How to get rid of a
Blocked And Runny Nose
Runny Nose | How To Get Rid Of A Runny Nose | How To Stop A Runny Nose
Sharing buttons:
Tushar Wankhede he looks like Messi who agrees then like tushar thank you for
your comment it's got my attention because one I'm
the massive Messi fan and two I really don't think I look that Messi hey
everyone welcome to another episode of responding to your comments I honestly
do think this is one of my favorite series to film we're gonna be looking at
health questions we're gonna be looking at fun questions so while waiting for
let's dive in infinity numbers my nose is running like a tap right now infinity
numbers thank you for your comment I'm sure we've all been there I was actually
there a couple of weeks ago as well this is from me how to treat a cold video
it's also very common question well comment I get which raises another
question which is how can you actually stop your nose from running as much
because we've all been there when you have a really runny nose you've been
blowing your nose all day all week you've used like three packs of tissue
your nose has got an entirely red and sore so we've all been there and as a
health care professional the first thing that I always think of is what's causing
this what is causing this runny nose you know because there could be various
different reasons that's causing this inflammation in the nose which is
causing it to run and the inflammation we call it rhinitis that's the fancy
scientific term for it when it basically just means means inflammation in areas which is
causing it to run so what's causing it so for example when I'm speaking to a
patient a few things always come to mind are so what could it be could it be
viral the cause of it could it be environmental factors you
know for example temperature differences you're going from one room that's cold
to a warmer room and it's causing this rhinitis and could it be bacterial could
it be a hormone imbalance there are many different reasons that could be causing
this runny nose so the first thing you need to think of is what's causing it
and by the way that wasn't a full list and I will leave more information about
this in description below for you if you want to look at the reasons of what
causes rhinitis so the first thing that I recommend to any patient is to speak
to their health care professional to find out what's causing their runny nose
whether it's that nurse whether it's their doctor whether it's a pharmacist
it doesn't really matter you just need to speak to a healthcare professional so you
can find out what's causing it now let's say for the example for the comment that
I've got this is from cold video so let's say you've been diagnosed with a
cold and the cause of your in nose is viral
so the cold is viral and it's causing your nose to run so for this example
generally speaking for most patients I was said to recommend them and nasal
rinse now it's called many different names some people call it nasal
irrigation so people caught nasal douching it's all the same thing but the
beauty of it is that what it's going to do it's going to wash away that mucus
and any irritants that are in your nose which is causing this inflammation and
then making your nose run and the reason that I like this so much is that one
it's inexpensive two everyone pretty much has these ingredients at home and three
is very easy to do so it's a win-win really and the way you do it is very
simple you just get one teaspoon of salt one teaspoon of bicarbonate soda put
them in a glass boil the kettle and then pour the water in there about a pints
worth of water and mix it in then let it cool let it cool to a sensible
temperature that you're not going to burn yourself and you're going to use it
to irrigate but once again I want to repeat let that water cause it's a
sensible temperature so it's cool so it's probably like body temperature so
it's not going to burn you let that cool and I repeated a lot but you need
to let it cool and now that you've made your great solution you need to first
go stand over a sink because it is quite messy when you're doing get wash your
hands first and then get one hand form it into like a cup like this and pour it
into your palm then cover one nostril like so and then sniff it up okay sniff
it up that one nostril and then let it run back out I probably say do it about
three times in each nostril and then swap over but if you need to do it more
often than that to get more comfort then do it more often that's not a problem
now when you do the nasal irrigation you may end up getting some of this solution
traveling into the back ear throat or into your mouth and this is completely
fine it's completely harmless if you do get any of this solution in
there just spit it out it's harmless another thing that I'd like to mention
is each time you do the nasal irrigation let's say you do it once in the morning
and once at night you need to make a fresh batch you can't use that old batch
so repeat the whole cycle again when you're about to do another nasal
irrigation session another option which I'm just going to touch very slightly on
is a steroid nasal sprays they can also be used for a runny nose for
example in a cold but again I would always recommend everyone speak their
pharmacist first before they purchase a steroid nasal spray
just so they can check that you're suitable and safe to take it and also
so they can advise you how to use it I did make a video as well not long ago
about a nasal spray on how to use it and trust me it makes a massive difference
if you're using it right compared to when you're using it wrong so I will
leave a link up here and in the description below for you so if you are
using a nasal spray or if using it's great for anything else I highly
recommend you to watch it thank you question thank you for your comment
may I say and if anyone's got a runny nose right now I really hope these tips
help you thank you Ingvar san Ingvar before I read your comment I just want
to say thank you for your honesty because I appreciate it
when I was circumcised my dad used to take both shells off and put the powder
with mangoes on a spoon so this is a comment that ingvar has put from the how to
swallow tablets or capsules more easily video once again thank you for your
honesty but with regards to doing that because I have heard of patients doing
this in the past as well of getting a capsule sort of opening it in half and
taking the powder inside I will just always recommend anyone who's
wanting to do this to check with their pharmacist preferably pharmacist because
they know medicines a lot better or your other health care professionals because
certain medicine you can do this and certain medicine you can't do this at all so
please please please always check with your pharmacist before anyone opens up
the capsules pause the content whether it's on mango whether it's on yogurt
whether mixing it water anything like that just check with your pharmacist
first but thank you comment and thank you for your honesty but if anyone
thinks I look like Messi leave a comment below let me know but if you don't think
I look like Messi also leave a comment and let me know
well maybe let me know who I do look like a few times people have said I look
like everything apple pro that's probably the most common one that I get
I'm a massive fan of his by the way but I still don't see that resemblance either
but if anyone's got a good resemblance or a good look alike let me know thank
you for comment tushar have a great day Elichi which is easier to swallow a capsule or
a tablet elichi thank for your comment this is from the how to swallow a tablet
video it really got my attention so I thought I'd mention in today's video and
it really depends on the size so firstly if you've got a massive capsule
and a tiny tablet obviously the tablet will be easy to swallow but then you
have different sort of shaped tablets so you have a normal tablet which is
circular but then you have caplets which are a capsule shaped tablet and a caplet
generally speaking is a lot easier to swallow than a tablet so that's another
point to consider and then lastly tablets you have a film coated tablet
normal tablet so normal tablet is sort of powdery on the outside whereas a film
coated one the best way to describe it is it's like a smartie so you have
Smarties and this will have like film coated on the outside and they're smooth
and that's what home coated tablet is it has that sort outer surface on it makes
it smooth and easy to swallow so that's a really sort of long way of answering a
question but thank you for your comment once again it looks like we've run out
of time I really enjoyed interacting with some of your comments this week and if I
missed your comment I am really sorry we get so many comments so it's quite easy
to miss a few so if I did miss it please leave another comment I'll try my best
to get back to you in a future episode of responding to your comments always
remember the all awesome and I will see you next week
hey guys thanks for watching this week's video make sure to click that like
follow or subscribe button now to stay up to date with new weekly videos
