actually it is a pretty good device, may even be better than the ear aspirator because it is much easier to clean. That is also why the neti-pot is preferred, it is ceramic and much easier to sanitize.christinequilts wrote:I saw this when I was out shopping a couple years ago:
Nasline Instructions
..and quickly decided it wasn't worth nearly $20.
Especially not when I already had plenty of 60cc/2oz cath tip syringes and old nasal pillows from my Breeze mask I no longer used. I did put a piece of silicone tubing over the end of the syringe tip before putting the Breeze pillow on it, to make it softer, but it probably wasn't necessary. You can purchase 60cc syringes for $1.25-1.50 each, $2.00 at the most, from either your pharmacy or DME or even some pet supply places.
It nice to be able to take it apart to clean and to let it throughly dry between uses...plus at around a$1.50 each, you can afford to replace the syringe every so often (I always wonder about cleaning those blue squeeze bulbs). I recycled a Breeze nasal pillow, but just about any nasal pillow mask could be recycled for this purpose...not like any of us have any extra mask/mask parts laying around
I moved my recycled Breeze nasal pillow over to my WaterPick, along with a minor modification of the tip that came with it...much cheaper then even buying a Grossman adapter.
The rubber ear aspirator I show can allow bacteria and molds to grow inside (dark moist place) since you cannot dry it out completely. You have to be very careful and clean the rubber ear aspirator regularly with a bleach solution to kill any bacteria and molds that may grow on the inside. I just take a bleach solution, suck it up inside the bulb a few times and squirt it out.
Weather you make it at home or purchase it doesn't really matter. If it comes in a aerosol can under pressure it won't need any preservative. If it comes in a plastic squirt bottle, then it needs a preservative. Many times the preservative they use in these solutions can cause irritation to the inside of the nares and nasal passages.
The saline solution formula should have the PH of eye tears.
I have my own water distiller, so I know the water I'm using is as near sterile as I can make it. I keep a gallon jug full nearly all the time either for my humidifier or for rhino flush. I always have a big 10lb. bag of Arm & Hammer baking soda around since I use it to clean my white carpet. When you have white carpet in your home and a dog, you own your Rug Doctor (white dog=white carpet is the theory behind that one).
