That nasal spray shiat has severely diminishing returns.  First use works great, but it's effectiveness lessens after every dose.  Not only that, but after you stop using it you have a day where your congestion is even worse than before as your sinuses try to rebalance.

Or at least that's my experience.

If you don't clear your nose it can become impacted and develop secondary infections that can lead to bacterial infections in the sinus, blood and brain as well as massive blood loss. It IS possible to bleed to death through your nose.


NEVER believe shiat you read at news sites.

Attention Daily Fail: you wouldn't know science if it committed assisted suicide in Belgium. Kindly piss off.

Sounds like someone came in sick today at the Daily Fail and the sniffling etc. annoyed the "Editor".

Next.

You can blow your friends and you can blow your nose, but you can't blow your friends' noses.

GAT_00: That nasal spray shiat has severely diminishing returns.  First use works great, but it's effectiveness lessens after every dose.  Not only that, but after you stop using it you have a day where your congestion is even worse than before as your sinuses try to rebalance.

Or at least that's my experience.

Mine works fine. But if I use it for over a month or so, I start getting nosebleeds. Unfortunately cedar season here in Austin lasts around 2 months.

Tyrone Slothrop: GAT_00: That nasal spray shiat has severely diminishing returns.  First use works great, but it's effectiveness lessens after every dose.  Not only that, but after you stop using it you have a day where your congestion is even worse than before as your sinuses try to rebalance.

Or at least that's my experience.

Mine works fine. But if I use it for over a month or so, I start getting nosebleeds. Unfortunately cedar season here in Austin lasts around 2 months.

I recommend the children's Afrin. Much lower dose but same efficacy, less chance of the rebound effect.

Dis id duh toopidiss ding I ebbah hurd. Sneeeoooooorrrrrrkh.

Lady Indica: Neti pot.

Just boil the damn water first.

Pour boiling water into my nose? What is this? Some kind of Spanish Inquisition cold remedy?

Anything tasty dipped in any good horseradish sauce works for me. My schnoz can be totally stopped up and that'll unstop me every time.

Don't use natural remedies - take drugs!

/ farking ad masquerading as news
// "don't blow, suck" works here, too ya' know.

Nuclear Monk: Lady Indica: Neti pot.

Just boil the damn water first.

Pour boiling water into my nose? What is this? Some kind of Spanish Inquisition cold remedy?

Yeah, the key part of "and let it cool down" was humorsly missing!

Well gosh, Daily Fail, I supposed I really didn't need all that oxygen today. After all, you seem to do fairly well with diminished O2 levels to the brain.

violentsalvation: Attention people who poop: Stop wiping your asses, just leave it there, it's all good..

No. OKAY? I'm not just going to just let the snot run down my f*cking face like I don't notice a thing.

Thank you. Piss off Daily Fail.

You can have my snot rockets when you peel them from the cold, dead sidewalk.

GAT_00: That nasal spray shiat has severely diminishing returns.  First use works great, but it's effectiveness lessens after every dose.  Not only that, but after you stop using it you have a day where your congestion is even worse than before as your sinuses try to rebalance.

Or at least that's my experience.

I don't seem to have diminishing returns, but my issue is that it seems to wear off two hours before I can take another dose (according to the directions). So I get to sit around in misery for a few hours because if I try to take it before the directions say, it seems to kill my sinuses.

GAT_00: That nasal spray shiat has severely diminishing returns.  First use works great, but it's effectiveness lessens after every dose.  Not only that, but after you stop using it you have a day where your congestion is even worse than before as your sinuses try to rebalance.

Or at least that's my experience.

This is exactly my experience too.

I'm on doctor's orders to not blow my nose so I'm getting a kick....

/bc surgery
//it sucks
///will be blowing as soon as I can

violentsalvation: Attention people who poop: Stop wiping your asses, just leave it there, it's all good..

No. OKAY? I'm not just going to just let the snot run down my f*cking face like I don't notice a thing.

Did you read the same article I did? They didn't say don't blow, just blow lightly so you're not blasting some of that diseased snot up higher into the sinuses. I got the same advice from an Ear Nose & Throat specialist MD 20 years ago. Blowing lightly for a runny nose or to clear a bit of snot is OK. Blasting a snot rocket like you're trying to hit someone across the room - not OK.

doing it right!

Nuclear Monk: Lady Indica: Neti pot.

Just boil the damn water first.

Pour boiling water into my nose? What is this? Some kind of Spanish Inquisition cold remedy?

Didn't expect that, did you?

steve_wmn: I got the same advice from an Ear Nose & Throat specialist MD 20 years ago. Blowing lightly for a runny nose or to clear a bit of snot is OK. Blasting a snot rocket like you're trying to hit someone across the room - not OK.

You'd think an ear, nose, and throat specialist would know more about ears, noses and throats. For instance, not all of them are as straight as Ted Haggard on the pulpit and coated with Teflon.

Some of them look more like this:



A "light blow" isn't going to accomplish much, genius.

WTF is everyone getting pissed off with an article that gives reasonable advice for dealing with a cold?
I know it's the Daily Heil, but the reactions in this thread are farking weird.

kildog: WTF is everyone getting pissed off with an article that gives reasonable advice for dealing with a cold?

There's reasonable advice here?

kildog: I know it's the Daily Heil

For that matter, there's an article here?

Screw you. don't tell me how to live. HHOOOOONNNNK!!!

/OW! My sinuses!

Salt Lick Steady: Tyrone Slothrop: GAT_00: That nasal spray shiat has severely diminishing returns.  First use works great, but it's effectiveness lessens after every dose.  Not only that, but after you stop using it you have a day where your congestion is even worse than before as your sinuses try to rebalance.

Or at least that's my experience.

Mine works fine. But if I use it for over a month or so, I start getting nosebleeds. Unfortunately cedar season here in Austin lasts around 2 months.

I recommend the children's Afrin. Much lower dose but same efficacy, less chance of the rebound effect.

Or you can just dilute the regular strength with a few drops of saline nasal spray. Over the course of a few days you keep adding more and more saline until you can just stop without the rebound.

Article paid for by pharmacutical company

This reminds me of people who say you aren't supposed to clean your ears out with Q-tips. You can pry my Q-tip from my cold, dead ear.

Lady Indica: Neti pot.

Just boil the damn water first.

And let it cool down from boiling temperature before you irrigate! That step is very important

Lady Indica: Neti pot.

Just boil the damn water first.

Ugh, Neti Pots. I always feel like I'm trying to waterboard myself.


And fark nasal sprays, they always send me into sneezing fits. Warm showers do much better for my congestion even if it is possibly a placebo effect. I'll go with what works thank you very much. That and, you know, sudafed. The REAL sudafed, not that phenylphedrine bullshiat. Even if I do have to go to the freakin' counter and demand through a stuffed nose "As much as you are legally allowed to sell me right now, here's my state ID."

SkunkWerks: Attention Daily Fail: you wouldn't know science if it committed assisted suicide in Belgium. Kindly piss off.

Also, THIS.

These will clean out the nose.

Nuclear Monk: Lady Indica: Neti pot.

Just boil the damn water first.

Pour boiling water into my nose? What is this? Some kind of Spanish Inquisition cold remedy?

Nobody expects boiling water up their nose!

GAT_00: That nasal spray shiat has severely diminishing returns.  First use works great, but it's effectiveness lessens after every dose.  Not only that, but after you stop using it you have a day where your congestion is even worse than before as your sinuses try to rebalance.

Or at least that's my experience.

My ex was addicted to that shiat. Should have been a sign.

Hawnkee: Bunged up?

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