Why do you always feel sicker at night?!


Question: Whenever I get sick, I always feel worse at night, and right now I have a cold and I feel like I'm going to die, but earlier today, I felt ok, just a sore throat and sneezing. Do you ever feel like that? Do you know why?

And by the way, I am going to the doctor tomorrow. So hopefully I'll get some antibiotics.


Answers: Whenever I get sick, I always feel worse at night, and right now I have a cold and I feel like I'm going to die, but earlier today, I felt ok, just a sore throat and sneezing. Do you ever feel like that? Do you know why?

And by the way, I am going to the doctor tomorrow. So hopefully I'll get some antibiotics.

Human body temperature is higher in the evening, leading to more 'throbbing' in affected areas, also as others have noted, less distractions make you more aware of problems, classic example is toothache !

I know what you mean, I think it is because in the day, your moving around and doing things, works the body and keeps your mind thinking of other things, at night, most of the time, your in bed with nothing to do. Yahoo Answers is a good way to keep your mind off your cold though :) I hope you feel better soon

omg that's happening to me right now!!! i have strep throat, and during the day it seems to improve and then at night it starts hurting like a b**** and i get all feverish. i have NO idea why that happens

It may be due to lower light levels at night. Light on the skin makes us produce Vitamin E which has recently been found to play a much larger role than first thought in immune response. For instance, it may explain why people with TB a hundred years or so ago were often sent to the seaside, and often got better. The increased daylight exposure could have allowed them to synthesise more Vitamin E and thus have a much better immune response.

Antibiotics will do nothing for a cold, as a cold is a virus, antibiotics only work on bacteria. However a sore throat, and in particular the chest infection that can come with a bad cold will be helped by antibiotics. If you're given antibiotics, always take the full course or you may help to create antibiotic-resistant strains of things which would be very very bad.

Doug has a good point.

When you are active and moving around your body feels better. When you sit and retire in the evening, your blood and mucous coagulates, making you sicker.

Night temperature is always lower & hence atmosphere is colder. Whenever I feel such things, I cover me up by a blanket from head to feet & the next day I'm fine. I don't use a/c at night.





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