NPR article on nasal irrigation

March 17, 2007

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Got a Runny Nose? Flush It Out!

by Aubrey

No one likes to have a runny nose or a stuffed-up head. But for performers

like aspiring opera singer Malone, congestion is a real show stopper.

" If you're stuck on the day of the performance and you have a cold, " says

Malone, " it's a dangerous thing. " After all, his voice is his instrument.

In order to keep his head free of congestion, Malone has adopted a technique

that singers use called nasal irrigation. Some people refer to it as nasal

lavage or neti-potting.

One of Malone's former roommates, also a singer, taught him the technique

several years ago.

" I came home one day and saw him doing it, " Malone says. " And I was like,

'What in the world are you doing?' Because it's a very strange procedure.

You're hunched over the sink and pouring saline into your nostril. "

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