but pollen is a big part of my allergies too.
So it sounds like it is a good preventative measure but not much good
once you start actually having symptoms?
Dana
----- Original Message -----
From: Won Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wed, 07 Jul 2004 13:21:16 -0400
Subject: Re: allergy/sinus followup question
To: CF-Community <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
At 11:07 7/7/2004 -0600, you wrote:
>Someone here (Doug?) was saying that saline spray works as well for
>them as Rx versions. A careless officemate (another rant, another day)
>recently spilled my bottle of Rhinocort, causing me to run out before
>I could refill the prescription. I did not find that saline works for
>me but I tend to prefer low-cost low-tech solutions where they are
>available so I thought I'd come back to this question and see if I
>have the idea right before I dismiss it as not for me.
>
>For those that saline spray works for... (or steam for that matter)
>what symptoms are you treating exactly? Runny nose? Stuffy nose? Dry
>nose? Sinus pain? If sinus pain, is this on your cheeks or above your
>eyes? Is the theory that you are washing out the allergens?
I went to go see an allergist and mentioned the saline solution to flush
out my nose. She told me that it is can only do good but that it doesn't
actually treat anything but just rinses the pollen away, at least
temporarily. It should be effective as it's not attacking a symptom but
the agent that triggers the symptom. She was specifically talking about
pollen because that is my major allergy.________________________________
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