Rinsing the nose after rhinoplasty

How is nasal lavage after surgery?

Cleaning your nose after surgery has always been one of the challenges for those who have nose surgery. How to rinse the nose after surgery varies each week depending on changes in the nose and the presence of splints or stitches.. For this reason, we have described the correct way to rinse the nose by week :

In the first week, the splint and dressing should not get wet. So you can not wash your nose. But because in the first 3 or 4 days, some blood may come out of the nose, to clean it and also to wash the face, you can use a wet towel or cotton and warm water and gently clean the area around the nose and dressing.. During this period of nasal drops that by Nasal surgeon Use as prescribed. Finally, after this period, the day before removing the splint, ie the sixth day, you should go to the bathroom and let the water pass slowly through the splint.. This will make it on the seventh day to remove the splint to the office Nasal surgeon You see, the splint is easier to remove from the nose.

Nasal lavage in the second and third weeks ( Wipe with ear and head )

The best solution for rinsing the nose is normal saline 9% or serum sodium chloride. You can buy this solution from pharmacies or make it yourself at home. (How to make it will be described below). During the second and third weeks, clean your nose with an ear cleaner soaked in normal saline solution. This should be done slowly and carefully so as not to damage the nose. During this period of nasal drops that are prescribed by the doctor Nasal surgeon Use as prescribed.

Nasal lavage from the fourth week onwards ( With syringe and serum )

At this stage, the nose and its bony structure have improved relatively well. Therefore, you are allowed to use a syringe to insert the serum into the nasal passages and rinse it.
How to rinse the nose?

The procedure is that you have to get a 10 cc sealed syringe from the pharmacy. Discard the needle. Then slightly tilt your head forward while sitting or standing. Then insert the solution into the nasal cavity with a syringe. Blow out your nose a little at the same time. Be careful that the solution does not enter the throat ! Do this for both nostrils. Absorbent sutures with dried blood may come out of the nose during nasal lavage. Do not worry and keep washing. Nasal lavage after rhinoplasty (سپتوپلاستی) Or sinusitis is the same.

Important points to follow !

- Do not use a fin to clean the nose and remove blood clots. You should not finish for at least 3 months after the operation. Because it damages the nose. Complications of finning after rhinoplasty include damage to the nasal passages and park blood vessels.…

- Do not use your finger or handkerchief or any other foreign object other than what was mentioned in this article to clean your nose..

- Be careful not to hit the nose while rinsing the nose.

- If you feel sneezing or coughing while cleaning your nose, do it with your mouth open.

- After each wash, be sure to use the following ointments to prevent dry nose..

Preparing a solution for washing the nose with serum

Instead of sodium chloride drops after nasal surgery, you can also prepare the necessary solution for rinsing the nose with postoperative serum at home.. The method of preparing isotonic nasal lavage serum is as follows:

To prepare the solution and wash the nose with serum after the operation, dissolve half a teaspoon of salt in a glass of boiling water and wait a few minutes until the water becomes lukewarm.. You can easily make a rinsing serum for rinsing the nose after the operation. Nasal lavage serum is usually a 9% salt solution in water. So with half a teaspoon of salt (Equivalent to approximately 1.5 grams) And a glass of water (Equivalent to approximately 167 grams) A normal saline or isotonic solution can be made, which is suitable for rinsing the nose after surgery.

The method of washing the nose with serum after deviation operation

To wash the nose with serum after the operation, open a 10 cc syringe and throw away the needle. Fill the plastic part or the barrel of the syringe with washing serum. While standing behind the sink and tilting your head slightly forward, hold under each of the nostrils and gently push the plunger of the syringe so that the rinsing solution enters the nose..

If you do this slowly, the solution will not enter the throat. But if when washing the nose with a slightly diluted serum after the operation (For example, sodium chloride drops after rhinoplasty) It enters the throat, it is not a problem and it is not dangerous to swallow it. Although releasing it is also unobstructed. A small part of the solution also remains inside the nose after washing the nose with washing serum.

After washing the nose with the washing serum, empty the nose slowly and with gentle finning to remove the remaining solution from the nose.. Repeat with the other nostril. After washing, take out the piston of the syringe, wash the syringe and piston with water and put it upside down in a clean glass until it is used again.. Repeat nose washing with post-operative serum every 6 hours for 2 weeks from the third week after surgery..

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