What if you are irrigating and your germ is resistant to what you are on, and it gets into your sphenoid bone? Three boys died this summer from some odd amoeba they caught swimming in a lake...nose to brain.

Sure it is a long shot, but those kids were not immunocompromised. Sanjay Guptas advice...swim with nose plugs on. I think I will stick to a pool from now on.

I don't think you should stop doing what your doctor tells you to do without discussing it with at least his nurse, however, sometimes it takes persistance to get your point across to them.

Irrigating any infection, whether wound or otherwise without it being treated, for spread can be iffy.