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Never Wear These Clothing Items When Sleeping, Experts Warn

December 31, 2023 · Overall Well-Being
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5. Clothes you wore all-day

If you know what’s best for your sleep and your health, stay away from sleeping in clothes you’ve been wearing all day. You’ve probably sat down and touched many different surfaces in the course of ten or twelve hours while you’ve been away. Even if your clothes look clean, they should not be used as pajamas.

Oliver explains that they are probably contaminated with bacteria and allergens, which can cause irritations of the skin and even serious illnesses. In the case of people with seasonal allergies, the threat gets even more real. “If you wear these clothes overnight, you’re exposing yourself to additional hours of allergies which can make your allergy symptoms (sneezing, coughing, runny nose, watery/red/swollen eyes) worse,” says Pinto-Garcia. Maybe that’s the reason why you wake up in the morning with swollen eyes or a runny nose.

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20 responses to “Never Wear These Clothing Items When Sleeping, Experts Warn”

  1. Oneota says:
    April 28, 2024 at 4:26 pm

    The headline is about what NOT to wear, but the last items are what TO possibly wear.

    Reply
  2. Mary Joe Ryan says:
    April 29, 2024 at 2:29 pm

    All these suggestions make sense to me

    Reply
  3. Elizabeth Ann Rupe says:
    April 29, 2024 at 10:07 pm

    Thank you for all the bull cause I don’t wear any underwear in bed I have sleep-shirts but I have
    worn socks in bed when it was cold outside and I don’t like sleep masks and I’ll have blankets in
    many different colors.

    Reply
  4. Lynn Marie Nowak says:
    April 30, 2024 at 12:50 pm

    I need to wear a diaper every day and night. How do I avoid any side effects from this?

    Reply
  5. Lynn Marie Nowak says:
    April 30, 2024 at 12:52 pm

    I need to wear a diaper every day and night. How do I avoid any side effects from this?
    Thank you

    Reply
  6. Sandra Holcomb says:
    November 11, 2024 at 1:58 pm

    I appreciate all this advice. And, I was blessed to discover the main one I have been doing that I shouldn’t is “wearing earings ” to bed. This will stop tonight! But I do have some synthetic material pj’s that I sometimes wear, so those will have to go too.

    Reply
  7. Mike Noble says:
    November 12, 2024 at 3:03 pm

    The best solution is to sleep all natural, I have since my mid teens.
    I go to bed, within 10 min. top I am asleep, wake up about every 2 hours just long enough to see the time and back to sleep immediately. When I was young 4 to 5 hours max. sleep then I would wake up ready for the day. Since getting older (82 now) seems like I require 5 to 6 hours.

    Reply
  8. Elic says:
    November 12, 2024 at 3:50 pm

    I thought you said “Don’t wear these things” but you are actually suggesting wearing socks as well as sleep masks and/or ear plugs. And, I’m sorry, I am wearing most of these things… well, not the bra…

    Reply
  9. John Tom says:
    November 12, 2024 at 6:46 pm

    Ignore all these suggestions, just sleep bare. More comfrotable and super romantic, when your love is next to you.

    Reply
  10. Susanne Bowers says:
    November 16, 2024 at 5:19 pm

    Always wear cotton socks in colder months as they also seem to stop the awful cramps I get in my tendons in calves.
    But I use poly cotton sheets as linens and cotton have to be ironed and I am 80 now!
    The rest make sense tho’ I am guilty of some like leaving on my bra at night.

    Reply
  11. Mike says:
    February 2, 2025 at 5:01 pm

    Seriously? You are giving health-related advice and you can’t even use big-boy/girl words?
    “sp*rm production, cand*da, ye*st infections, gen*tals” Grow up

    Reply
  12. J says:
    February 4, 2025 at 4:34 pm

    So, the end take on clothing to bed is sleep nude. No problems with skin not breathing, overheating, too tight, or wrong type of material. Good old fashioned cotton is next to impossible to find anymore, it is mixed with many various types of synthetics.

    Reply
  13. Ronnie says:
    February 5, 2025 at 10:42 pm

    What did these have to do with, “6 Signs a Blood Clot Is Hiding in Your Body Now?” They were about sleep NOT Blood Clots. Where is the article about blood clots?

    Reply
  14. Gretchenbaz says:
    February 9, 2025 at 8:43 pm

    I think I’ll just sleep nekkid, thank you.

    Reply
  15. Sue says:
    March 15, 2025 at 4:46 pm

    Why are you censoring such words as yeast, sperm, genitals and candida? These are legitimate words with a specific meaning. Unless you are a toddler who thinks it too potty mouthed to be adult when discussing adult topics, I suggest you grow up, develop your language skills and learn to write and speak like an adult.

    Reply
  16. Sharon Henderson says:
    March 17, 2025 at 2:55 pm

    Agree with gretchenbaz

    Reply
  17. Armando says:
    January 21, 2026 at 6:37 am

    Better sleep naked 💪💪

    Reply
  18. Charlotte says:
    March 9, 2026 at 2:55 am

    Why is everything so damn complicated, forget what I’m wearing give me a Xanax…. Good night.

    Reply
  19. Marcus says:
    March 9, 2026 at 4:04 pm

    We both sleep naked, the only thing that sometimes effects our sleep is both of us sleeping naked, but we don’t really mind…..

    Reply
  20. N says:
    March 9, 2026 at 11:26 pm

    I would read your articles if your 1,2,3,4,5, etc., were on one page. Turning pages over and over is too time consuming, so I pass on them.

    Reply

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