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Who else wakes up and has to blow their nose or clear their airways every morning and why? (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago by venusaur@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I’m guessing it’s from dry air god me but even with humidifier I always have to blow my nose a bunch of times in the morning. Sometimes my lungs feel tight for a while after waking up. This happen to anybody else? Why does it happen for you?

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[–] venusaur@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Yeah I definitely have allergies. I have a foam pillow and cotton case. Maybe I need to do some deep cleaning in the room or start using an air filter.

[–] d3Xt3r@lemmy.nz 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Check out bamboo pillows and pillow cases, they have natural hypoallergenic properties and it might suit you better. Or you could just get a bamboo pillow protector + pillow case, in case you don't want to change your whole pillow out.

[–] venusaur@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

Thanks. I’ll look into it.

[–] jeffw@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Do you take an antihistamine? I live on Zyrtec and would be miserable if I didn’t take it daily

[–] venusaur@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I do a spray sometimes but I don’t wanna take meds every day.

[–] jeffw@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Why? Meds are great

[–] venusaur@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I’d prefer to fix the problem instead of blocking my body’s response to the stimuli.

[–] jeffw@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

If your body produces too much histamine in response to cotton or something else super common like dust mites, you aren’t going to remove all of that stuff from your environment

[–] venusaur@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

maybe i gotta to back to my allergist for something more permanent.

[–] jeffw@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

There’s no permanent solution? If you mean the shots, you still need to get those regularly…. And that’s just medication anyway lol

[–] venusaur@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

But after time your allergies go away. Pills you take indefinitely.

[–] jeffw@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

No? They don’t go away. The shots are literally just injected meds

[–] venusaur@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

They’re not. Do a quick google search.

[–] athos77@kbin.social 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

In addition to those, consider getting a hypoallergenic mattress cover and hypoallergenic pillow covers. And wash your bed linens more frequently.

[–] venusaur@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

i'll look into the hypoallergenic stuff. thanks!