Honey effective in killing bacteria that cause chronic sinusitis

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Honey effective in killing bacteria that cause chronic sinusitis

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Honey is very effective in killing bacteria in all its forms, especially the

drug-resistant biofilms that make treating chronic rhinosinusitis difficult,

according to research presented during the 2008 American Academy of

Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF) Annual Meeting & OTO

EXPO,

in Chicago, IL.

 

The study, authored by Canadian researchers at the University of Ottawa,

found that in eleven isolates of three separate biofilms (Pseudomonas

aeruginosa, and methicicillin-resistant and -suseptible Staphylococcus aureus),

honey

was significantly more effective in killing both planktonic and biofilm-grown

forms of the bacteria, compared with the rate of bactericide by antibiotics

commonly used against the bacteria.

 

Given the historical uses of honey in some cultures as a homeopathic

treatment for bad wound infections, the authors conclude that their findings

may

hold important clinical implications in the treatment of refractory chronic

rhinosinusitis, with topical treatment a possibility.

 

Chronic rhinosinusitis affects approximately 31 million people each year in

the United States alone, costing over $4 billion in direct health

expenditures and lost workplace productivity. It is among the three most common

chronic

diseases in all of North America.

 

Source: American Academy of Otolaryngology

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

It would seem to me that the best way to take this would be to put it

in warm water and then use the solution in a neti pot to put into the

nostrils. Is this right?

 

GB

 

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bestsurprise2002 wrote:

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>

> Honey effective in killing bacteria that cause chronic sinusitis

> _http://www.physorg.com/news141391993.html_

> (http://www.physorg.com/news141391993.html)

> (http://medicine.physorg.com/sub_Research/)

>

> Honey is very effective in killing bacteria in all its forms,

especially the

> drug-resistant biofilms that make treating chronic rhinosinusitis

difficult,

> according to research presented during the 2008 American Academy

of

> Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF) Annual

Meeting & OTO EXPO,

> in Chicago, IL.

>

> The study, authored by Canadian researchers at the University of

Ottawa,

> found that in eleven isolates of three separate biofilms

(Pseudomonas

> aeruginosa, and methicicillin-resistant and -suseptible

Staphylococcus aureus), honey

> was significantly more effective in killing both planktonic and

biofilm-grown

> forms of the bacteria, compared with the rate of bactericide by

antibiotics

> commonly used against the bacteria.

>

> Given the historical uses of honey in some cultures as a

homeopathic

> treatment for bad wound infections, the authors conclude that

their findings may

> hold important clinical implications in the treatment of

refractory chronic

> rhinosinusitis, with topical treatment a possibility.

>

> Chronic rhinosinusitis affects approximately 31 million people

each year in

> the United States alone, costing over $4 billion in direct health

> expenditures and lost workplace productivity. It is among the

three most common chronic

> diseases in all of North America.

>

> Source: American Academy of Otolaryngology

>

 

[Guest guest]

" Given the historical uses of honey in some cultures as a homeopathic treatment

for bad wound infections, the authors conclude that their findings may hold

important clinical implications in the treatment of refractory chronic

rhinosinusitis, with topical treatment a possibility. "

 

It says topical treatment is a possibility? What would one do? Snort honey? I

wonder if you made a weak solution in a netti pot of water, salt and honey if it

would be effective when deluted.

 

Katu