3 Tips For Using Your Nasal Spray

21 November 2016
 Categories: Health & Medical , Blog


A fluticasone nasal spray is excellent for treating symptoms such as nasal congestion, itchy and watery eyes, runny nose, sneezing, and other symptoms that may be caused by your seasonal or year-round allergies. It does this by stopping the release of substances within your body that are causing inflammation. However, the key to getting the most benefit out of your nasal spray is knowing how to use it properly. Since learning to be comfortable with spraying something inside of your nose daily, or multiple times daily, may take some time, any and all tips that you receive are going to be helpful. This article will discuss 3 tips for using your nasal spray. 

Keep Your Head Upright

When you think of putting something inside of your nose, you may think that you need to tip your head backwards. However, when you are taking your fluticasone nasal spray, this is not the case. You are instead going to want to keep your head upright as you sniff in the medication. Doing this will stop the medication from running down your throat. Since the medicine is not meant to treat the throat, it isn't going to be effective in this area of your body and it also may cause you to feel some level of discomfort or irrigation as it goes down your throat. 

Breathe in Gently Through Your Nose And Exhale Through Your Mouth 

When you breathe in the nasal spray, you don't need to breathe in super hard through your nose. Instead, you are going to want to breathe in gently. Breathing in too hard can cause the nasal spray to make you cough and otherwise irritate you. Also, after you have breathed in one of the nasal sprays through your nose, you are going to want to exhale through your mouth. This ensures that the nasal spray stays in your nose, and isn't blown out with your exhalation of air. 

Point The Tip Toward The Outer Edge Of Each Nostril 

When you are putting the tip of nasal spray inside of your nose, you are going to want to make sure that it is directed towards the outside of your nostril. Pointing the tip away from your nasal septum is going to ensure that the medicine is able to travel all of the way down your nasal cavity, rather than being blocked by the structure of your nasal septum. 


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