Could Mold be Causing Your Sleep Disturbances?!

When searching for a cure for anything we sometimes need to think outside of the box.  The causes of sleep disturbances can be a tricky thing to figure out but it can be done.  Not all insomniacs have trouble getting to sleep, some suffer from maintenance insomnia or waking up frequently and not being able to return to sleep.  If we could fix what has been waking us up, then we wouldn't have to worry about getting back to sleep! I came across an interesting excerpt from an article on mold sensitivity and sleep disturbances that I wanted to share... 

"Probably even more common than pollen allergy is mold allergy. While pollen affects people seasonally, mold affects us every night with little regard to seasons. Pollen is released during the hottest part of the day so that the thermals can carry the pollen far and wide. Mold goes off during the night. (A process called “sporulation” as opposed to pollen’s “pollenation.”) Mold cannot tolerate sunlight so the most efficient mold will sporulate at the darkest time of the night. The highest mold counts occur in our homes around 2:00 AM when spores begin to blow out of our air-conditioning systems and spread throughout the house. Like most of us, I first react with swelling in my mucus membrane (my nose stops up), followed by the release of my emergency allergy hormone… ADRENALIN. Many of us, who are sensitive to mold, will find ourselves waking up about 3:00 AM, wondering why we are awake. It’s the Adrenalin. I head to the bathroom. Then I realize that THAT wasn’t enough to wake me up. Then I realize that I cannot breathe out of one side of my nose. That is what mold typically does to us. The symptoms you get when you first go to bed, the symptoms you have during the night, and the symptoms that persist into the morning when you first get up, are caused by MOLDS."

 

Do you wake up often with your nose clogged?  If so... I would look a little further into this mold theory.

If you would like more information on allergies and what to do about mold in your house check out the onlineallergycenter.com