Guest guest Posted December 6, 2004 Report Share Posted December 6, 2004 Hi everyone. I'm looking for people's experience with nasal lavage in youngsters. I am seeing a 5 year old girl tomorrow who suffers from seems like pretty severe sinus infections. She's missing a lot of school and her allopathic doctors have told her mother just to expect that she's going to get these infections frequently and she will continue to miss a lot of school. I would like to suggest nasal lavage at least during this acute phase but I'm not sure how that will go over in a 5 year old. What have people tried? Thanks! Kathy Sweeney Juneau, AK Family Practice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 6, 2004 Report Share Posted December 6, 2004 In children it can be difficult to do the nasal lavage because they are not always compliant with the technique. I have been using a product called Xlear (available from Emerson ecologics). It is a xylitol solution that you spray into the nose. Xylitol has antibacterial effects. It is great for sinus infections and also to prevent ear infections. Children tolerate this better than the neti pot. Pamela Langenderfer Coeur d'Alene, ID Family Practice On Dec 6, 2004, at 1:53 PM, Kathy Sweeney wrote: > > Hi everyone. I'm looking for people's experience with nasal lavage in > youngsters. I am seeing a 5 year old girl tomorrow who suffers from > seems > like pretty severe sinus infections. She's missing a lot of school > and her > allopathic doctors have told her mother just to expect that she's > going to > get these infections frequently and she will continue to miss a lot of > school. > > I would like to suggest nasal lavage at least during this acute phase > but > I'm not sure how that will go over in a 5 year old. What have people > tried? > > Thanks! > > Kathy Sweeney > Juneau, AK > Family Practice > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 7, 2004 Report Share Posted December 7, 2004 Kathy- A clinical pearl I got from one of my NCNM shifts was a modified Neti for kids. You put a dropperful of the saline solution in each nostril while the child is lying supine on the bed. After 5 minutes, have the child get up and gargle with the solution and spit it out. I've never tried it, so I don't know how well it works. You could also start with alternating hot and cold over the sinuses. You could also consider adding Juglans and Ribes gemmos. I used these with a patient with chronic sinusitis and there have been amazing results. He's also been adding a pinch of HMF in the Neti pot along with all the BTGs. Hindman Tigard, OR cancer, chronic disease, dying, anyone On Mon, 6 Dec 2004 18:13:24 -0800, Pamela Langenderfer <drpamelasue@...> wrote: > > In children it can be difficult to do the nasal lavage because they are > not always compliant with the technique. I have been using a product > called Xlear (available from Emerson ecologics). It is a xylitol > solution that you spray into the nose. Xylitol has antibacterial > effects. It is great for sinus infections and also to prevent ear > infections. Children tolerate this better than the neti pot. > > Pamela Langenderfer > Coeur d'Alene, ID > Family Practice > > > > On Dec 6, 2004, at 1:53 PM, Kathy Sweeney wrote: > > > > > Hi everyone. I'm looking for people's experience with nasal lavage in > > youngsters. I am seeing a 5 year old girl tomorrow who suffers from > > seems > > like pretty severe sinus infections. She's missing a lot of school > > and her > > allopathic doctors have told her mother just to expect that she's > > going to > > get these infections frequently and she will continue to miss a lot of > > school. > > > > I would like to suggest nasal lavage at least during this acute phase > > but > > I'm not sure how that will go over in a 5 year old. What have people > > tried? > > > > Thanks! > > > > Kathy Sweeney > > Juneau, AK > > Family Practice > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 7, 2004 Report Share Posted December 7, 2004 Kim and Pamela, Thanks for your input re: nasal lavage in kids. I was thinking along the lines of a spray bottle application rather than a neti pot too. I like the eye dropper application while lying supine. Who has used Gemmos with kids? Does the dose need to be adjusted? 25 drops instead of 50 tid? I actually can't " prescribe " any supplements yet b/c I am still waiting for my AK license to come through but her mom wanted to meet and I thought I could at least suggest some of our home therapies like warming sox, COPs, alternating hot/cold and nasal lavage and also explain the philosophy and paradigm from which we operate. Thanks! -kms Kathy Sweeney, N.D. Juneau, AK Family Practice >From: Hindman <kjhindman@...> >Reply- > >Subject: Re: Q - nasal lavage in kids >Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2004 11:30:11 -0800 > > >Kathy- > >A clinical pearl I got from one of my NCNM shifts was a modified Neti >for kids. You put a dropperful of the saline solution in each nostril >while the child is lying supine on the bed. After 5 minutes, have the >child get up and gargle with the solution and spit it out. I've never >tried it, so I don't know how well it works. You could also start >with alternating hot and cold over the sinuses. > >You could also consider adding Juglans and Ribes gemmos. I used these >with a patient with chronic sinusitis and there have been amazing >results. He's also been adding a pinch of HMF in the Neti pot along >with all the BTGs. > > Hindman >Tigard, OR >cancer, chronic disease, dying, anyone > > >On Mon, 6 Dec 2004 18:13:24 -0800, Pamela Langenderfer ><drpamelasue@...> wrote: > > > > In children it can be difficult to do the nasal lavage because they are > > not always compliant with the technique. I have been using a product > > called Xlear (available from Emerson ecologics). It is a xylitol > > solution that you spray into the nose. Xylitol has antibacterial > > effects. It is great for sinus infections and also to prevent ear > > infections. Children tolerate this better than the neti pot. > > > > Pamela Langenderfer > > Coeur d'Alene, ID > > Family Practice > > > > > > > > On Dec 6, 2004, at 1:53 PM, Kathy Sweeney wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi everyone. I'm looking for people's experience with nasal lavage in > > > youngsters. I am seeing a 5 year old girl tomorrow who suffers from > > > seems > > > like pretty severe sinus infections. She's missing a lot of school > > > and her > > > allopathic doctors have told her mother just to expect that she's > > > going to > > > get these infections frequently and she will continue to miss a lot of > > > school. > > > > > > I would like to suggest nasal lavage at least during this acute phase > > > but > > > I'm not sure how that will go over in a 5 year old. What have people > > > tried? > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > Kathy Sweeney > > > Juneau, AK > > > Family Practice > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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