I had a septoplasty and inferior turbinoplasty many years ago, and had to rinse my sinuses every few hours to keep the wounds clean. I’d recommend Flonase sinus rinse, as some others in this thread have. The kits are pretty cheap, and the salt mix they provide is dosed so it’s much less harsh than table salt and won’t irritate or dry out mucous membranes in your nose. Using table salt for this purpose like some others are suggesting here is madness! Even before my surgery it hurt like hell, trying that.
I’d also recommend talking to an Ear/Nose/Throat specialist in case there’s something wrong that can be corrected, like enlarged turbinates. That was my issue - blood was pooling in the tissue when I lay on my side due to gravity and low blood pressure - hence the turbinoplasty. It was better for a bit, but did come back over time; dunno if this is normal, if they grew back, if the surgery didn’t work, or if the doctor was just wrong 🤷
“The solution to pollution is dilution”, certainly! It’s just pretty risky business IMO, so I feel the warning stands especially to people who haven’t tried a sinus rinse before and don’t know how to size the dose, but yeah: if you don’t have anything else…
I have hypertrophy of the turbinate in the right nostril. It’s blocked basically all the time. I was prescribed fluticasone and what’s basically a salt water rinse. Neither really does much. I also have GERD, so I ordered an under-mattress bed wedge to see if the elevation can solve both problems at the same time.
I had a septoplasty and inferior turbinoplasty many years ago, and had to rinse my sinuses every few hours to keep the wounds clean. I’d recommend Flonase sinus rinse, as some others in this thread have. The kits are pretty cheap, and the salt mix they provide is dosed so it’s much less harsh than table salt and won’t irritate or dry out mucous membranes in your nose. Using table salt for this purpose like some others are suggesting here is madness! Even before my surgery it hurt like hell, trying that.
I’d also recommend talking to an Ear/Nose/Throat specialist in case there’s something wrong that can be corrected, like enlarged turbinates. That was my issue - blood was pooling in the tissue when I lay on my side due to gravity and low blood pressure - hence the turbinoplasty. It was better for a bit, but did come back over time; dunno if this is normal, if they grew back, if the surgery didn’t work, or if the doctor was just wrong 🤷
Table salt is just about concentration, if you don’t have anything else, a pinch can do wonders
“The solution to pollution is dilution”, certainly! It’s just pretty risky business IMO, so I feel the warning stands especially to people who haven’t tried a sinus rinse before and don’t know how to size the dose, but yeah: if you don’t have anything else…
I have hypertrophy of the turbinate in the right nostril. It’s blocked basically all the time. I was prescribed fluticasone and what’s basically a salt water rinse. Neither really does much. I also have GERD, so I ordered an under-mattress bed wedge to see if the elevation can solve both problems at the same time.