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Nasal washing to relieve allergies
Here's a healthy way to save your family money during allergy, cold and flu season! Help cut down on the use of over-the-counter drugs for congestion, infection, and allergies — and the use of antibiotics — with this preventative measure for both children and adults.
Watch Wendy Bernatavicius, M.D., of Phoenix Children's Hospital and Hana Solomon, M.D. talk about nasal washing. Special thanks to brothers Shallon (9) and Draven (8) Ortivez of Mesa for showing us nasal washing on camera!
Produced by Vicki Balint, Small Change Productions.
Videography by Daniel Friedman.
Dr. Wendy's Mix
8 ounces warm water
¼ to ½ teaspoon of non-iodized salt
Pinch of baking soda
Dr. Hana's Nasopure Kit
Hana Solomon, M.D. visited the Valley recently to spread the word on how to wash and why. Her Nasopure Kit comes with a squeeze bottle designed to be kid-friendly and pre-mixed saline packets. Find out more about the history of nasal irrigation, how to teach your child to wash according to their age, which saline solutions to use and which to avoid, types of delivery bottles and pots and more at nasopure.com.
Note: nasal washing and nasal irrigation are interchangeable terms.
