lulubelle
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I have very severe seasonal allergies that hit me in late Jan and early Feb. Since using a nasal rinse (both neti pot and the NeilMed squeeze bottle) for the 3rd year in a row, I have avoided any antibiotics for sinus infections. I still get congested, stuffy, and some headaches, but nothing like the infections I used to get.
I've had the same experience, I also put a steam room in the house which does wonders.
Love the Neil Med products, but am really suffering right now. Even using double the dosage isn't doing the trick but I am not giving up as I still don't want to go the antibiotic route.
What is NeilMed SinusRinse postive pressure bottle? The same bottle in the kit with a different name?
It doesn't matter what product you use really, I suspect that the only difference you would notice is if you make your own solution and make it too hypertonic, that would hurt. Double dosage of what? Twice the concentration in the rinse solution? That isn't a good idea really, it will then be hypertonic and irritate your sinuses.
You might want to check with an ENT. Mine rarely prescribes antibiotics for a sinus infection unless it's just not going away, but does have an array of other treatments including Neilmed, Mucinex, and various decongestants and steroids.
He said that once you get everything opened up and draining, it usually takes care of itself, which has proven to be correct so far.
Terry
I like this post! Our culture is WAY to antibiotic happy. When my friends run to get them for VIRAL COLDS it makes me crazy. And I am in full agreement that with supportive care, even if it is BACTERIAL, many people can beat a bacterial infection too. The only difference might be duration of symptoms. But given the evils of liberal antibiotic use, I'd take the slightly longer duration. Certainly if you are getting sicker and not better after a week or so, are running significant fevers after several days of symptoms, or it just keeps hanging on for weeks and weeks, get thee to an ENT.
Full disclosure..not an ENT. I'm a peds nurse practitioner. Kids are snotty. URIs are most of what we do. During my training I did a lot of research on antibiotic resistance and was lucky enough to have some fabulous preceptors at UNC who took the time to talk people out of antibiotics instead of caving. Rant over...