Why do cold and flu symptoms seem worse at night?

In the thick of cold and flu season, some wonder why their symptoms worsen when they're trying to sleep

[jamieunderhill]

POV: watching this because your flu is slowly killing you and you can’t sleep or breathe or get up or do anything and it’s getting concerning so your doing research👍👍👍

[milky]

It's currently almost 5 am for me. Been in bed since 12 am. Waking up every 15 to 60 minutes

[toast]

I woke up at midnight and both holes in my nose were blocked and I'm sitting there thinking "well fuck now I'm gonna be awake for 6 hours.."

[trentrandle]

I’m literally crying I’ve never had the flu this is destroying me and my whole everything.

[burntramen]

I woke up at 2:30am this morning and my throat was burrrning.

[purpletom_yt]

Who is watching right now with a cold? I am!

[DangiloHankerson]

The flu is the worse. Watching this after having the flu. I was so miserable, couldn’t sleep, couldn’t breathe, body aching all over . Took 60 ml of NyQuil in 12 hours and slept only 2 hours 😫

[rapidhistory]

To anyone also suffering from a cold heres what helps me

Put several pillows below your head to elevate it

Play music or sounds on your phone while you try to sleep it gives you smth to focus on and distracts you long enough to fall asleep

[anahata]

Couldn't sleep because of a horrible sore throat!! Worse than my Covid sore throat!!!

[Ruby]

Currently have the flu and woke up crying two nights in a row…body aches

[coreymichael]

3rd fever I’ve had in the space of a year. Can’t sleep, I’m shaking, I’m shivering but sweating, zero energy, my head is like an African drum and won’t ease up at all. This is hell. Now I’m having to miss work yet again which is giving me horrible anxiety

[TheDevilmayfart]

I hate the flu. I thought I'd be better in like two days because that's usually how long it takes me to recover from a fever but my sleep schedule has been hell because I feel so miserable I can't sleep. Longest I've ever been sick I'll probably have to take over a week off from work ffs

[hellomickey]

Gotta get my flu vaccine after this shitty disease, I got flu for 2 times this month
I feel so miserable 😭 can’t sleep, can’t eat much, body aches everywhere, fever up and down, super dizzy, sore throat, and blocked nose hole😂

[Mxl]

Broke out in a fever, luckily I sweated it out the first night, but my body still hurts especially my back.

[TruRaidersG]

Not just cold and flu got worse at night. GERD heartburn get worst at night too.

[Ugar]

Thumbnail looks like Anthony Joshua thinking back to all that crazy he said post Usyk fight

[rossrobson]

4th day of missing work now because of this pissing flu my boss is getting angry but it's hardly my fault that it won't go my head is killing me, nose completely blocked, throat hurts amd just can't get hardly any sleep, wish it would just do one

[MadHatterDJ-]

Well I’m just about to go to bed with a cold. I’ll try an extra pillow but I feel like that will mess with my aching neck.

[ch-wldp]

Bruh I've been waking up randomly for 2 days in a row crying from how much i had to cough. This 3rd day it wont even let me sleep and 8 can literally feel the texture of the soar throat. Imma try to go to bed but i already know that aint happening

[unknown-xxrv]

I get anxiety trying to breath in class since my nostrils are stuffed I have to breath with my mouth but then I feel like I'm breathing to loud. Now imagine sitting in a quite class for 1 hour wondering if your breathing right