I gave my 3 year old son a Sinus Rinse and he is complaining of ear pain. What should I do?

36-year-old woman3 years ago

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Alexandre Chagnon · 3 years ago

Good evening ma'am,

Sorry for the delay in responding :(

How is your son doing? Usually the pain goes away within 1-2 hours.

Also, to prevent this from happening again, what product did you use? The "real" Sinus Rinse™ for adults?

36-year-old woman · 3 years ago

Yes everything is better this morning he had no more pain. I figure it's probably that the pressure was too much in his ear from the sinus rinse ( the adult one 😬) He had a lot of mucus buildup ... am I better off not using that kind of adult product?

Alexandre Chagnon · 3 years ago

Thanks for those details!

No, you can use it at this age, but you really need to go slow, especially if the mucus is very very present. It should take about 6-10 seconds per nostril to pass 1/3 to 1/2 of the bottle per nostril.

36-year-old woman · 3 years ago

Super, thank you for your answer .

Alexandre Chagnon · 3 years ago

With pleasure!

Alexander

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