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The neti pot is actually just one of the ways you can perform nasal saline irrigation. There’s also a bulb syringe or, Dr. Pearlman’s preferred method, a bottle.
Ceramic neti pot. Neti pots are commonly used and rely on gravity and head position in order to rinse the outer sinus cavities. Typically they have a spout attached near the bottom, sometimes with a handle on the opposite side. [4] Various squeeze bottles for nasal irrigation have also been used to apply the water. [4]
Dr. Quintin M. Cappelle, an otolaryngologist, or ear, nose and throat doctor, at the Mayo Clinic Health System in La Crosse, Wis., tells Yahoo Life that these kinds of sinus rinses, most commonly ...
The neti pot helps to rinse out debris and mucus from the sinus cavity, she explains. "I follow that with a nasal steroid that needs to be used daily for it to be effective," Gasbarro says.
NeilMed Pharmaceuticals was founded by Ketan C. Mehta, [6] [7] a pulmonary and critical-care physician, and Nina Mehta in the year 2000. [8] [9] [10] It started as a side project in 1999 to build a device that could be used to effectively and naturally rinse the sinuses for sinusitis sufferers known as NeilMed Sinus Rinse.
I may go through and try to moderate some of that, at least. But what the article really needs is a rewrite, and I'm not experienced enough on the subject for that. It should focus more on the pot itself, with a link to further resources about the benefits of saline. 12.76.183.69 16:23, 3 July 2009 (UTC)
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Video Communication after laryngectomy (8:58), South East Coast Laryngectomy Support Groups (UK) [ 6 ] The use of an electrolarynx can cause social issues, for instance difficulty ordering food, drinks, or other items in noisy environments; [ 6 ] or, when answering a telephone, having the caller respond, "Am I talking to a computer?"