Sinus Infection need some advice.

[Times Roman]

Tap water should be fine, but dont use water from the river or pond or something like that...lol

agree. try to filter out the frogs and beer cans first, to avoid possible throughput problems.....

[GirlyGymRat]

I was recently advised of this...improper use of neti pots is linked to two deaths in the state caused by a so-called brain-eating amoeba....could happen they say!!??!!

http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2011...-water-warning


Second Neti-Pot Death From Amoeba Prompts Tap-Water Warningby Nancy Shute

01:32 pm

De***ber 19, 2011
Washing noses with neti pots or squeeze bottles has become increasingly popular as a home remedy for colds, allergies and sinus trouble. But it's not such a great remedy if it kills you.

Now that two people have died from infection with brain-eating amoebas after using neti pots, doctors are warning: do not put tap water up your nose.

"Drinking water is good to drink, very safe to drink, but not to push up your nose," says Raoult Ratard, state epidemiologist for the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals. Two residents of his state have died after using neti pots this year, the first known deaths associated with neti pots. "The first one could have been a fluke," Ratard told Shots. But now that we have a second one, the only explanation is the use of the neti pot."


The first death came in June, when a 20-year-old man died of encephalitis caused by infection with Naegleria fowleri. That amoeba is common in rivers and lakes, but only very rarely causes brain infections. Back in August, we reported on several deaths in children who had been jumping or diving in fresh water. But since adults are less likely to be doing cannonballs, they're also less likely to be infected.

Then in October, a 51-year-old Louisiana woman died of encephalitis. The doctor thought to ask if she used a neti pot. Both her brain tissue and her home's tap water tested positive for the microbe. Ratard says: "They found the amoeba, the lady was using a neti pot, and had no contact whatsoever with surface water."

Thus the new warning from Louisiana: If using a neti pot or other nasal irrigation device, use distilled or filtered water. Keeping the device clean is crucial, too, Ratard says. A neti pot, which looks like a small genie lamp, can be safely washed in a dishwasher, but squeeze bottles and other devices need to be scrubbed. All need to dry between uses. "If you let them dry completely, the amoebas are not going to survive long," Ratard says.

A quick survey of neti pots and squeeze bottles finds that the instructions recommend using boiled, distilled or filtered water. But like so many simple hygiene instructions, it's one that's easy to let slide. The prospect of death by brain-eating amoeba, rare though it is, should provide enough motivation to follow the rules.

[Times Roman]

I was recently advised of this...improper use of neti pots is linked to two deaths in the state caused by a so-called brain-eating amoeba....could happen they say!!??!!

http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2011...-water-warning


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non applicable for most here....

....you'd have to have a brain for a " brain eating amoeba" to have something to eat! Am I right? =)

[MickeyKnox]

along with the all the other things people noted, an ear, nose, and throat specialist put me on 10 grams of vit C along with the antibiotics. also, stop drinking any caffiene and diary products (make the body produce more phlem) and pound down the water

careful taking large amounts of vit c...knocks your cortisol levels into the basement. 3 grams daily oncycle keeps them in check. not sure what 10 grams would do?? just a head up Razr..

I was recently advised of this...improper use of neti pots is linked to two deaths in the state caused by a so-called brain-eating amoeba....could happen they say!!??!!

http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2011...-water-warning


Second Neti-Pot Death From Amoeba Prompts Tap-Water Warningby Nancy Shute

01:32 pm

De***ber 19, 2011
Washing noses with neti pots or squeeze bottles has become increasingly popular as a home remedy for colds, allergies and sinus trouble. But it's not such a great remedy if it kills you.

Now that two people have died from infection with brain-eating amoebas after using neti pots, doctors are warning: do not put tap water up your nose.

"Drinking water is good to drink, very safe to drink, but not to push up your nose," says Raoult Ratard, state epidemiologist for the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals........

i couldn't help but think of Hangover II..

[GirlyGymRat]

^^^good eye on the RATARD...hahahahahahahaha

[GirlyGymRat]

non applicable for most here....

....you'd have to have a brain for a " brain eating amoeba" to have something to eat! Am I right? =)

I have a netti pot and I have a brain....that's all I know for sure! LOL

[Times Roman]

I have a netti pot and I have a brain....that's all I know for sure! LOL

but think about it. 2 deaths out of the millions that use a netti pot. is this even statistically significant? no, it is not. I would think that most municipal water is safe enough. it could be they derived their water source from a contaminated well?

[GirlyGymRat]

but think about it. 2 deaths out of the millions that use a netti pot. is this even statistically significant? no, it is not. I would think that most municipal water is safe enough. it could be they derived their water source from a contaminated well?

think about it...yes,I have a brain so I can
not statistically significant! so we agree
think most municpal H20 is safe enough - well, its a deep subject (I made a funny with my brain..hahahaha)

THINK MOST municiple water is safe enough...would luv to believe this! but not on my life. potable water, we have our own filtration system so drink up! okay, do people change the filters, are people invovled in anyway??? I have gotten so dang sick on drinking contaminated water from municipal source...I would rather drink from a private well...never got sick from my own well water, never got sick from the community well that we transported water to our home...MURPHYS LAW.......

[Times Roman]

think about it...yes,I have a brain so I can
not statistically significant! so we agree
think most municpal H20 is safe enough - well, its a deep subject (I made a funny with my brain..hahahaha)

THINK MOST municiple water is safe enough...would luv to believe this! but not on my life. potable water, we have our own filtration system so drink up! okay, do people change the filters, are people invovled in anyway??? I have gotten so dang sick on drinking contaminated water from municipal source...I would rather drink from a private well...never got sick from my own well water, never got sick from the community well that we transported water to our home...MURPHYS LAW.......

I used to sell systems for Culligan water. the worst water I've ever been involved with was well water that was down stream from a pig farm!!!!! YUCK!

but you are right. municipal is no guarantee for safety. and bacterial contamination cannot be fixed by a filtration system. the only thing for this would be two things....

....a chlorinator, and then to get rid of the chlorine, a carbon filter.

[Times Roman]

btw.. that crack about needing a brain was just that, a crack and it WASSN"T aimed at you. although on reread, it may have looked that way.

forgive me?

[GirlyGymRat]

btw.. that crack about needing a brain was just that, a crack and it WASSN"T aimed at you. although on reread, it may have looked that way.

forgive me?

NO HARM NO FOUL


but i was a little disappointed u didn't mention my funny! LOL!!!

[Times Roman]

here's a funny =(

woke up with chest congestion. and i just had a friggin cold recently!

aaarrg!

[Gambolputty]

Dude I put up with crap for years. Getting my septum straitened out and my turbinate bones trimmed made a huge difference. Haven't had a stuffy head in years.