has anyone tried this - nasal "sanitizer"

[Charmonium]

Amazon.com

I'm going to check it out and report back.

 

[lxskllr]

Looks like snake oil to me. The active ingredient is alcohol. A cask strength whisky or everclear diluted to 120° would give you the same thing. Even better is just letting your nose do it's job.

 

[Charmonium]

apologies my friends. I really should have looked at the ingredients first. Duh.

Ok, so the thread isn't a complete waste, here's another one that seems cromulent.

https://www.amazon.com/Nasomin%C2%AE-Nasal-Iodine-Antiseptic-Sanitize/dp/B0B2BY6XSY

 

[lxskllr]

What problem are you trying to solve? I'm pretty skeptical of chemical improvements over nature. If you had a particular susceptibility to infection, and there was a particular event you wanted to armor yourself for(a large gathering somewhere), then maybe. Otherwise, you're dicking with your body's chemistry for dubious gain. In through your nose, out through your mouth. It's a good system, it works, and it's completely free.

 

[Charmonium]

@lxskllr just curious but too lazy to do my own research

The Effect of Povidone-Iodine Nasal Spray on Nasopharyngeal SARS-CoV-2 Viral Load: A Randomized Control Trial - PubMed

2 Laryngoscope, 132:2089-2095, 2022.

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

I'll go sit in the corner for a while.

 

[IronWing]

Wipe your finger before you pick your nose and you’ll be fine.

 

[snoopy7548]

Dibs on OP's stuff.

 

[sdifox]

Nose candy works better at clearing sinus.

 

[Oyeve]

A good old school neti pot with a strong saline solution is best. I never trust online nasal stuff. With all that brain eating crap going on.

 

[dullard]

A good old school neti pot with a strong saline solution is best.

Exactly. No need to sterilize your sinuses when you can just flush them out. Once it is out of your body, who cares if it is sterile or not? Works quite well for sinus infections, removing that stuffed-up gunk feeling, eliminating nasal pressure, or even reducing/ending allergies by removing allergens before they impact you.

Studies do show that the strength of saline has very little impact (as long as it is within ranges that don't give you a burning sensation), but the amount of water and amount of time the water is used has a huge impact.

With all that brain eating crap going on.

That said, use distilled water and not tap water for your neti pot. Otherwise you might just get a brain eating infection from the tap water.

 

[Oyeve]

Exactly. No need to sterilize your sinuses when you can just flush them out. Once it is out of your body, who cares if it is sterile or not? Works quite well for sinus infections, removing that stuffed-up gunk feeling, eliminating nasal pressure, or even reducing/ending allergies by removing allergens before they impact you.

Studies do show that the strength of saline has very little impact (as long as it is within ranges that don't give you a burning sensation), but the amount of water and amount of time the water is used has a huge impact.


That said, use distilled water and not tap water for your neti pot. Otherwise you might just get a brain eating infection from the tap water.

Exactly what I do. Lifelong allergies. Been using a neti pot and saline with distilled water for decades. Works well.