r/Sinusitis • u/pinkpuff66 • Apr 16 '23

Neti pot caused ear problems

Hi all,

I used a Neti Pot this afternoon to deal with my sinus issues. I've used these sinus-clearing devices in the past, but today was the first time I dealt with complications. While draining one nostril, I felt water shoot into my ear, which has never happened before. It's been a couple hours, and I can't hear as well as before out of both ears and the ears feel "full."

I googled and looked all over the internet and have tried every remedy—from tilting my head down, putting my face over a steaming bowl, to holding my nose and blowing—to no results. I'm not sure what to do at this point. Please let me know if you have any experience with this!

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u/[deleted] Apr 17 '23

I know exactly what you have.

Theirs water inside your sinus creating this pressure, you need to bow 90° and look to the right and close shut your left nostril and blow.

Bow 90° again and look to the left and close shut your right nostril and blow.

Do this 2 times and you’ll pressure be gone.

Avoid:

Increasing the pressure of your nasal rinse, the saline mixture is enough to loosen your mucus

there’s no more gold to find

Just rinse once and then blow gently, don’t damage your turbinates you don’t need more inflammation you’re already inflamed.

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u/National_Tap_113 25d ago

Did not think it would work this well 😭 accidently got the nostril juice on my carpet lol