Nothing in my nose since Sunday due to sinusitis. Dare I get back on the snuff. Will it help or hinder my recovery? Id be grateful to hear about your experiences, and appreciate any advice.
I’ve had a couple of short periods of sinusitis in the last year. I kept snuffing (no option really as don’t get my nic from anywhere else). Use of a Neti Pot helped me, and the Indian Whites (which my nose likes). Each time, after a week I was back to normal. My logic is that snuff doesn’t give me sinusitis (or I’d have sinusitis all the time!) so why stop? (p.s. I’m not a medical professional)
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I’d say natural tobaccos should be safe to snuff. Tobacco itself has anti-inflammatory properties, so it might reduce the swelling just a bit. On the other hand, sweet snuffs or those suspected of having sugar added could worsen sinusitis, as sugars may promote the overgrowth of yeasts or bacteria, a factor in chronic sinusitis and rhinitis.
snuff scented with Rosemary might be good, or Myrrh, they’re both anti-bacterial.
just made a Tea Tree oil infused snuff that I think would very antibacterial :-?
Medicated snuffs work wonders.It is best to have it treated by a professional then using self help remedies .No reason you can’t use snuff unless it is too painful.
Thanks for your responses folks. I’ll have a pinch tonight and see how I get on.
I feel like it helped when I got a nasty case of some green shit leaking out of my face. All I will say is keep any other non tobacco snuffs out of your nose. I used Alkalolo nasal wash, it was some relief, it will melt that stuff for about an hour. I am really not sure what caused it, other than I was kind of partying with some nasty people that same month. No telling what kind of germs I came across. It is not something I can recall having before while snuffing ever in the past. I did not stop using snuff, some nights it was so horrible I could not breath. Lasted about 2 weeks, during that time I finally had to purchase nasal spray. Then loaded my face full of tobacco…Then the sheer amount, would just clog up in my face… but gave me just a short period of satisfaction until I expelled it and started over… My theory was, according to the US army survival manual, eating one cigarette is a way to kill a stomach virus. So with the sinusitis there are two kinds bacterial and viral… one is worse… I can not remember which. I hoped the tobacco was killing what ever was happening… Anyway. Good luck. I hope to never see that shit again.
I think this sinusitis is a viral thing. I’ve had a sore throat and my glands have been up, and I’m tired too. A girl I sit next to at work has had something similar.
If it viral; black walnut husk will take care of it. You can make a tincture with strong alcohol or buy some
You can use “nasal irrigation”, wherein you slowly suck salted( 1 tsp), warm water up one nostril, while closing the other, let it flow up into sinus, tilt head down, blow out. I don’t know if thats what a neti pot does, I’ve never used one. But I have used this technique since my drug days back in the 70’s, when I used to have bad sinus problems after insufflating certain non tobacco things. Anyway, just throwing in my 2 cents. I hate it when I can take snuff!!
Neti pot, nasal spray and antibiotics if inflamed bad, sinusitis is more then likely brought on by the capillaries in your nose swelling to the point where blood can no longer flow causing blockage and infection. I no doctor though so if it gets painful or last longer than 5 days see a physician
Cheers all. I have a neti pot now and feel the benefit already. I have very little taste or smell at the moment though, hoping this improves soon. Today is my first snuffing day in 12 days. Wos Camphor & Mild it is.
I use snuff FOR my sinusitis!
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work very well for me as decongestants.
Snuff doesn’t interact with other medications either, so I have the blessings of my ear, nose, and throat doctor.
Well, it looks like I’ve got chronic sinusitis. SG Firedance seems to be one of the only scents that can cut through and register qualitatively. What a year…an annus horribilis, although to be fair not as bad as QEII’s when Princess Diana was murdered…ahem I mean died.
I had my k9 teeth impacted in my scinuses as a child. After the surgery I get chronic sinusitis I say the hell with it and keep on snuffin. Try the fine dry snuffs they have a better chance of the scent getting through.