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Sore Throat Every Morning
Ganluan
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Around this time of year, I wake up virtually every morning with a sore throat. It generally goes away after a couple hours, but on days like today it hurts for most of the day.
It seems to be a combination of allergies (which means nasal drainage down the back of my throat all night) coupled with sleeping with my mouth open - I can't seem to stop this no matter what I try because of the allergies.
Would a humidifier help? My wife's been thinking about getting one too, but we're not sure what to look for.
To try and stop the allergies I've been taking Claritin but I've been getting dizzy spells during the day lately, so I'll probably need to try Zyrtec. Has anyone else gotten dizzy from Claritin before?
It seems to be a combination of allergies (which means nasal drainage down the back of my throat all night) coupled with sleeping with my mouth open - I can't seem to stop this no matter what I try because of the allergies.
Would a humidifier help? My wife's been thinking about getting one too, but we're not sure what to look for.
To try and stop the allergies I've been taking Claritin but I've been getting dizzy spells during the day lately, so I'll probably need to try Zyrtec. Has anyone else gotten dizzy from Claritin before?
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yeah this, changing the angle of your head might make you sleep with your mouth closed which will help.
if its PND, you need to get some real medication to fix it.
You can also try putting a 2X4 (or whatever) under the base of the bed at the head, so that your bed is on a slight angle.
Barring that, OJ first thing makes more soreness go away.
I haven't been to an allergist but I know I'm allergic to either grass or something else outside, as every time I play golf I wake up the following day with very noticeable allergy symptoms.
I was under the impression that for antihistamines to work (like Benadryl) you have to take them steadily, i.e. me taking one before going out to golf won't help. Is that true?
If I mention to my doctor that it seems like nasal drip is irritating my throat at night, maybe I can get a prescription that will work better. I've also noticed it can make my stomach upset the next day (maybe because I'm swallowing it?) so that would be great.
I am in that percentage. Just an fyi. You'll likely be fine.
Actually anyone have any idea how to not have to gag up a bunch of phlegm or whatever it is every morning?
I think I mentioned it in the OP, but I think Claritin has been giving me dizziness problems. I'm going to get some Zyrtec tomorrow and see if that helps shield me a bit on days I'm outside a lot. I'll check into getting something for PND as well.
Zyrtec made me incredibly drowsy, so watch out with driving and the like. I'd recommend you try it out on a weekend to be sure you don't have the same reaction.
Drink water [strike]before bed[/strike] all day long. Breathing dry AZ air through your mouth is going to dry out your throat. You can moisten the air with a humidifier, and try to drink enough water to keep up.
When you don't, Benadryl beats the shit out of it.
I've tried a a medisana led therapy, it worked at first but the effect seemd to peter out. At which point my GF got tired of my problems and sent me to a doctor.
I've got an appointment with an allergy specialist in june and am looking forward to becoming a whole new person.
tldr: go see a doctor and insist on a referral to an allergy specialist.
Doesn't work for me because when I take it, I don't wake up for at least ten hours after it starts to work its magic. Unless I want to go to bed reeeally early, that's not a good thing. But everyone is different, so the OP might not have that problem. Zyrtec affected me in a similar way but to a lesser extent, such that I ended up going to the doctor because I was tired all the time and didn't know why. Switching from Zyrtec to Claritin immediately fixed the problem.
Other drugs that affect me in the same way include Theraflu and Nyquil and several other over the counter cold medications. Whatever the antihistamine in all of those is, it puts me in a coma.