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With the Navage you can save it for later instead of letting it go down the drain!

mainly that you don't have to worry about doing it over the sink or holding it just perfect so the waste goes in the sink and not on the faucet or the cabinet or whatnot. I personally prefer just emptying the waste container. Also it tries to force you into its proprietary pods but there are plenty of jury rig ways to make it work with your salt solution.

The point is the suction; I'm not sure how they'd get decent suction just dumping the waste instead of having a closed second tank.

I was in the store the other day and saw they now make electric ones

Underclocking. That's how you edit BioS.

I’m guessing this is the vagus nerve he’s describing? Longest nerve in the body, and the effect being a vasovagal syncope.

I have had this nerve stimulated by severe gastrointestinal issues twice, and the effect can only be described as dying haha. I’m being hyperbolic, but I swear both times I passed out felt like the end.

Complete lack of strength,, cold sweats, weird hearing issues and then passing out into a fencing response, convulsing, and then waking up within 30 seconds, no confusion, completely aware of what just happened and how much it sucked. Different than a seizure.

Fun fact:

one of these pass outs were at the beginning of an international flight while seated in an exit row. The flight hadnt even taken off from the airport. They even let me stay.

Also burns if you forget the saline packet

Get some surgical tubing.

One end up the nose, the other in your mouth. Don't forget to spit before you have to swallow.

when you go to the dentist, the dentist and/or hygenist will usually work with two tools. If they need to rinse your teeth, they'll first blast them with some ice cold water, and then they'll stick a straw-looking thing in your mouth to suck up the water they just skeeted in. Similarly, when they're drilling your teeth, they'll use the little straw fellow to suck up the tooth dust so you don't get weird shit in your lungs.

It's like an oral shop vac, where your mouth is the mess. They use them so they don't have to stop and let you spit. OP has Problems™ and wants to stick one of these things in their nose.

OP, please, just blow your nose or take a decongestant if you're sick (NOT oral phenylephrine because that shit is useless). If you avoid blowing your nose because you get bloody noses all the time you can actually get that part of the inside of your nose cauterized. I used to get at least one nosebleed a day, and it was genuinely life changing for child me when the doctor stuck that swab in my nose. It was painful for a sec or two, but I only get nosebleeds once or twice a year now.

EDIT: netti pots are good, just make sure you practice good hygiene with those. Very hot and steamy showers and putting damp heat on your sinuses is also quite helpful in my experience as a lifelong severe allergy sufferer.

I use the neilmed sinus rinse almost every day and it has been life-changing. Last time I got sick there was no stuffy nose or runny anything because I just cleaned it all out it was phenomenal.

I just asked copilot. The salt water has a couple of benefits over pure water; it's less irritating to mucous membranes, it thins mucus more effectively, and it has modest antimicrobial effects.

My guess would be that the hypertonicity of the salt water causes water to move out of your nose's tissues through osmosis, reducing swelling, while the water clears out the mucus and stuff clogging it up.