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Aleksandra Bliszczyk

Confessions Of A NussyBlasterHolic: These Nasal Douches Have Saved Me This Flu Season

I’ve been knocked out by COVID once and influenza TWICE in the first half of 2022 after two very fortunate virus-free years. But it wasn’t until the third illness I tried my first nasal rinse and let me tell you sir, it’s a game-changer. I first heard of a nasal rinse from my mum a few years ago. “It kind of pumps water up one nostril and flushes everything out the other,” she explained. “It’s pretty gross, but it’s good.” Umm, kk mum… I couldn’t picture it but it sounded terrifying. I’d heard about them with increasing frequency ever since but never had any interest in shooting a jet stream of water into my face until my second dance with Ms Influenza just last week ended in sinusitis, an infection of the sinuses. Your sinuses are cavities throughout the front of your skull that are all connected
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