How Allergies May Be Affecting Your Sleep
About this episode
The episode discusses how allergies and asthma affect sleep and offers practical tips for improvement.
Host Liz Edwards and Nurse Practitioner Jim O’Rourke discuss how allergies and asthma disrupt sleep in children and adults — from nasal congestion, mouth breathing, and snoring to histamine’s wakeful effects. Learn practical tips on how to improve your sleep environment, how to sleep better with pets and stuffed animals, and how (and when) to use a saline sinus rinse. Jim also shares what to expect from an initial visit with an allergist and how medications or allergy shots can help restore better sleep.
People in this episode
Host: Liz Edwards
Guest: Jim O’Rourke
Topics covered
- allergies
- asthma
- sleep disruption
- children's health
- sleep environment
Keywords
- allergies
- asthma
- sleep
- nasal congestion
- saline sinus rinse
- histamine
- sleep tips
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