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.
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.
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.
