My Nose and My Sleep
Jordan C Stern, MD Nasal Congestion and Sleep We really don’t appreciate the nose until we have a cold and cant breathe through it. We have to open our mouth, get a dry throat, and just not get that sensation that we are really breathing. That’s because the nose has receptors in it that tell the brain that we are breathing, and this makes us feels comfortable. So when we’re not breathing through the nose, the brain is not really sure what’s happening, and this can give us t