Children with acute rhinitis treated with saline nasal wash plus medications had fewer symptoms of nasal secretion and obstruction during the acute phase of the illness (up to 3 weeks) vs children treated with medication alone.During the following weeks (up to 12 weeks), the saline-plus-medication group had significantly fewer illness days (31% vs 75%), school absences (17% vs 35%), and complications (8% vs 32%) and used fewer medications vs the group treated with medication alone
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How about my nose which is ALWAYS blocked on either one side? Sometimes when I am aware of it, when lying on one side or the other, I can feel it switch side.
ReplyDeletepearlie,
ReplyDeleteyou must stop sticking your finger in your nose.....joking only.:)
ah, this is all well & good - if you can get the saline into the child's nose.
ReplyDeletei've always thought my blocked nose when in the OT was because of the cold, but turned out that i have nasal polyps on both sides & may have to go for a FESS.
i guess that's ok, compared to having NPC.
well doc, I agree with you that nasal polyps is much better than NPC.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, it's quite easy to get saline into a child's nose if you are willing to practise 'though' love :)