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Can someone define "previously boiled water" for me ?

donyellemoniquex3
donyellemoniquex3 Posts: 2,384 Member
edited February 12 in Chit-Chat
Can I boil it in the microwave and refrigerate until ready to use, then leave of out for a while, or leave it out to room temperature after boiling ?

I'm using a nasal irrigator, if that helps.

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  • PatheticNoetic
    PatheticNoetic Posts: 905 Member
    If it's in a sterile container boiled water should keep for a bit.
  • SrJoben
    SrJoben Posts: 484 Member
    Oh wow that's awkward phrasing.

    I suspect the main idea is that it should not be boiling right when you shoot it up your nose or whatever.

    But that it should have been boiled at some time fairly shortly before use in order to sterilize it.
  • bearkisses
    bearkisses Posts: 1,252 Member
    all i know is that you should totally follow the instructions, I saw these on that show 1000 ways to die. The guy used regular tap water, from the tap, and yeah...he died.
  • 1Kristine1
    1Kristine1 Posts: 697 Member
    not really sure how you can die from that...
  • Sinisterly
    Sinisterly Posts: 10,913 Member
    How about previously frozen ice? What do you do with that :noway:
  • BinaryPulsar
    BinaryPulsar Posts: 8,927 Member
    not really sure how you can die from that...

    I just looked it up and this was what it said, "When water containing the Naegleria fowleri amoeba, a single-celled organism, enters the nose, the organisms may migrate to the brain, causing primary amebic meningoencephalitis, a very rare -- but usually fatal -- disease."

    There have been two deaths from it. From using tap water in the neti pot.

    I just looked it up quickly and didn't read it through yet.
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