What will happen to the body if you sleep without a pillow?
'16.02.2019'
Source: Rambler
To the question of what will happen if you sleep without using a pillow, only an expert can competently answer, namely, a doctor of appropriate qualifications - an orthopedic surgeon, a somnologist, a neurophysiologist, etc.
Many domestic and foreign experts studied the effect of the lack of a pillow on sleep: Michael Tetley, Elena Tsareva, Denis Gross, and others. They all agreed on one thing: there are cases where the lack of a pillow has a positive effect on health, and there are cases of the “reverse” effect, t . e. harm writes Rambler. In medicine, there are cases when it is strongly recommended to sleep without using a pillow - on a flat surface (mattress).
So, for newborns up to 1-2 months it is recommended not to put anything under the head during sleep. Such advice allows not to interfere with the active formation of the spine at this age. It is believed that the spine is still so weak that it is quite easy to bend.
When to sleep without a pillow is bad?
Beginning with the 1 year of life, this sleeping accessory must be used, otherwise in the absence of it, the following health problems may soon appear:
- discomfort - this is one of the most minimal drawbacks of the absence of such an important accessories for sleep;
- chronic lack of sleep, lethargy, decrease in concentration, general loss of strength (the mattress is usually more rigid than a pillow, so it does not give that comfort during sleep, contributes to the emergence of a large number of symptoms of indisposition, as a result - the lack of normal life activity);
- snoring (when the head is on a flat surface for a long time, the lumen of the airways changes, narrows, resulting in an increased risk of snoring);
- osteochondrosis (flat bed - a provocateur for the development of this disease, it is especially dangerous to sleep without a pillow for those who already have back problems);
- ischemic stroke (the disease arises because in the absence of a sleeping accessory the position of the spine becomes abnormal, blood does not flow through the arteries, fasting occurs).
Lack of bedding can also affect a person’s appearance. With an even position during sleep, not only a wrinkled look may appear, but wrinkles as well. Doctors are confident that not only the lack of an accessory for sleep can cause health problems, but also a wrong pillow. It should not be too soft, but not too hard.
Also, the most "useful" for the spine are rollers for sleep or orthopedic pillows, on which the spine is located in the correct anatomical position.
