Up Your Nose With some Hydrogen Peroxide!

Mr. Samson's neck issues are finally a thing of the past, we think -- look at that!! I found him this way in his crib one day, on his own. No longer must we "force" him to exercise his neck! His Torticollis is much better and our lazy days are OVER! This little guy gets around by rolling and scooting and he's keeping us very busy.

Last week, we all had colds. We got over them pretty fast, but it wasn't any fun in the meantime.

I remembered a self-cure I tried once that I am finally able to confess. It took me a long while to be able to talk about this issue with anyone outside my close circle of friends and family but now, this is beginning to be funny and I don't mind sharing it.

It all started with the Internet. I know I shouldn't get important health information from just anywhere on the internet, but I was reading about how some folks believe that the flu (and maybe cold viruses) enter through the ears and not the eyes, mouth or nose, like commonly thought. I thought hM. Why not? So I looked around at other sites and found out it's OK to clean ones ears with Hydrogen Peroxide. I have used the stuff for years on cuts and scrapes to clean them out and help them heal so I thought why not? So I dropped some in my ears once when I felt a cold or flu virus coming on. It fizzed and popped for a long time, I dumped it out, and repeated until there was no fizzing. My ears were clean as a whistle, and I at least THOUGHT I felt better.

It worked like a charm, so I expanded on that thought and began to think that if a Rhinovirus is in the nose, maybe I could kill the virus by putting Hydrogen Peroxide up my nose. So I tried that. I put it on a Q-tip and let the stuff bubble and foam and that was pretty cool. Rinsed with Saline Solution and repeated until I felt it was pretty clean. Again, I thought I felt a little better. I certainly wasn't congested!

Then I had an even MORE BRILLIANT idea that perhaps I should get the hydrogen peroxide higher UP into my nose! I could really kill off more of those germs lurking around in those crannies! So I put some in a medicine dropper and SQUIRT! Up my nose! I immediately regretted my decision, as it foamed and popped in places that shouldn't be foaming and popping! It HURT!! My nose bled just a little for about 3 days and was raw and sore for about a week!

Lesson Learned. There's a reason the bottle says that it's not to be taken internally.

What about you? Maybe you've got a stupid bizarre self -healing attempt you could write a post about or leave here in the comments. I doubt I'm alone in this entirely!