Nasal Stuffiness
This may sound crazy, but we read a book about breathing that said if you are a mouth breather, particularly at night, then you will accumulate more CO2 in your system and not enough oxygen and that can cause snoring and more mucous. So we now put tape over our mouth at night and both the snoring and the stuffiness have been reduced and often eliminated. It also has increased our lung capacity which increases the amount of oxygen that we are getting which isn't a bad thing for our health. And believe it or not, you can get used to having the tape on. We use paper tape which isn't as hard on the skin.
The dust mite issue is easily fixed by using dust mite covers on the pillows and mattress. And the netti pot is also very useful.
Because it happens just at night when you lie down, it probably is related to the dust mite and CO2 as those are the factors that come into play then.
Diet may be related, as grains. especially wheat and corn. can create a nasal challenge.
Just some thoughts.
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