Xylitol’s ability to draw moisture from the mucous membranes, helps to keep the nasal passages and sinuses moist and clean for a much longer time than an ordinary saline spray does. Interestingly, the bacteria responsible for recurring middle-ear infections live in colonies at the back of the nose and the throat (and migrate up the Eustachian tubes where they multiply and cause infections).
Clinical studies have demonstrated Xylitol’s ability to disrupt these colonies (called biofilm), causing them to lose their adhesive ability. This basically means that the bacteria are dislodged, and washed away naturally. This anti-bacterial characteristic, together with its ability to thin-down mucous, is what makes Kid’s Xlear so efficient and therapeutic.
Xlear not only moisturises and soothes - it also helps to reduce infections of both the sinuses and the middle ear.