From: shewholaughslives <wolfereagan@...>
Subject: [helpsinuses] Sinus washes question
To: helpsinuses@yahoogroups.com
Date: Saturday, January 3, 2009, 8:21 PM

I am trying to understand the whole sinus wash concept. I get how they can rinse out the
inside of the nose, the neti pot or the Neil Med Sinus bottles for example clearly rinse out the
inside of the nose, I can feel the solution go up one side of the nose and come out the other
side, but how is this solution rinsing out the SINUSES? I mean the opening to the sinuses is
the size of a pinhead, very small, so how much of this really could be getting into the sinuses
and doing anything? In addition, I always felt that if any of the solution did get into the
sinuses, it could just sit in there brewing and creating a breeding ground for bacteria to
grow?
I mean if any of the solution actually gets into the sinuses, which I question, might it not just
pool in the sinuses and be a breeding ground for bacteria to grow in? Sort of like stagnant
water?

If you can help me understand this, even my ENT, when I asked her did say very little of
these nasal washes do really get into the sinuses, so how are they really helping?