How to reduce hay fever symptoms at night – ‘Beneficial to your overall wellbeing’

Across the British Isles, hay fever is thought to affect around 10 million people, and almost one in four adults. The allergy can not only make life difficult for patients during daylight hours, but also at night time. Are runny noses and sore eyes hindering your quality of sleep? Here’s four essential tips to help cure your ailments at night.

Around 41 percent of adults consider themselves bad sleepers, according to new research by DFS.

Allergies, such as hay fever, can play a big role in preventing people from getting the kind of good quality rest their bodies require.

Luckily, Anne Marie Boyhan, sleep expert at The Sleep Care Co., is on hand to provide her expert advice, to aid your allergies at night time.

She told Express.co.uk that “keeping on top of dusting, vacuuming, and cleaning will aid allergies overall”. But if that’s not enough, then check out the following tips.

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Not only does the scent aid sleep, but the spray is also antibacterial, and will de-wrinkle your duvet too.

Lavender essential oil is believed to reduce anxiety symptoms, and is therefore ideal for anyone who struggles to unwind at the end of the day, or is dealing with stress.

If you don’t like the scent of lavender, then try bergamot essential oil, which is both anti-inflammatory and antibacterial.

Using a budget friendly DIY dust repellent will also help to reduce allergies by keeping dust away for longer.

For a simple yet effective dust repellent, make a mixture of:

• Half a teaspoon of olive oil
• One teaspoon of vinegar
• 120ml of water
• Two drops of washing up liquid
• 10 drops of an essential oil

Then, simply add the mixture to a spray bottle, apply onto a microfibre cloth, and dust.