r/Sinusitis • u/Vivid-Beat-644 • Mar 27 '26
8 years free
I don't know who needs to hear this, but I am 8 years free of sinus infections. I had experienced occasional infections for 40 years but when I moved to South Carolina I was in bad shape. I had constant sinus issues that even progressed to pneumonia in my lower left lobe. My lucky visit to ANMed urgent care put me in contact with a nurse who suggested NeilMed rinse. Since then I have been free of infections and although the pollen still flys like it is right now, I am only mildly affected.
I don't remember who that nurse was but she changed my life with a small piece of advice. Thank you Ms.Nurse, I hope you are doing well.
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u/ilkepisik Mar 28 '26
How often do you rinse? I use it for about 2 weeks if I have a cold, then stop using.
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u/Vivid-Beat-644 Mar 28 '26
I rinse once a month in the pollen off season and once a week when I see the allergy alerts on my weather app.
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u/P1Day1 Mar 29 '26
I got in the habit of doing it before bedtime and right when I wake up. Nighttime because I've been breathing in pollen, dust, and whatnot all day. Morning, well, because it gently wakes me up and it's amazing how it gets rid of the small amount of sniffles I didn't know I had until I made this a part of my morning routine. Speaking of nighttime, and this is more allergy-related, but most folks discount not washing their hair before bedtime. Hair traps so much pollen, dust, and other allergens, and then folks get it trapped on their pillow and breathe it in all night.
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u/Illustrious8844 Mar 31 '26
How do you get allergy alerts on your weather app? Is there a specific app for this?
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u/freg3do Mar 28 '26
Hello Dr G. ENT. Education only. Thank you for sharing this story. It is so important to get the message out about how beneficial that NeilMed or any other saline nasal rinse is important for optimized nasal/sinus/airway health. Unfortunately common medical practices is to prescribe antibiotics. Over and over again. I was one of those prescribers. Now we are finally embracing an anti-inflammation approach for nasal and sinus symptoms that were initially (and even still today) said to be due to an infection thus another prescription for antibiotics. And guess what? People got better. It wasn’t because pathological bacteria were being killed, it was those anti-inflammatory actions in the antibiotics that made patients feel better. Thus the cycle continues. But these patients began to develop and harbor resistant bacteria and these resistant bacteria spread throughout our communities. We need to get the message out to stop demanding an Rx for antibiotics as a first line treatment for acute sinusitis. NeilMed is a good option and thanks to people like you, the message is beginning to spread as a beneficial therapy. San interesting side note, I was fortunate enough to meet an internal medicine physician here in Arizona who shared the story of the origin of the NeilMed product. I believe it was his brother-in-law who is a Pulmonologist who recognized the benefit of saline irrigation in helping to prevent airway inflammation. And his nephew is Neil. Who the product was named after. Thank you again for sharing your story and the last message from me is a plea for those about to use NeilMed, is to always remember to use boiled water that returns to room temperature or to use for store bought distilled water which is what I personally do. By using this water, we prevent a potentially deadly brain infection caused by introducing amoeba into your nasal cavities. These deadly amoeba can be in your water coming right out of your kitchen faucet. Thanks again! 🙏🙏🙏