hi can anyone help me explain what happened with my sinuses after rinse?
Since onset of cfs i always had problems with sinuses, swelling, sometimes pressure on teeth, 'feeling' them while bending, mucus draining on the back of my throat.
Long time ago I did sinus rinse few times and i remeber that it was always causing unpleasant swelling of nose-mucosa sometimes more pressure from sinuses etc. (btw after any nose-spray i often get swelling of nose-mucosa too)
So after reading the thread i decided to buy set for sinus rinse one more time- plastic bottle with straw inside,
on the first day i made a rinse with around 2,5g(1% solution) salt and 5g(2% solution) of xylitol for 250ml bottle, i manage to blow my nose with a bit of mucus and i got cool feeling for 30min, like a bit more air coming via my nose, after that nothing till i went to bed, after laying down i felt like there is water in my ear (it was not painful or anything just for info, it disappeared next morning)
Next day i made the same mixture but i added extra 2g of edta also (to make 1% solution) maybe it was good % for nasal spray, but it was definitely not good % for sinus rinse XD it was so fkn irritating, that for next 45 min i was just sniffing/snorting my nose to spit out and blow this terrible stuff from my throat and sinuses (everyone who was snorting drugs/tobacco_snuff know the feeling), i even did the second dose, without edta of course
, to rinse everything from my sinuses, it was ok, i was just 'feeling'(non in negative way) my sinuses for the rest of the day.
I woke up sick-alike with sinus pain and yellow rhinitis-mucus (usually its transparent) i was a bit weaker than usuall for 1,5 day, it came back to baseline now, but when i squeez my teeth i feel preassure on them comming from my sinuses, so there has to be some inflamation still.
What happen? just irritation? but if it is just irritation why i got yellow mucus from nose and state similar to having cold for one day instead just sinus pain/preassure?
*i was using tap water, filtered first then boiled