Do you sleep with a mask? What is the effect of wearing a mask when sleeping at night?

In the cold winter, due to the influence of the weather, inhaling a lot of cold air will have adverse effects on the human body. If it can be relieved after wearing a mask, then wear a mask to sleep? What is the effect of wearing a mask when sleeping at night? Wearing a mask to sleep can not only bring benefits to the human body, but also may have adverse effects on health. Let's learn more about the details below.

1. Will you sleep with a mask?

Wearing a mask has advantages and disadvantages. Wearing a mask to sleep has advantages and disadvantages. It is recommended to choose according to your own situation. However, it is not recommended to wear a mask to sleep for a long time, so as not to breathe poorly and threaten life safety.

2. Benefits of wearing a mask to sleep

Wearing a mask to sleep corrects open mouth breathing. The open mouth breathing that you try to check is not good for your health, and it will not only induce diseases, but also become uglier as it grows longer. Wearing a mask to sleep can correct the habit of sleeping with your mouth open. It should be noted that you can wear a thick mask and then remember to expose your nose.

3. Wear a mask to sleep to prevent bad breath

In daily life, when we talk or eat, our mouth will secrete some saliva because of stimulation, but when we sleep, our mouth will be relatively dry, so bacteria multiply in large numbers, leading to bad breath when we get up the next morning. To prevent bad breath in the morning, you can sleep and wear a mask to keep your mouth moist.

4. Wear a mask to sleep and moisturize the skin

If anyone pays attention, you can see wearing a mask to sleep in the star reality show. At this time, wearing a mask is generally a hyaluronic acid mask. This kind of hyaluronic acid mask for sleeping has a special vent hole, so it is not afraid of boredom when sleeping, and the inner layer contains hyaluronic acid, which is the kind of thick cotton piece that is slightly moist, not only preventing colds and relieving sore throat, but also getting up the next day. The skin is moist and moist, and the color is particularly good.

5. Disadvantages of sleeping with a mask

(1) Sleeping with a mask is prone to lack of oxygen

Masks are generally used for their protection. Although they can filter impurities in the air, they will also increase the resistance to breathing, resulting in poor breathing. Especially when sleeping at night, wearing a mask is more likely to lead to poor breathing and hypoxia.

(2) Sleeping with a mask is easy to catch a cold

Sleeping with a mask is easy to catch a cold, because there are abundant capillaries in the nasal mucosa, which can heat and humidify the air entering the nasal cavity. Wearing a mask while sleeping is easy to make the mucosa of the nasal cavity and the whole respiratory tract not exercise, resulting in decreased function, easy to be infected by bacteria, but easy to catch a cold.

(3) Wear a mask to sleep and breed bacteria

After using a mask for a period of time, a large number of bacteria, viruses and various particles in the atmosphere will be attached, and the humid and hot air exhaled by people will accelerate the reproduction of bacteria and viruses, which is more likely to endanger health. Sleeping for a long time and wearing a mask will breed bacteria and affect health.

6. Precautions for sleeping with a mask

1. Wear a mask to clean your hands and avoid polluting the mask.

2. Old people, children or people with respiratory diseases should not wear masks when sleeping.

3. Pay attention to changing, cleaning and disinfection of masks. Disposable masks should not be worn for many times.

4. It is not recommended to wear the mask for a long time. If you feel unwell, take it off in time.

7. How to deal with poor sleep quality at night

1. Don't be nervous, build up confidence and seek reasonable and effective ways to overcome insomnia. Insomnia is not a serious disease, and it doesn't matter if you sleep less for a few hours a day or a few days. Can be combined with dietotherapy, traditional Chinese medicine, western medicine, acupuncture, physical therapy, qigong and so on.

Second, for secondary insomnia, we should mainly deal with the basic diseases or conditions that cause insomnia. Generally speaking, insomnia will be cured after the cause of insomnia is solved.

Third, for the treatment of primary insomnia, the most important thing is to adjust sleep habits and restore normal biological rhythm. Sleep time varies from person to person, and shorter sleep time has little effect on human body.

Fourth, general insomnia can be cured through etiological, psychological and physical relaxation treatment. Sleeping pills are only used when necessary, and they are temporary and cannot be taken for a long time. Otherwise, it is easy to produce tolerance and dependence.