irrigation (NI) for about four years for my mostly springtime allergies. Since starting to do it, i have not needed ANY prescription medications – NONE.  Occasionally use OTC antihistamines, but no where near as many as I did prior to doing NI. I don’t have to use NI as much as I used to either.

     

    One of my brothers-in-law has had the same experience.

     

    Anyone with airborne allergies should try nasal irrigation for a t least a week or two. It really works; the worst that will happen is nothing – no effect. But it will most likely ease or eliminate symptoms.    

     

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    re: Nasal Irrigation Success
    Kathleen MacNaughton
    Thursday, August 06, 2009 at 03:27 PM

    That's really good to hear! I need to put more effort into using it regularly...

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    re: re: Nasal Irrigation Success
    terrence
    Thursday, August 06, 2009 at 05:28 PM

    I should add that I did the nasal irrigation the morning and evening, seven days a week when I started it. I think this is the fewest number of times a day to do it.  

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