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This did actually happen today.
I got myself one of those Nasalfresh MD things, basically a sinus flushing system that both pushes water in and sucks it out the other side into a waste water tank. Figured it'd work better if my sinuses were stuffed up to where a regular neti pot just didn't work.
Been using a neti pot for years as I have seasonal allergies and using it daily/every other day really helps.
Anyway, part of the instructions for this thing say to use the 'gentle' mode for the first month then work up. The third mode is called power wash in the manual.
So, I read the instructions, watch the videos, get all set up, turn it on and...not much happens.
I can feel a little suction but can't feel the salt water moving. I take the thing out of my nose, just press the button and wait to see how the water flows. It seems to be sort of trickling out, which seems weird. But, ok, water is flowing, I just need to be patient and my nose is a little stuffed up anyway.
After awhile, nothing really seems to be happening, water in the tank isn't going down and it's certainly not going up to flush my sinuses out. I THOUGHT I checked the hose and it looked straight, even gave it a little tug to 'make sure', so like a genius I turned the power up.
Still nothing. The pump got louder, but not much in terms of extra water came out. Put it on level 3, the "power wash setting".
Thought maybe it was my position so I stood up a little straighter, still not turning off the thing, since I didn't really need to lean over the sink the same way you do with a regular neti pot.
...and when I did that it pulled the kink in the hose free because it needed the extra slack.
In the literal 2 seconds it took me to realize what was happening and take my finger off the button that kept the pump going I'm pretty sure I got water up behind my eyes (it sure felt like it), I KNOW it was in my ears. Not just the tubes, it had power washed it through the sinuses, into my ear tubes, and straight into the ear canal, down my throat, and of course flooded my poor sinuses.
It HURT too! I was pretty sure for a few seconds I'd really fucked up my ears due to how much saline coming OUT of your ears from the inside felt.
Took almost an hour to clear all the water out of my ears and nooks and crannies. I felt fine after that, but the next time I went to use the thing it was on the 'gentle' level and had no issues.
Bonus: If you like gross stuff, the waste water tank of that thing is full of whatever nasty crap was stuck up in your sinuses.
TL;DR: Didn't notice a hose kink in a nasal irrigation machine, power washed the sinuses so hard water came out of my ears.
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