At any time of the year, as a result of outbreaks of viral respiratory diseases, everyone has to run a runny nose. You should not immediately rush to pharmacies and buy expensive drugs. A simple and proven tool can help for a long time - it is washing the nasal cavity with salt water. Manipulation is carried out not only with a disease, but also as hygiene measures. Dry and polluted air contributes to the drying of the nasal mucosa, which leads to the development of microbes. To moisturize and clean, it is necessary to periodically rinse the nasal passages. But not everyone knows how to rinse your nose. The article is about this and will be discussed.
Why rinse your nose?
Every day, every person is washed, brushes his teeth, ears, but few people wash their nose. And there is great benefit in this, which consists in the following:
- Allergy Prevention: dust and allergens are removed.
- Prevention of inflammation in the nasal cavity; microbes and bacteria that get in the dust are washed off.
- Improving immunity in connection with the strengthening of the walls of blood vessels.
- Breathing relief. Mucus is removed, dryness disappears.
Yogis claim that cleansing the nasal passages soothes people. Muslims who rinse their mouth and nasopharynx daily before prayer rarely have respiratory illnesses.
Nasal Breathing Problems
The inability to breathe through the nose always causes great discomfort. Especially a lot of trouble it brings to children who have:
- sleep disorder and loss of appetite;
- decreased attention, activity;
- stunted growth;
- changes in the functions of the nervous system and brain;
- allergic diseases;
- chronic respiratory diseases;
- decreased function of the organs of vision;
- development of abnormal bite;
- a significant increase in adenoid tissue;
- speech impairment.
Many of these problems can occur in adults due to poor nasal breathing. The disease is easier to prevent or relieve without medication, simply by cleansing the nose with salt water. Therefore, everyone should know how to rinse their nose.
Solutions for washing the nasal cavity
For an adult, one glass of solution is enough for a single wash, and half of this volume is for a child. In the absence of nasal breathing, vasoconstrictor drops should be instilled before washing to improve the effectiveness of the procedure.
There are a large number of means with which you can wash your nose:
- Plain boiled water. Recommended temperature is 36 degrees. Very cold or hot water will cause discomfort or burns the nasal mucosa.
- Salty water. Such a solution is more effective, it better removes swelling of the nasal mucosa. Take a teaspoon of table salt in a glass of water. If desired, add the same amount of drinking soda and one or two drops of iodine.
- Sea salt. It is purchased in a pharmacy. In a glass of water, dilute one and a half or two teaspoons.
- Saline. It is sold at the pharmacy. You can rinse your nose with sodium chloride for children of any age, as well as for adults.
- Decoctions of chamomile, calendula, St. John's wort, sage, eucalyptus. When using herbs, one must be careful, an allergic reaction can occur.
- Various ready-made pharmacy forms - special solutions for washing the nose. They are sterile and balanced.
The washing effect will improve if you alternate the use of different solutions.
In which cases the nose can not be washed
Despite the effectiveness of this procedure, it is categorically not applicable in the following cases:
- with exacerbation of chronic and acute otitis media;
- nosebleeds;
- tumors in the nose;
- complete nasal obstruction;
- epilepsy - when washing the nose, seizures are possible.
Intolerance to some drugs imposes restrictions on this procedure.
Nose wash tools
How to rinse your nose? To rinse the nasal passages, you can apply:
- Dropper. Perfect for gentle washing of the nose to babies.
- Syringe. Before use, it must be disinfected, and this should be done after each use.
- Kettle. Suitable for both infants and older children and, of course, adults. The release of fluid under slight pressure prevents mucosal damage and infection in other places. You can use an ordinary teapot or buy a convenient, specially designed for washing teapots.
- Syringe. How to rinse your nose with this medical device? Before starting the procedure, be sure to remove the needle. Collect the prepared solution and inject alternately into both nostrils. Introduce the fluid slowly so as not to disturb the mucous membrane and not bring the infection into the inner ear and frontal sinuses.
- Special devices. They are sold at the pharmacy along with expensive nose wash products. They have a long service life.
- The method of yogis. It can be used by older children and adults. Put a solution in the palm of your hand, close one nostril with your finger and draw it into your nose.
Each in the house there is a tool for washing the nose of a child and an adult.
How to rinse a child's nose at home?
Doctors recommend the baby's airways during colds and systematically flush for prevention. The main goal of the procedure is to clear the nose of mucus and germs. During illness, the child also needs to rinse his nose before using sprays or drops to treat a runny nose. Having chosen the appropriate solution and a washing tool, the child should be placed in an upright position above the bathtub or basin, tilting his head down and to the side. Pour the solution into one nostril, it should pour out through the other. Then change the nostrils. This should be done slowly and carefully, avoiding painful sensations. At the end of the procedure, the child should exhale sharply through the nose so that there is no liquid left, or blow his nose.
How to rinse the nose of the baby?
To wash your nose you will need a pipette, a small rubber bulb, a washing agent, cotton turundas, and liquid paraffin.
The procedure is as follows:
- Remove the mucous discharge of pear from both nostrils.
- Put the baby to one side.
