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Line 34: Flushing the nasal cavity with salt water (saline) promotes [[Mucociliary Clearance|mucociliary clearance]] by moisturizing the nasal cavity and by removing encrusted material. The procedure has been used safely for both adults and children, and has no documented serious adverse effects. Patients treated with nasal irrigation rely less on other medications and make fewer visits to physicians. Treatment guidelines in both Canada and the United States now advocate use of nasal irrigation for all causes of rhinosinusitis and for postoperative cleaning of the nasal cavity.<ref name=Papsin >{{cite journal | author=Papsin, B., McTavish, A. | title= Saline nasal irrigation: Its role as an adjunct treatment| journal=Canadian Family Physician | year=2003 | pages=168–173 | volume=49 | issue=February | id=PMID PMC2214184}}</ref> == Pulsating nasal irrigation == Several medical reports indicate pulsatile lavage is more effective than non-pulsating nasal wash products like bulb syringes, neti pots and squeeze bottles which rely simply on gravity and conventional flow at breaking down biofilm, general cleansing and removing bacteria.<ref name=" Osguthorpe JD, Hadley JA ">{{cite journal | last = Osguthorpe | first = JD | coauthors = Osguthorpe David J MD, Hadley James A. MD, FACS | title = Rhinosinusitis: Current Concepts in Evaluation and Management | journal = Medical Clinics of North America | volume = 83 | issue = (1) | pages = 27-41 | publisher = |date= 1999 Jan | url = http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9927958?ordinalpos=5&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_DefaultReportPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum | id = PMID: 9927958 | accessdate = }}</ref> <ref name=" Tomooka LT, Murphy C, Davidson TM ">{{cite journal | last = Davidson | first = TM | coauthors = Tomooka LT, Murphy C School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, USA. | title = Clinical study and literature review of nasal irrigation. ”The objective of this study was to determine the efficacy of the use of pulsatile hypertonic saline nasal irrigation in the treatment of sinonasal disease”. | journal = Laryngoscope | volume = 110 | issue = (7) | pages = 1189-93 | publisher = |date= 2000 Jul | url = http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10892694?ordinalpos=&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.SmartSearch&log$=citationsensor | id = PMID: 10892694 | accessdate = }}</ref> <ref name="Kaliner MA et al">{{cite journal | last = Kaliner | first = MA | coauthors = Osguthorpe JD, Fireman P, Anon J, Georgitis J, Davis ML, Naclerio R, Kennedy D | title = Sinusitis: Bench to Bedside “Pulsatile sinus irrigation is recommended as a treatment for sinusitis, and as a supplement to other treatment modalities” | journal = Otolaryngology | volume = 116 Part 2 Study of Sinusitis | issue = (6) | pages = | publisher = |date= 1997 June | url = http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9212028?ordinalpos=4&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_DefaultReportPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum | id = PMID: 9212028 | accessdate = }}</ref> == Solutions used for nasal irrigation == | |||