SAN DIEGO (KGTV) \u2014 If you have been struggling to sleep during the heatwave, a San Diego doctor says the heat may be affecting your sleep the same way alcohol does.<\/p>\n
Dr. Heidi Meyer, a primary care physician and sleep expert with Kaiser Permanente, says if you have had a hard time sleeping lately, or have been feeling tired, the heat is to blame.<\/p>\n
“So heat has the same impact on sleep as other things that disrupt sleep, things like alcohol, and certain recreational drugs,” Meyer said.<\/p>\n
Meyer explains that the body’s core temperature needs to drop to enter deep, REM sleep, the restorative phase of sleep.<\/p>\n
“If you’re getting those consecutive nights in a row of hot environment sleep, you really are kind of going into a type of sleep deprivation,” Meyer said.<\/p>\n
For the 1 in 4 San Diegans without air conditioning, the heatwave is unbearable even after dark.<\/p>\n
Tuesday, people in Pacific Beach tried to escape the heat. <\/p>\n
“I came to bring my girls to cool off, and it’s pretty hot,” one San Diegan said.<\/p>\n
Others said they were considering getting AC. <\/p>\n
“I got a couple fans, but I gotta get one of those portable AC things,” another said.<\/p>\n
Dr. Meyer says a few things can help:<\/p>\n
Take a warm shower before bed, which actually helps lower body temperature.Sleep with 100% cotton or linen pajamas and sheets.Use a fan.<\/p>\n
The heatwave is expected to pass soon, with cooler temperatures forecast for this weekend. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN DIEGO (KGTV) \u2014 If you have been struggling to sleep during the heatwave, a San Diego doctor…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":487553,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[62229,190440,19931,74,76,99928,75],"class_list":["post-487552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-air-conditioning","tag-heat-affecting-sleep","tag-heat-wave","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-heat","tag-san-diego-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=487552"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487552\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/487553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=487552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=487552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=487552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}