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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Carsen Holaday

Doctors share what sleeping with a fan on does to your body and health

Summer heat waves are trickiest at night. When it’s too hot to sleep, you toss and turn on a sweat-soaked mattress. When you resort to air conditioning, you can wake up with dry skin in an ice-cold room.

Keeping a trusty fan blowing on you throughout the night seems like it would be the best middle ground for staying cool on humid evenings — but they can also bring on some annoying side effects.

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