How high is the pillow?

We all know the importance of sleep to a person. In order to have a good sleep, the bed plays an important role, and the pillow is also an essential focus! Sometimes we feel unwell, mostly because improper use of pillows, too high or too low, will affect our health. To this end, we bring you some knowledge about how high pillows are, hoping to help you!

How high is the pillow suitable?

1. Rest easy is not carefree.

Normal people sleep with a pillow too high, whether lying on their back or on their side, it will change the physiological curvature of the cervical spine. Over time, the neck muscles will strain and twitch, accelerate the deformation of intervertebral joints, promote the formation of bone spurs, and lead to cervical instability and other problems. In addition, a high pillow will increase the angle between the neck and the chest, hinder the ventilation of the trachea, and easily lead to dry throat, sore throat and snoring.

2. Low pillows are uncomfortable

Normal people's long-term sleeping with a low pillow will also change the physiological state of cervical vertebrae. Because there is no valve in the vein of the head, gravity will slow down the venous return of the brain and increase the blood supply to the artery, resulting in discomfort such as rising head, irritability and insomnia.

3. How to judge height

Pillow is too high-if you exclude the disease factors, you will have neurasthenia symptoms such as neck pain, headache, dizziness, tinnitus, insomnia, etc., or feel numb in your hands and feet during sleep, which is probably because your pillow is too high.

Pillow is too low-if you don't drink water before going to bed, but wake up and find your face swollen, it may be that the pillow is too low and your head is slightly congested. If the pillow is too low, the chin will lift up, and it is easy to open your mouth and breathe, leading to snoring.

4. What is the appropriate height?

Usually, the suitable height of the pillow is 10 ~ 15 cm, but the specific size depends on everyone's physiological characteristics, especially the physiological curvature of the neck. People with broad shoulders and fat bodies can have a slightly higher pillow, while thin people can have a slightly lower pillow.

After reading the above introduction about how high the pillow is, do you have a new understanding of pillows?