A research has suggested that individuals with perennial allergies often attribute their day-time fatigue to side effects of medications but the possible reason may be associated sleep fragmentation.
Study’s lead author, Timothy Craig, D.O., associate professor of medicine at Penn State’s College of Medicine, remarked that topical nasal corticosteroids could enhance night time sleep and result in minimized daytime fatigue.
From Sciencedaily.com:
“We found a significant reduction in nasal stuffiness and sleep problems. Simply, if these people can breath easier at night, they have a less interrupted sleep pattern,” states Craig. “The subjects’ sleep is often interrupted with what we call microarousals. They don’t wake up during the night, however, they may complain of being tired as soon as they wake up.”
In at least 75 percent of patients, nasal steroids are an effective method of reducing symptoms and are recommended as the first line of medical therapy in adults having AR with nasal congestion, says the Penn State medical researcher.
Craig’s research also suggests that the use of nasal steroids during the pollen season for seasonal allergy suffers is an effective treatment.
“We believe that the seasonal allergy patient will get the same benefits as the perennial suffer including improved sleep, nasal symptoms and overall improvement to their quality of life,” he says.
The paper by Craig and colleagues titled, “Nasal Congestion Secondary to Allergic Rhinitis as a Cause of Sleep Disturbance and Daytime Fatigue and the Response to Topical Nasal Corticosteroids,” was published in an issue of the Journal Allergy and Clinical Immunology.
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