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by graeme 2093 days ago
I had a persistent mrsa infection. Manuka honey worked better than prescription topicals. There are studies about the use of it for mrsa.

I never tried it deep in the nose though, only lower nostril. So it could still be higher up. But it hasn’t colonized the lower areas for years. Had it for 5+ years before realizing what it was.
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eth0up 2093 days ago
Did you find that a UMF or MGO rating was important and if so, what was it? A lot of the manuka honey I see is quite low, and the few with higher ratings certainly reflect it in the pricing.
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graeme 2093 days ago
To be honest I’m not sure. I bought this medical grade manuka honey. That seems to be a thing, and it is sterilized for wound use.

Mind you I have no way of knowing if this is actual medical grade stuff that use in hospitals. But it seemed to work. On multiple mrsa outbreaks too: I had a few instances where it got outside the nose and this got rid of them.

What exactly are you doing with it? I wasn’t quite clear on how you’re going to get it deeper into the nose. I had had the mrsa in the lower nostril so I just used a q tip, but I didn’t get it into the nasal passages. (Nor do I know if it’s meant for such use). I also have congestion at night so I;m interested.

I will say that a jar like this lasts for many uses. If you’re eating honey it’s a small amount, but you don’t need much for topical use.

https://www.amazon.ca/Manukaguard-Medical-Grade-Manuka-Honey...

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eth0up 2092 days ago
"What exactly are you doing with it?"

I would be irrigating the sinuses with it, diluted in warm (distilled!) saline water. I've done this with regular raw honey and haven't been too tempted since.

Edit: I found the following ad via your own link https://www.amazon.ca/MANUKAGUARD-Nasal-Spray-Medical-Grade/...

Manuka nasal spray...

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graeme 2092 days ago
Wow that’s quite a negative review haha. But also some positives from the foreign reviews.

Well....I guess it’s probably not actively destructive then, I guess the sinuses can deal with it. I’m going to look into this, thanks!

So in your case I guess you’re just diluting the honey in water to a certain degree. But the raw honey was uncomfortable as the reviews suggest.

If you’d like to talk more about mrsa/nasal stuff btw, my email is in my profile.

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