Allergic, viral, bacterial, sinusitis, rhinitis cause edema of the nasal mucosa and discharge, often causing discomfort, headaches. To ease the condition, most people hurry to pharmacies for expensive miraculous drugs, forgetting about centuries of proven means. Saline solution for the nose - effective, useful and low-cost. What are its advantages and how justified is the use for children?
Salt and its benefits
Having unique properties, the salt can help with colds, colds, sinusitis in the form of a solution;purulent wounds, infections - like a compress;cuts, bleeding - as a means of helping blood clotting;pharyngitis, tonsillitis - as a disinfectant, inflammatory fluid. Medicine, ancient folk practices strongly recommend the use of saline solutions for the prevention, treatment of diseases of the nasal mucosa.
With the characteristic of "pulling" out harmful bacteria, microorganisms, helping to destroy the pathogenic flora of the mucosa, a weak saline solution facilitates breathing, softens the mucous membrane, and dehydrates the adenoids that increase in the cold. In medicine, a 9% solution of sodium chloride is widely distributed, which is not difficult to prepare at home. For adults it is good to add 2 drops of iodine and 5 g of soda to the salt preparation for the nose. Children, so that the mucous does not dry out, it is better to prepare a clean solution of sea or table salt.
With edema of the nasopharynx, runny nose, in the sinuses of the nose there are pathogenic processes caused by bacteria and viruses. Washing with saline will help:
- get rid of harmful microorganisms;
- clean the nasal mucosa;
- to protect the body from viruses during the acute exacerbation of acute respiratory infections, ARI;
- to remove toxins from the maxillary sinuses, enlarged polyps - adenoids;
- release the sinuses of the nose from the crusts, soften the sores and wounds, promoting healing.
With nasal congestion and runny nose
Most people have had a runny nose at least once in their life. Headaches, a sense of discomfort in the nose, the inability to breathe normally, the swelling of the nasopharynx - the symptoms of this unpleasant sore. Using a salt solution for your nose will help get rid of accumulated mucus, clean the nostrils and channels for free breathing. To flush the villi covering the nasal membrane cells, you will need:
- Prepared saline( 9%) .For adults, children over 12 years - with a few drops of iodine and soda. For small children - 3% liquid with salt without impurities( up to 3 years) is ideal, for the age of 3 - 12 years: 5% mixture.
- Special bowl with a narrow spout .Tilting his head slightly on one side, pour a thin stream of room temperature solution into one nasal passage. Salt fluid will gently flow from the second nostril or flow down the tongue of the open mouth.
- Syringe .Type the desired amount of saline in the pear. Leaning over the sink, gently push on the pear, the narrow tip of which is placed at the beginning of the nostril.
- Pipette or syringe without needle .It is used for instillation of spouts for infants and toddlers, who can not blow their own nose.
- Jar with a vertical sprayer .The remaining after use of a vial of a pharmacy with a saline solution for the nose is not thrown out. With a cold, fill in the saline solution and sprinkle the nasopharynx one click every 15-20 minutes the first days of the disease.
Salt solution for the nose can benefit children, adults, people of age, allergies. Pregnancy, breast-feeding are no exception. Contraindications for use are:
- Hypersensitivity to sodium, chlorine ions.
- Hypertensive disease.
- Frequent bleeding from the nose.
- Addiction to otitis.
At a genyantritis
Unfortunately, to manage one saline solution at an acute genyantritis it does not turn out. Inflammation of the paranasal sinuses of the nose, which occurs due to the lack of treatment of the common cold, threatens with serious complications. Edema of the connective tissue of the maxillary sinuses prevents normal circulation of blood in the vessels of the walls, promotes stagnation of mucus, the formation of pus.
Antibiotic therapy, the use of narrowing vessels of the nose preparations in conjunction with soda-salt rinsing of the nose, physiotherapy will help get rid of the disease without surgery. It is very important to monitor the level of humidity in the room where the patient has a sinusitis. It should not be lower than 60 - 65%.
For the prevention of colds and as a hygiene
Want to protect yourself and loved ones from infections, colds? More than 90% of viruses enter the body through the respiratory tract. The higher the local immunity, the less people are prone to disease. Strengthen the walls of the vessels, create a favorable micro flora of the nose will help daily morning rinsing with saline. Please note that fresh air should not be left after this procedure for at least 30 minutes.
