A sinus-flushing device used to relieve colds and allergies has been linked to a deadly brain-eating amoeba.
Louisiana's state health department issued a warning about neti pots - which look like mini watering cans, that are used by pouring salty water through one nostril.
"OH NOSE"
I had a case of the brain-eating amoeba last month...the doctor said it starved to death.
ReplyDeleteHAHAHHA!
ReplyDeleteWhere do they get the name "neti pot"? Seems like they're just using a tea pot as a fancy douchebag for their noses.
ReplyDeleteCan't believe I'm owning this in THIS crowd, but...
ReplyDeleteA while back I must have inhaled a cat-hair or something in my sleep - I woke with my sinuses ON FIRE and sneezed literally 3 or 400 times in the next hour or so. Every few seconds... it was KILLING ME!
Pharmacist suggested I try the "neti pot" and I did.
Gross? Weird?
Yeah - at first - but after a couple of days you'll wonder how you ever got by without it!
I have much less "sinus trouble" - haven't had a sinus infection since, no more nosebleeds, no more feeling like my sinuses are full of concrete...
I can smell better, breathe better...
Once you get past the "ick" factor, THIS THING ROCKS!
But COMMON SENSE should tell you to only use distilled water!
I mean... DUH!
You're basically pouring this stuff right into your head, just a couple of MM from your brain. you want it to be STERILE, JACKASS!
Seriously though - neti-pot ROCKS!