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I have swollen nasal polyps (or something) which causes every single cold I get to eventually transform into a 2 week sinus infection + cough ordeal.

Netty pot with salty water and a pinch of baking soda, and an even saltier water gargle clears things up nicely. And is very budget friendly.

Ask your ENT to look into adding Budesonide [0] to your saline rinse. It is intended to keep polyps from growing (and has worked wonders for me).

It's been superseded by Mometasone. It's more lipophilic.

It was when I had the mother of all sinus infections that someone told me about this. Never had the problem again. YMMV.

People imagine it must burn, because getting water up your nose when swimming burns. But the salt & baking soda neutralizes that.