| Since 37 million persons have sinus problems and | | | | movement. |
| Forty Million have nasal allergy, there are a lot of | | | | After sinus surgery, the cilia may take too long to |
| persons trying to get well. One method | | | | recover and the patient keeps getting clogged |
| recommended is irrigation with saline. | | | | nose and colored discharge. Post op Nasal and |
| Unfortunately, everyone uses the term nasal | | | | Sinus Infection Syndrome -PONSIS can occur |
| irrigation or sinus irrigation loosely. It can apply to | | | | because the cilia are not recovered enough to |
| squeeze bottles with flowback, tea pots with | | | | move bacteria out of the nose. Pulsatile irrigation |
| variable pressures, syringes with pressure high | | | | is ideal here. |
| enough to force through any blockage, just plain | | | | The toxins of bacteria are designed to impair |
| sniffing from the hand, or it can refer to pulsatile | | | | nasal cilia. If someone is using an irrigator that has |
| irrigation. Today we have an increase in bacteria | | | | flowback, often this makes the device |
| that are resistant to many antibiotics. Therefore | | | | contaminated, so the patient continues to have |
| having a Nasal Sinus Irrigation system to clear a | | | | nasal/sinus symptoms. |
| sinus infection is very important to your sinus | | | | The advantages of pulsatile irrigation include: |
| health. | | | | 1. No flowback |
| What is pulsatile irrigation? This is nasal sinus | | | | 2. Pulse rate is designed to restore nasal cilia |
| irrigation with a device that puts a pulse wave into | | | | 3. It uses a low comfortable pressure. The wave |
| a flow of saline. Like other methods, the flow | | | | action vibrates and removes foreign material, so a |
| goes in one nostril and out the other. The rate of | | | | low pressure is enough |
| pulsation is very important. The rate that, for | | | | 4. Kids of five use it because the low pressure is |
| example, the Hydro Pulse uses is one designed to | | | | comfortable |
| stimulate nasal cilia. The wave movement back | | | | 5. In most instances, pulsatile irrigation can be |
| and forth of the saline stream as it goes through | | | | stopped as soon as the cilia have returned. When |
| the nose matches the normal speed and | | | | the cilia are normal, they handle infection naturally. |
| movement of healthy cilia. To visualize pulsatile | | | | 6. The pulse action is effective for sticky things |
| irrigation, think of waves at the beach. That is | | | | like biofilm, that resist even forceful irrigation. |
| how the pulsatile irrigation looks in very slow | | | | 7. Once a comfortable pressure/flow is |
| motion. | | | | established, the pressure remains constant at that |
| Why is this important? In health, bacteria, dust, | | | | setting throughout the irrigation. Thus pressures |
| pollen and viruses get trapped in the layer of | | | | that are too high or too low are avoided. This |
| mucus that covers the nasal membranes. The | | | | adds to the comfort. |
| trapped bacteria are moved quickly out of the | | | | 8. Pulsatile irrigation works for postnasal drip. In |
| nose, before they have a chance to multiply, by | | | | postnasal drip the cilia move slowly, the mucus |
| cilia that act like tiny oars. | | | | thickens, and bacteria multiply. These can be odor |
| If the nasal cilia move normally, they move the | | | | causing bacteria or bacteria that effect the throat |
| cover of mucus out of the nose, to the back of | | | | and voice. |
| the throat, where it is swallowed into the | | | | 9. Pulsatile irrigation can be helpful for snoring. With |
| stomach. The stomach acid takes out the | | | | the nasal pulsatile irrigator the nasal congestion and |
| bacteria. | | | | postnasal drainage is cleared. Edematous throat |
| However, if the nasal cilia are impaired, if they | | | | tissue can be aided by using the throat pulsatile |
| move too slowly, then the mucus blanket remains | | | | irrigator attachment. This massages the throat |
| in place, the bacteria multiply and a sinus infection | | | | tissue, brings healing blood to the area and |
| can develop. A best way to avoid this is by | | | | massages away swollen tissue. |
| pulsatile nasal sinus irrigation that restores good | | | | 10. When the nasal pulsatile irrigation is used for a |
| cilia movement. | | | | stuffy nose, the massage action quickly opens |
| What can impair cilia movement? Chlorine as in a | | | | the nasal passages. |
| swimming pool, diesel fumes, bad smog, chromium | | | | 11. When the pulsating stream goes through the |
| dust, formaldehyde fumes, paint solvents and | | | | nose it acts as a massage to the nose. This |
| sprays, and any volatile chemical. | | | | opens clogged membranes quickly. |
| The regular squeeze bottles and teapots help by | | | | The disadvantage of pulsatile irrigation. |
| rinsing away thick mucus. But these provide an | | | | The device costs more than the squeeze bottles |
| irregular pressure and do not rhythmically pulse to | | | | with flowback. |
| restore cilia. | | | | This requires an electric outlet and a sink. |
| Thus, the best way to restore good cilia | | | | I learned this method from the Yoga Master, |
| movement is by a pulse wave that is at a rate "in | | | | Indra Devi. She could sniff and expel saline at a |
| synch" to restore normal cilia movement. | | | | rate "in harmony" to the normal cilia rate. I |
| Poor cilia movement can be seen in persons | | | | realized what she was doing was keeping the |
| irrigating with prepared saline solutions that contain | | | | nasal cilia moving at a correct rate. Fortunately |
| benzalkonium, a popular preservative. | | | | with pulsatile devices any person can benefit by |
| Unfortunately this can be a cause of poor cilia | | | | this technique. |