How to prevent the occurrence of cervical spondylosis in summer The summer heat is in full swing, and most people have entered a period of exhaustion, diffidence, lethargy and restlessness. High temperatures are unbearable and artificial cooling is exceptionally common in the summer, often causing people to reciprocate between hot and cool environments in their work lives; people also have problems with diet and sleep due to the weather. In view of this, cervical spine patients want to maintain the continuous healthy operation of the cervical spine in the summer and reduce the occurrence of cervical spondylosis symptoms, in summary, it is recommended that we should adhere to three basic principles in the summer: principle one: greedy for cool degrees: the arrival of summer, the external environment is hot, in order to avoid the heat, people are always trying different methods. 1, air conditioning, fans: air conditioning cold, evening fan to the neck cooled and acute pain in the cervical spine in the summer is very typical. While enjoying the cool, there should be degrees, pay attention to the grasp of the air conditioning temperature; fan fan at night, in the night cool, but also pay attention to the neck and shoulder warmth. 2, riverside leisurely walk: summer night, many people like to leisurely walk in the riverside, lakeside. At night, the temperature of rivers and lakeside is too low, and it is also easy to cause discomfort to the neck and shoulders due to the cold wind. If you occasionally feel a cold neck, you should promptly rub it with your hands, and it is best for women to bring a shawl. 3, cold bath: cervical spine patients should try to avoid cold bath, especially after sweating, otherwise it is easy to cause acute symptoms. After exercise or sweating, bathing with slightly hot water, more heat not to say, but also a good way to relieve neck and shoulder stiffness or pain. Principle 2: Diet: Summer diet should be light, spicy food can easily lead to body fire, inflammation, for cervical spondylosis patients, neck inflammation, can directly stimulate the adjacent muscles and ligaments, resulting in the vertebral joints inside and outside the balance of imbalance, inducing pain and other symptoms of cervical spondylosis. Principle 3: Pastimes have degrees: 1, staying up late hurts more neck: summer is coming, “night owls” also increased. Sleep time is reduced, the cervical spine on the fatigue of self-repair and adjustment is also a problem, over time, easy to aggravate the cervical spine disease. Summer can be appropriate to reduce the amount of sleep at night, to supplement the nap, but should not be less than seven hours. In addition, special emphasis should be placed on the summer more attention should be paid to the selection of pillows, breathable performance, comfortable pillows can reduce the number of cervical spine patients turn over in the summer, more conducive to deep sleep and cervical spine repair, some conventional such as down pillows, not suitable for use in the summer, good pillow brand will generally be introduced in the summer more suitable for summer sleep pillow series, if your pillow in the summer sleep feeling more stuffy or hot then Can be considered, such as the bamboo fiber of the Biho, Zen rhyme spinning rain linen and sunshine cotton products. 2, smoking and alcohol need to be abstinent: smoking can induce laryngitis, and laryngitis on the symptoms of cervical spondylosis triggering effect is obvious, physicians tend to emphasize that cervical spine patients should quit smoking; wine, especially frozen beer, in the summer although it is a good thing to relieve the heat, but for some rheumatic bone disease patients, it is very easy to aggravate the disease. Overall, cervical spine patients should pay more attention to the formation of good habits in the summer than ordinary people.