When the first adult dies there was no evidence that he used a Neti Pot.
"The Oprah Winfrey Show" invited her to try the neti pot on television in 2007.
Elana Hersh, from New York, said the neti pot helped her during her pregnancy.
When used correctly, there is no such thing as overusing a neti pot, DelGaudio said.
Proper handling of the neti pot was a hard lesson for April Vu, 31, of Tustin, California.
The first time Amy Huffhines of Mansfield, Texas, used a neti pot, it was on national television.
Many of DelGaudio's patients are already using the neti pot, and he tells them to keep at it.
With pollen giving millions of Americans congestion, many people turn to the neti pot to help them breathe easier.
Flushing the nose with saline is nothing new, it's just that the neti pot's design appeals to people, he said.
The Oprah episode Huffhines participated in helped launch the neti pot into more than just a passing sinus blockage remedy.
Huffhines is still using the same neti pot the Oprah show gave her during allergy season, and her children use it too.
When the second adult died, the tap water had tested positive for this protozoan and a Neti Pot was found on the premises.
Brilliant also ran a prepaid calling card business, a Wi-Fi provider and Internet services company called Cometa and an unsuccessful conferencing software firm called Neti Technologies.
But if water is used in the neti pot, or the solution isn't the right concentration, the tissue in the nose can get swollen, DelGaudio said.
Neti pots usually involve mixing saltwater (or using a prepackaged solution), leaning over a sink, twisting your head to one side, and inserting the spout into one nostril.
"There's really nothing magical about the neti pot, " he said.
The saline solution in the neti pot both soothes and cleans the nose, said Dr. John DelGaudio, chief of rhinology and sinus surgery at Emory University School of Medicine.
She had been getting daily sinus headaches, and when she came across a production crew in Chicago, Illinois, taking questions for Dr. Mehmet Oz, she asked about the neti pot.
Regular international flyer George Kellerman admitted that bringing a supply of sinus rinse, also known as a neti pot, on every trip sounded crazy, but flushing his sinuses everyday seemed to keep travel colds away.
In any case, there is little to no scientific evidence that the second death was caused by the Neti Pot, and no evidence whatsoever that the first death had anything to do with a Neti Pot.
Although doctors have long known that a saline solution can help unclog sinuses, the practice has gotten a newfound popularity with the "neti pot, " a teapot-shaped container that flushes a saline solution through the nose --in one nostril and out the other, taking with it mucus and rinsing away irritants.
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