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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 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 months ago (2 children)

So, I actually had this because of my humidifier. I was using an ultrasonic humidifier with tap water - I know distilled is recommended, but with how dry it is here, that would mean an insane amount of bottled water. But I noticed a film of white dust appearing around the room from the dispersed salts and whatnot. Turning off the humidifier (and later replacing it with an evaporative style) cleared up my daily stuffiness instantly.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Thanks! I use distilled water, but maybe I’ll try evaporative style.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The problem for me using my evaporative dehumidifier is cleaning off the minerals every week.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago

Yeah agreed. But I guess I’d rather do that than clean it off my walls (and lungs apparently?). Definitely recommend getting a bigger one than you need, though, so you can run the fan lower and the media takes a little longer to get crusty.