How To Avoid Nighttime Allergies and Sleep Better Make an Appointment Ask a Question Search Conditions National Jewish Health allergy expert Jessica Hui, MD, shares techniques for combating allergies at night when you are sleeping. Avoidance measures include keeping pets out of the bedroom, closing windows, and using nasal sinus rinses. Related Videos What’s the Secret to Surviving Spring Allergies? Wet Wraps Cut Need For Drugs In Kids With Eczema Learn How to Use an EpiPen -- It Could Save a Life Eczema and Bathing What Causes Eczema? What is Eczema and How Is it Treated? Tips to Help Kids Cope with the Emotional Challenges of Eczema 6 Nasal Rinse Myths Busted Video Transcript Many people who suffer from environmental allergies suffer from poor sleep as well. Allergen voidance measures are key, such as keeping the windows closed in the home at all times. This will prevent the pollens from entering the bedroom. If there are pets in the home, keeping the pets strictly outside the bedroom is important, since they may have brought pollens from the outdoors into your home. Also, taking your medications at night can be useful. Such as using nasal sinus rinses to help wash out the nasal passages from the pollens you may have inhaled during the day. You can follow this by using nasal sprays to decrease nasal inflammation. Want to use this on your website? Fill out the content usage request form and then copy this code: