DID YOU KNOW?

WINTER DISEASES: A PROBLEM FOR EVERYONE

96% of French people surveyed, declared that they suffer occasionally from colds or rhinopharyngitis.

77% of people contract this type of illness once a year.

1 out of 2 French people suffer from allergy-related symptoms (runny nose, tickling sensation in the throat or nose).

75% of people surveyed said that they have disturbed sleep when they have respiratory problems.

1 out of 2 French people suffer from headaches associated with rhinopharyngeal infections.

NASAL HYGIENE, A HABIT THAT IS STILL TOO UNCOMMON

Only 1 out of 2 French people state that they occasionally wash the inside of their nose.

8 out of 10 French people do not wash the inside of their nose unless they have a cold or allergies.

NASAL HYGIENE: UNDENIABLE BENEFITS FOR HEALTH AND COMFORT

Regular use of physiological saline or a seawater spray as a nasal wash:

75% of the users believe that the number of colds and episodes of rhinitis decreased.

78% of people who are ill (cold or rhinitis) note a more rapid improvement of their nasal congestion and associated symptoms by using a seawater spray as a complement to a medicinal treatment (versus the medicinal treatment alone).

9 out of 10 people consider their nose to be less blocked.

7 out of 10 people say that their children sleep better.


*Survey of a representative national sample of 1,000 French people between 18 and 65 years of age, interviewed online from December 10th to 20th 2014, conducted by Ipsos.