Why is it when your allergies are bad, you feel extremely tired?

Question

Because my allergies are really bad now, and I just want to go crash and sleep the rest of the night. And its only 5:45p.m.

Answer 1

Maybe the Allergies Med's you are Taking are causing DrowZZZY-Ness...

Or per below.. your allergies are preventing you from a Good Nights sleep.

Per below.. Infor for your Review:

Allergies Curb Kids' Daily Activities

Sleep, Schoolwork Suffer When Children Have Severe Nasal Allergy Symptoms

Nasal allergy symptoms in children may severely affect daily activities such as sleep and schoolwork, according to two new studies.

The impact of nasal allergy symptoms is well documented in adults but not in children. This is the largest U.S. study to examine severity of allergic rhinitis (nasal allergy) symptoms and the impact on quality of life in children.

The studies analyzed a national telephone survey of 35,757 parents. The parents were asked about the effect of allergy symptoms on their children's daily activities, productivity, and sleep patterns.

Five hundred children between ages 4 and 17 with nasal allergy symptoms were compared with 504 children who do not have nasal allergies.

Nasal Allergies Disrupt Sleep

The first study, headed by Jennifer M. Derebery, MD, of the House Ear Institute in Los Angeles, showed that the rate of sleep problems in children with nasal allergies is 2 1/2 times that of children without allergies. Parents reported allergy symptoms caused their children to have difficulty falling asleep (32 percent), staying asleep (26 percent) or getting a good night's (29 percent).


The parents rated their children's productivity at 97 percent on symptom free days, compared with 68 percent on days when allergies are the worst.


The percentage of children with allergies that have difficulty with daily activities or accomplish less than expected was more than double that of children without allergies, note the researchers.


Nasal Allergy Symptoms Affect Daily Activities
The second study, presented by Michael S. Blaiss, MD, clinical professor of pediatrics and medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, looked at how severe symptoms affect children's daily activities.


Symptoms reported as moderate to severe included nasal congestion (75 percent); postnasal drip (70 percent); runny nose (65 percent); headache (59 percent); and red, itchy eyes (56 percent).

Similar to adults, the most bothersome symptoms affecting daily life, however, were nasal congestion and headache. Twenty-seven percent of parents reported nasal congestion as the most bothersome symptom in their children, and 13 percent reported headache.


Parents reported a 29 percent decrease in their children's productivity on days when nasal allergy symptoms were their worst, Blaiss reports.

Nasal Allergy Complaints Common
George McCrary, MD, a general practitioner from Fayetteville, Ark., says the loss in productivity is not surprising: "If you can't breathe, you're not going to be very productive."


He says complaints of coughing and trouble sleeping due to postnasal drip are common among both adults and children.

"I see kids every day where the teacher has told the parent to get the child treated because of coughing in school," McCrary says.

The studies were presented at The American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Scientific Meeting in Dallas.






Allergy-Linked Fatigue May Stem From Nasal Congestion, Interrupted Sleep

HERSHEY, Penn. -- New research from Penn State's College of Medicine finds that people with perennial allergies may attribute their daytime fatigue to causes such as the side effects of medications, when, in fact, the fatigue may be a result of nasal congestion and associated sleep fragmentation.

We treated the subjects with topical nasal corticosteriod. A few sprays on each side improved night time sleep and reduced daytime fatigue," explains the study's lead author, Timothy Craig, D.O., associate professor of medicine at Penn State's College of Medicine.

"Unlike steroids you get by injection or orally, this has very few adverse side effects," adds Craig, also an allergist/immunologist with the Penn State Geisinger Health System.

Approximately 15 to 20 percent of the population in the United States suffer from allergic rhinitis (AR), more commonly known as hay fever. The two-month study involved 20 patients. All the patients were perennial allergy suffers. Subjects with only seasonal allergies, known sleep apnea or other respiratory diseases were not involved in the study. Over the study period, patients completed a daily diary with questions pertaining to the severity of the nasal symptoms, sleep and their response to medication. There were nine questions about the severity of symptoms.
"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.

Craig and his colleagues' paper 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 the May issue of the Journal Allergy and Clinical Immunology.

Answer 2

I feel tired because my allergies keep me from getting a good night's sleep.

Answer 3

It is because the allergies had wipe out your body and your body needs to recover. I would recommend that you get benadryl it is an older version of the anthistamines and when you use it, it will make you sleep and when you wake up you will feel stronger and your allergies will be gone temporarily.

Answer 4

You have to understand what goes on inside of the body. Your immune system is trying to fight things that it doesn't like; that's why you have allergies. It takes a lot of energy to fight infections and stuff that enters the body. Make sure you eat plenty of carbs so that your blood cells have energy to keep going.

Answer 5

your body is fighting hard against the allergen - that's why..
As simple as this sounds, try taking extra Vitamin C - which is an immune booster.. your body doesn't store vitamin C, so it is totally safe, and dirt cheap too!
Try taking 1 gram 3 times daily.. it worked wonders for my allergies..

Answer 6

Try Mucinex and Psudophedrine together. They work wonders mixed together. Or you can also try a nasal spray. That will help with your congestion. The mucinex will help break up chest congestion. How long have you been experiencing these symptoms?