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Sputum tests: Problems producing enough sputum
MAC & Bronchiectasis | Last Active: Aug 22, 2021 | Replies (51)Comment receiving replies
Wow, I don't know about anyone else, but I accidentally inhaled some into my nose one day, and that 7% saline burned! I can't imagine rinsing regularly with it because I think it would really irritate the nose and sinuses.
Another thing to remember is that noses are often colonized with NTM, Staph and other bugs and we don't get sick from them. The nose and sinuses, with regular room temperature airflow, just don't offer the same warm moist environment as a poorly functioning lung.
If I were thinking about trying it, I would ask my ENT first. Saline rinses are usually around .5% so 7% would be 14 times stronger.
Let us know what you learn.
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@sueinmn Interesting about your inhaling the 7% through the nose and it burning. I have an Innispire Go and it delivers the saline so fast that it makes me cough terribly (I've also had a chronic cough for 3 years from the 2018 flu) so I inhale it through my nose and it works fine...I have to blow my nose a good bit because it runs a little during the inhalation but I've always wondered if that salt must do some good for the nasal passages. I also use my good ole Drive Power NebUltra that is much slower but I inhale through the mouth on that machine. I'm still amazed, though, at how fast the Innispire Go is and how you must lose as much of the meds as you breathe in but I'm not a scientist so I don't know if my hunch is correct. But I do know whenever I'm in a hurry or don't feel like sitting for a longer time I use the Innispire Go. It's a little spotty on working, though. I wouldn't give it 100% on performance. Sometimes it won't turn on so I have to keep playing with it. Nan