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Neti pots, pinching my nose and blowing and tinnitus

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Jiminez77	Neti pots, pinching my nose and blowing and tinnitus	Lead	[-]
Posts: 1 07/29/10 12:57 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Tags : None I perforated my eardrum several years ago and since then have had constantly muffled hearing and tinnitus in my right ear. The muffled hearing is like when you have been on a plane. If you pinch your nose and blow gently, the ear pops and your hearing returns. I have this constantly. If I pinch and blow, my hearing returns to perfect clarity, but only for less than a minute. I don't notice the tinnitus so much then as I can hear more background noise. I saw the ENT doctor and was given a white noise generator. I didn't really get along with this and didn't find that it worked so well. Recently I've started to use a neti pot for my hayfever and the noise in my ear is now changing a little sometimes. Does anybody know of a long term solution to the muffled, pinch and blow ear syndrome?
In2006		#1	[-]
Posts: 100 07/31/10 2:17 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	i have the same problem with clicking noises when i swollow all due from a flight in 1992. i went back on a plane last year same thing ears has felt muffed every since . i cant pop them eitehr plus i am scared to hold my nose an blow
Oz Greg		#2	[-]
Posts: 21847 07/31/10 7:01 PM Under the Southern Cross. Admin. Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Keep using that neti pot. My daughter swears by it and other family members and her friends are now using them with good results. Be careful about holding your nose and blowing. Don't do it too hard. Greg
jcoast142		#3	[-]
Posts: 3304 08/01/10 2:41 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	i also swear by using Neti pot..been using it for years,since my sinus operation...i do make up my own mixer for the pot...and it does help...1/4 tsp. either sea salt or kosher salt(not table salt)and warm water(not hot water)...also be very careful blowing your nose..blow one side slowly and the other side slowly...also you can do a nasal douch...with a stove pot,fill with water and slowly to a boil and set until cools down,take a tall glass...and 1/2 tsp..sea salt and white corn syrup and baking soda..mix and slowly do one side and the other side...then blow your nose slowy...use a saline nasal spray..i don't use any medication..no side effects ..Nick..
Fantine		#4	[-]
Posts: 410 08/02/10 10:16 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I don't want to start a fight, but a doctor advised against using a Neti pot. He said it introduces fluids into parts of the body that don't normally have fluid flowing through them, and unless you take the time to sterilize both the pot and the liquid, you could get an infection. He told me to use isotonic nasal spray (not drops) instead. Just my two cents, and I'm not criticizing anybody who finds a Neti pot helpful.

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