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Why do you get more stuffy nose at night compared to during the day time?

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Dr. Matt Wachsman answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Quite a number: of possibilites allergy at that time. changes in the position of sinuses. cannot say in your particular case without seeing you.

Answered 4/5/2015

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More stuffy nose: THE REASON FOR more stuffy nose at night compared to during the day time? COULD BE HUMIDITY AND DIFFERENT BREARTHIING AT NITR

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Gravity: When you are lying down at night, secretions tend to stay up in the nose and not drain down as well as they do in the daytime. During the day when you are upright secretions drain down the throat and you swallow and they resolve much more quickly.

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