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Travel tips for Italy

MAC & Bronchiectasis | Last Active: May 14 11:46am | Replies (15)

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@tjmc We were in Italy in October, bottled spring water is readily available, so it was our choice for drinking. Distilled water is "iffy" depending on where you are, so perhaps you would want a LifeStraw to purify tap or spring water for the nasal rinse. Or you could do what I do when we travel - use Neil Med NasaMist Sterile Saline Wash in an aerosol can.
As for the nebulizer, we brought our Pari eFlow Rapid, but in the past took our DeVilBiss Traveler, very similar to the Pari Trek. Washed the power head components after every use in anti-bacterial Dawn and sterilized once a week when we had access to a saucepan and stovetop.

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@sueinmn my daughter has been to Italy too and she just filled her water bottle at all of the fountains around, but I didn’t think that was probably safe for me without a life straw water bottle. I’m glad to hear bottled spring water is readily available, that may be the route I go instead.

The Neilmed NASA Mist Stetile saline wash sounds like a good option I didn’t know about. How do many uses can you get from one of the cans? How do you know how much to use? I did read that some distilled water was better than others but the cans sound like a good idea.

I will probably take my Pari Trek but it’s a little slower than my Pari pro neb max. I usually use Dawn to clean my equipment but haven’t tried the antibacterial Dawn, I’ll have to look for it.

Thanks for the info.

@sueinmn I also plan on wearing a mask in crowded areas. Did you wear a certain kind or just the normal kind you can get at a hospital?

@sueinmn glad to know you just used your antibacterial Dawn and tap water daily to clean your nebulizer equipment. I wondered about bringing a collapsible kettle to sterilize but wasn’t sure if that would be necessary. I’m not sure if my hotels will have a kettle to sterilize weekly.

@sueinmn did I get that correct that you used tap water and antibacterial Dawn to clean your equipment and then tried to sterilize once a week? I don’t know if I needed to boil the water before using it to clean the equipment.