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Sleep with your head up using 3 to 4 pillows.
Avoid products containing aspirin or ibuprofen. |
blow your nose. Sniff up and spit out if necessary.
use your nose to sneeze. Open your mouth and sneeze.
do extreme excercise or exertion.
bend over for long periods of time.
drink alcohol.
eat or drink very hot foods and/or beverages. |
Make sure to follow these steps in the order specified.
1. Irrigate your nasal passages with a saline solution with
bulb syringe 3 to 4 times a day. (Saline solution can be made
by mixing 2 to 3 teaspoons of salt in a quart of water).
2. use 2 to 3 squirts of in each nostril 3 to 4 times a day.
3. Use one squirt of Polysporin nasal ointment in each nostril after completing
step 2.
1. Be sure to take your as prescribed.
2. Take your pain medication as necessary. (Usually NO more than 3 to 4 times
a day.)
Some bloody oozing from the nose is not unusual. This will
get less each day.
Any loss of smell or taste should return in a few weeks. |
