Can you suffocate by wearing a mask? Can you suffocate by wearing a mask?

There are many stars wearing masks to sleep on TV, and some people will learn this behavior in life. Will they suffocate when they sleep with masks?

Can you suffocate when you sleep with a mask?

It won't suffocate, but it's easy to lose oxygen when sleeping with a mask.

Masks are generally used for protective functions. Although they can filter impurities in the air, they will also increase the resistance to breathing, leading to poor breathing. Especially when sleeping at night, wearing a mask is more likely to lead to poor breathing and lack of oxygen.

Advantages and disadvantages of wearing a mask to sleep at night

Benefits:

In order to improve the humidity of nasal cavity and throat, and make it difficult for germs to reproduce, you can try to wear a wet mask when sleeping, which can not only prevent colds, but also relieve the symptoms of thirsty throat when you get up in the morning.

Disadvantages:

For normal people, human respiratory mucosa is covered with microvessels. After the nose inhales cold air, the mucosa of the nasopharynx and trachea heats and humidifies the cold air, which makes it close to body temperature when it enters the lungs. This "process" can exercise the nasal cavity and respiratory tract and improve the body's ability to keep out the cold. If you wear a mask for a long time, the human body lacks exercise, and it is easier to catch a cold with a slight cold.

Wear a disposable mask every day, okay?

In fact, there is no harm in wearing a disposable mask every day, but don't wear it for a long time, because bacteria will fall on the mask when coughing and breathing, and wearing it for a long time will cause bacterial invasion; And if it's a disposable mask, it's best not to reuse it when you take it off halfway, and you can exchange it for a new one.

Precautions for wearing a mask

1, wearing a mask means washing your hands to avoid polluting the mask.

2. Old people, children or people with respiratory diseases can't wear masks when sleeping.

3. Pay attention to the replacement, cleaning and disinfection of masks. Disposable masks cannot be worn multiple times.

4, wearing a mask should not be too long, generally 6 hours is the upper limit, otherwise, you can't breathe fresh air for a long time, which will reduce your resistance.

5, masks can not be worn on both sides in turn, because the outward side is easy to absorb germs. If you don't clean it, put the outward side in, which is easy to get infected with germs.

6. Wear the mask according to the packaging instructions, including fastening the tether of the mask tightly, so that the mask is close to the face. If the mask is worn too loosely and does not fit the face, air will enter from the side gap, and the preventive effect cannot be achieved. In addition, it is necessary to cover your nose and mouth. Some people only cover their mouths, because the nose is the main way for human air to pass in and out.

7. It is best to prepare more masks for easy replacement and cleaning. Wearing a mask for a long time makes me feel bored. If I want to take off my mask and catch my breath, I have to go to a clean area without virus infection, a place where people are not concentrated.