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Article: Stuffy Nose or Sinus Problems? Here's a Fix.(nose washing to cure sinus allergy)
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- U.S. News & World Report
- Article date:
- November 29, 2007
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Byline: Nancy Shute
Thirty-six million Americans have chronic sinus troubles. Millions more--perhaps 1 in 7 people--suffer from rhinitis, a fancy name for stuffy nose. All together, that's a lot of people who could benefit from fast, easy, cheap symptom relief. As it turns out, one of the most effective treatments for nasal and sinus problems is also the simplest, safest, and cheapest: a saltwater nose rinse. Squirting salt water into the nose works much better at relieving symptoms than commercial saline nose sprays, new research says.
Granted, the idea of squirting water up one's nose has a certain "ick" factor. But "almost all of the patients I see, no matter how I ...
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......at professional meetings. And it appears to be trickling down to daily practice, with some doctors recommending the use of saline rinses as an alternative. Sinus infections -- which doctors call rhinosinusitis -- are nothing to sneeze at when it comes to health...
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