Crusts formed in the nose at low humidity in the room make it difficult to work cilia of ciliated epithelium to protect local immunity. Use to prevent salt spray of low dosage during the day( 1-2 injections per each nostril), which will eliminate the drying of the nose and the presence of aesthetically unpleasant "bugs".Specialists noted that people using a liquid based on salt for cavity hygiene are ill with colds, viral diseases are 4.5 times less frequent.
Video of Komarovsky: how to make a solution and rinse your nose
To ease the symptoms of the common cold, an isotonic solution will help the grunting, sucking nose of the child. You should not rush to the pharmacy, because you can prepare the salt fluid yourself at home. It will take 1 liter of distilled( boiled) water and 1 teaspoon of salt( 5 grams).Directly this concentration is a competent proportion from the medical point of view. What to look for when cleaning the small spout and what dangers lie in wait for the baby - find out by watching our video:
How to prepare physiological saline solution for nasal washing - recipes
Those who do not want to "bother" with self-manufacturing of saline fluid, doctors advise to purchasepharmaceutical companies medicines: Aquamaris, Aqualor, Physiomer and a mass of similar in properties and composition of solutions for the nose. The price for such simple in composition preparations is high:
- For 50 ml the bottle of Aqualora will have to pay from 257 to 299 rubles.
- A similar volume of Aquamaris costs 259 rubles.
- The physiomer is a cheaper analog of the price of 334 rubles for 135 ml.
The most economical "ready-made option" will be saline saline with a cost of 106 rubles.for 450 ml of volume. All drugs are different manufacturer, possible additives of iodine, essential oils and "loudness" of the name. Having prepared a salt solution for washing the stuffed nose, you will spend:
- From 39 rubles.for 700 g of sea salt.
- 50 руб.- 5 liters of distilled water.
- By simple arithmetic operations we get the cost of 1000 ml - 10,50 rub.
Proportions of dilution of salt with water - basic recipe
To make an isotonic solution, boil the water on a fire. Leave it to cool to room temperature. In a warm liquid, pour in the necessary amount of salt, stirring until completely dissolved. In the presence of sediment, strain through several layers of sterile gauze. If desired, add 1-2 drops of essential oil of grapefruit or eucalyptus. To prepare a salt solution you will need:
- Liter capacity.
- 1 liter of filtered / distilled water.
- 5 g or 9 g of sea salt or table salt( for children / adults).
Recipe with soda
Strengthen the antiseptic, anti-inflammatory characteristics of saline solution for effective nasal washing will help the addition of soda and iodine. Strong natural antibiotic, soda has disinfectant properties. Iodine improves the composition of the fluid, narrows the vessels, disinfects the nasopharynx cavity. Boil the water by adding salt and soda to the hot solution. Stir thoroughly until completely dissolved. Leave it cool. In a warm liquid, drip 2 drops of iodine.
To make the soda-salt solution in the right ratio, take:
- 500 ml of water;
- 0.5 tsp.salts;
- 0.3 tsp.soda;
- 2 drops of iodine.
Alternative to salt - furatsilin
This drug effectively fights against the microbial flora of the nose, being an excellent antiseptic. For people sensitive to the components of salt, small children furatsilinovy solution - a great replacement isotonic fluid. One tablet will give an excellent result if you dissolve it in 500 ml of boiled water, previously rastered into powder.
How often you can rinse your nose at home with saline solution
Prophylactic measures against viruses in the autumn-winter period suggest rinsing the nose with saline solution( 9%) not more often 3 to 4 times a week. Employees of enterprises with a high degree of air pollution, significant emissions of harmful substances, it is recommended to wash the nasal passages at least 2 - 3 times in 7 days. For those wishing to use the concentrated saline solution( 5 g per 200 ml of water), it is best to perform the procedure no more often 1 to 2 times a week. In inflammatory processes, nasal congestion rinse with saline 2 to 4 times a day.
How to properly conduct the rinse with sea salt
Sea salt of the Adriatic Sea Aquamaris contains enriched essential oils of myrtle and Italian immortelle which, due to hypoallergenic properties, gently and gently nurse the nasal cavity. The home nasal rinse allows without irritating mucous forces to rinse alternately nostrils, sinuses, forming local immunity to urban dust, dirt, viral infections, pathogenic microbes. How to properly wash the nose with saline, you can find out by watching the video: