Falling asleep may cause dizziness, nausea and vomiting if it causes abnormal neck posture and compresses the vertebral artery or sympathetic nerves.
Pillow fall is usually due to the neck and shoulder muscles are in a state of excessive tension for a long time, often manifested as upper back, neck and shoulder pain after waking up, limited neck movement. Some patients who have cervical spondylosis, in the case of prolonged abnormal neck posture, may compress the vertebral artery or sympathetic nerve, is likely to lead to dizziness, nausea, vomiting symptoms.
The patient can massage the neck, but also with the use of electric blankets, hot towels or rubbing the palm of the hand to hot compresses on the neck, and moderate neck activity exercise, can effectively relax the neck muscles, relieve dizziness, nausea and other phenomena.
If the pain continues to be intolerable in patients with fallen pillow, short-term administration of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, such as ibuprofen, meloxicam, celecoxib and so on, can be taken.
Falling pillow may lead to dizziness, nausea and vomiting, may be related factors are not limited to the examples in this article, such as symptoms are serious or continue to be difficult to relieve themselves, it is recommended to go to the hospital in a timely manner to improve the relevant examinations to determine the cause of the disease, under the guidance of the physician for standardized treatment. The drugs mentioned above should be taken under the guidance of a physician to avoid blindly taking medication on their own.