Sleeping on the same pillow and mattress for years is bad for your health

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How often should you change your bedding so that it doesn't cause health problems? Experts have told us.

Experts have said that sleeping on the same mattress for more than eight years is harmful to your health. But pillows should be changed every two years. There are many reasons why you need to change your pillow and mattress often. First of all, more and more dust mites settle in old mattresses every year. Therefore, people may develop allergies or asthma, start to have neck and back pain. Because of this, you will toss and turn in your sleep for a long time, which means you will not sleep well.

You need to change your mattress every eight years. After 40 years, even more often. It is worth buying new pillows every two years. Experts believe that sleeping on an old pillow can cause pain, problems with sleep, and you will start to feel stress every day.

– If you have already started to feel pain in your neck and back, urgently go to the store for new items for your bed. If your mattress and pillow have received any damage, you should not delay replacing them, – the somnologist commented.

If in your dream you move with the mattress when you change your body position, throw it away without regret. Because of it, a quality night's rest will only be a dream.