How do nasal decongestants work?

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How does it make it seem as though your nose isn’t stuffy anymore? How come I can breathe through one nostril and not the other when I’m congested? How does fixing your positioning (I.e.) putting your head higher help with congestion? 🙂 ur welcome for my 18273729101 questions & ty for ur answers 🙂

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One thing you may not have noticed, but becomes more apparent when you are congested, is that you only breathe through one nostril at a time under normal circumstances. This is called the [nasal cycle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasal_cycle), and your nose switches which nostril you breathe through every few hours.

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