- Pipette 5-10 ml of rinse aid and inject half into one nostril, turn the head on the other side and drip the rest into the other nasal passage. Make sure that the baby's head is turned sideways and tilted forward a little. If the solution gets into the throat, turn the child on the stomach and gently tap on the back. Introduce the solution slowly, without pressure, so that it does not get into the ears. How often to rinse your nose? This procedure can be repeated up to four times a day.
- Remove the remaining mucus and fluid from the nasal passages with a pear.
- Moisten cotton buds in oil and remove crusts from the nose. For each nostril use its own flagellum.
- In a completely cleaned nose, drip the cold medicine that the doctor prescribed.
Saline solution (sodium chloride) for washing the nose of a newborn
There is no cheaper, but very effective drug than sodium chloride, which is most often called saline. In sea water, this substance (table salt) is contained in large quantities and gives it a salty taste. Sterile solution can be purchased at the pharmacy.
For the prevention and treatment of the common cold in acute respiratory infections, rinsing the nose with sodium chloride is very effective. To clean the nose of a newborn, one drop in each nostril should be pipetted (up to five times a day). It is impossible for a newborn to rinse his nose independently from a pear or syringe. This can cause otitis media.
Saline Nasal Rinse
It is convenient to rinse your nose in the bathroom using a syringe or a kettle. To perform the procedure, prepare a solution: in a glass of boiled water corresponding to body temperature, add a teaspoon of sodium chloride and the same amount of baking soda. Next, wash the nose with the prepared saline solution at home. Leaning over the bath and turning his head to one side, pour the solution into one nostril. With the right actions, water should flow from the second nostril. Part of the solution can be poured through the mouth, so it must be kept open. The other nostril is washed in the same way. After completing the procedure, blow your nose, alternately pinching one nostril.
Briefly about the drug "Dolphin"
The domestic preparation in the form of a powder preserves all the properties of the water of the ancient Perm Ocean. In some dosage forms, licorice and rosehip extracts are added. The whole mixture is divided into doses for one procedure. The powder should be diluted in a certain amount of water. The device includes a bottle, tube and dispenser cover. Two types of the drug are available: children's, with a volume of 120 ml, and an adult - 240 ml. The drug is used for different types of sinusitis and rhinitis:
- bacterial and viral origin;
- vasomotor and allergic;
- chronic in nature;
- disease prevention.
For children, the drug is used from the age of four.
Nasal lavage with Dolphin for an adult
The procedure is carried out in the bathroom or over the basin.
Step-by-step instruction:
- Dilute 2 mg of powder in 240 ml of boiled thirty-five degree water.
- Insert the vial with the dispenser tightly into the nostril. Make sure that the solution does not spill.
- Tilt your head forward and turn it to the side, hold your breath.
- Squeeze the bottle without sudden movements, preventing fluid from entering the Eustachian tubes and without injuring the nasal mucosa. Fluid will spill out through the mouth or other nostril.
- Remove the bottle from the nose without opening, exhale and blow your nose.
- of the solution takes one compression, so repeat the procedure in one nostril twice.
- For the other nostril, do the same actions.
The following step-by-step instructions on how to rinse your nose with Dolphin will allow you to correctly perform this procedure.
Washing the nose with Dolphin for children
As mentioned earlier, washing the nose with this drug is possible for children from the age of four. The procedure is as follows:
- Dilute 1 g of powder in 120 ml of warm boiled water (corresponding to body temperature).
- Tilt your head forward and it is better to slightly sideways, insert the bottle into the nostril, hold your breath and gently press on its walls.
- The fluid should pour out through the other nostril and possibly through the mouth, so keep it open.
- Use one bottle in one nostril. Then blow your nose.
- Repeat all the same steps from the second nostril.
Not an idle question: how many times a day to rinse your nose? Perform a similar procedure is recommended at least two times during the day. With a severe cold, an increase of up to 4 times a day is possible. When the child independently performs this procedure, adults must control it. In case of nasal congestion, before washing, it is recommended to first drip a vasoconstrictor and wait until the nose begins to breathe.
Precautionary measures
When washing your nose at home, you must adhere to some rules in order to get the desired effect. Here are some of them:
- Fluid into the nasal cavity should be poured by gravity, and from the syringe and syringe, under minimal pressure.
- Correct pose of the head - it is tilted forward and 45 degrees to the side.
- Comfortable temperature of the solution is 35â37 ° .
- Decide how much you can wash your nose. For preventive purposes, it is washed daily up to two times a day, for therapeutic purposes - from 3 to 4.
- The correct concentration of the solution. For children, it is advisable to use ready-made solutions.
- Breasts use specialized medicines for instillation.
- With severe swelling of the mucous membrane, instill vasoconstrictive drops before the procedure.
Conclusion
Nasal lavage is both a hygienic and therapeutic manipulation. It is recommended by otolaryngologists around the world. And yoga fans claim that washing the nose with saline at home can cleanse the nasal cavity and nasopharynx from harmful microbes, bacteria, mucus and at the same time the whole body is cleansed and stimulated.
Modern medicine recommends the use of nasal lavage for sinusitis, sinusitis, frontal sinusitis and just for preventive purposes. When carrying out such manipulations, memory improves, immunity strengthens, insomnia gradually passes.