Pulsatile Nasal/Sinus Irrigation  

More than 1,000 patients/month utilize Sanvic pulsatile nasal irrigator in our own clinics

Spray and wash: what's the differences

nasal spray:

The main purpose for nasal spray is to moisturize the nasal membrane, not to clean the nose. It's very important to realize the main purpose of different devices to serve you better. Many sinusitis patients complained the poor benefit of nasal spray, and were surprised the comfort and easy breathing immediately after trying the Sanvic pulsatile nasal irrigator in our clinic. Nasal sprayer or moisturizer is helpful for various rhinitis and sinusitis, but it is not a nasal washer. We highly recommend you to use nasal sprayer and nasal washer together to have the best sinus care.

Nasal sprayer, nebulizer, mist generator or  moisturizer basically are similar. It provides water particles instead of water stream to moisturize the nasal membrane. The quantity of water used for each spray is small, ranging from less than 1cc up to 5~10cc. Do not be bewildered by hard-to-understand medical explanations or advertisements. Try to realize by your common sense. What do you want and expect when you spray the water on the flower or fruit? Yes, to keep the moisture instead of cleaning the flower or fruit. You will not clean the fruit before eating only by spraying the fruit, you will wash it. Right? It is the same as nasal spray, you cannot expect to remove the tenacious purulent nasal discharge by only a nasal sprayer.

How many times will you spray the flower or fruit so it looks beautiful in a dry, low humidity environment? You will spray it as often as necessary, maybe 2~4 hours or even every hour to keep the moisture on the flower or fruit. That's what we recommend for the nasal spray too. Try to spray your nose with saline as often as you want, even every hour is OK. That's why the ideal nasal sprayer should be a small one and convenient to carry on with you, so you can spray your nose often wherever you are.

Different medical devices can generate different water particles to meet different requirement. Usually the most tiny water particle by nebulizer or mist generator entering into the bronchioles is used for asthma, bronchiolitis or pneumonia patients. The largest water particles usually are recommended to moisturize throat. The medium sized water particles are used for nasal spray.

Nasal spray is more accepted by people than nasal wash. You can use the nasal spray for young kids, even the infants. Nasal wash can be used only in elder kids who can control their breath to avoid choking. Though nasal wash is accepted by most adult but most users are hesitated before trying due to a great fear of water choking. However most users find it is comfortable after trying nasal wash with Sanvic pulsatile nasal irrigator.

nasal wash/irrigation/douch:

The main purpose of nasal wash is to utilize a larger quantity of water stream to clean the nose in addition to moisturize the nasal membrane. Nasal wash can remove nasal discharge more efficiently than nasal spray. What you will do to clean the fruit before eating? You will wash it by the running water instead of using a small water sprayer. Yes, it is the same as for nasal wash and nasal spray. Nasal wash can clean the nose and moisturize the nasal membrane better than the nasal spray, but it takes more time, more water with a larger device which is not so convenient to carry on. So we recommend to clean the nose by nasal wash twice per day with more frequent nasal spray to keep the nasal membrane moisture to get the best sinus care.

Nasal spray: The main purpose is to moisturize the nasal membrane, not to clean the nose. It should be convenient to carry on, so you can use it as often as needed (wherever you are). Recommend to use 3~6 times per day, even once per hour as instructed by medical professionals. The amount of salt water utilized is small. More acceptable than nasal wash without the scare of water choking. Can be used in younger kids, even infants as instructed by medical professionals. Entering the nose in the form of water particles -- by sprayer, moisturizer or nebulizer, etc.

Nasal wash/irrigation/douch: It is used to clean the nose, and moisturize nasal membrane (better than nasal spray). It is usually used at home, not convenient to carry on. The amount of salt water used is larger. Can be used in elder kids or adult, the user should control his/her breathing when washing the nose. Enter the nose in the form of water stream -- by syringe, neti poti, squeeze bottle or pulsatile nasal irrigator, etc.