If allergy sufferers love the cold for any one reason, it's probably because they sleep better in it. It's not easy to snooze during allergy season. Stuffy and runny noses, coughing and itchy eyes prevent us from falling asleep quickly. Further, these symptoms often prevent us from enjoying a good night's rest because they're constantly forcing us to wake up and deal with them.
In part one of our two-part series, we'll explore three ways allergy sufferers can get a better night's sleep.
1. Take allergy medicine…
…and take it consistently! Allergy medicines need time to build up in our system so they can go to work and block histamines. What are histamines? According to Pollen.com, they're released by your immune system and travel through the bloodstream to other histamine receptors in the body. From there, histamines causes inflammation by forcing the histamine receptors, located on other cells, to bloat. In turn, this process causes us to sneeze, cough and itch.
2. Wash up prior to sleeping
Before going to bed, take a shower and wash out your system by cleaning your nasal passages. While most of us associate allergies with those big puffs of pollen floating around, it can also be very small and difficult to see when it's not all clumped together. If you don't shower before bed, there's a good chance you'll be sleeping in it!
3. Keep the windows closed
The worst thing you can do at night is keep the windows open. While the cool breeze is refreshing, it's also dangerous because it gives pollen easy access to your home. Instead, keep the windows closed and turn the HVAC system on.
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