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My mother went on oxygen at home last week. Her nose is sore from tubes in her nose. What can I use to moisten and heal. They said no to Vaseline. I was told I could get a special bottle to add water to the air but what for the sore nostrils??

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The water bottle is truly a miracle. It adds so much moisture to the bone dry oxygen air that even my lips are no longer dry. My nose is no longer crusty or sore either, but the soft cannula helps a lot with that. If my nose gets irritated, I just use CeraVe unscented moisturizer.
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AYR Nasal gel, you can find it in the cold and flu section in the pharmecy. About $2-3 dollars a tube. It's in a gold and green box.

It's saline based, you can apply it with a q-tip into the nostril.

My husband uses it with his C-PAP machine.
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Have her doctor or whoever is supplying the oxygen cannulas to order the softer more flexible ones as the stiffer ones do cause irritation.
It's been over 5 years since my late husband was on oxygen, so I honestly don't remember what the softer ones are called, but they make a huge difference and don't irritate the nostrils at all.
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They don't want you using any oil based things because they are afraid of the danger of O2 and fire. So any water based lubricant like KY gel and so on. I would say that they don't work well because they don't stay there. This is often an ongoing problem. Talk to MD who is ordering O2 for his/her favorite miracle moisturizer.
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