TIGHT COLLAR DANGERS

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 886, 1 February 1930, Page 6

TIGHT COLLAR DANGERS

RESTRICT BLOOD FLOW Dress reform for men has at least one feature which appeals to the medical mind. This is the open collar, writes “a Physician” in the London “Daily Express.” Abolition of the collar which is both stiff and tight is an essential feature of all hygieijic clothing. Even if the collar is not stiff, if it is tightly fitting to the neck it is harm-

ful. In order to be innocuous the collar must fit so loosely that a finger is easily slipped between it and the neck. In fact, the sensible collar is just what the average man is brought up to regard as a badly fitting one. It will be a boon when fashion allows loose collars. Constriction near the base of the neck to the extent which is commonly caused by the well-fitting collar is productive of much harm. The great vessels through which blood returns from the brain and the head generally are pressed upon. Their walls are not rigid, and cannot resist the pressure which a tight collar brings to bear on them. Consequently these veins are squeezed, their internal diameter at the site of the constriction is lessened, and the blood, which should flow easily on, passes only with undue difficulty. The evil results of interfering with free bloow-flow from the head are many. Headache is often to be traced to this cause. Congestion of the nose

and of the throat, which results in irritating cough or in attacks of sneezing, is often attributable to the wearing of a tight collar. Lassitude and mental dullness may often be shown to arise from the same cause. Frequently the greatest help to mental activity when a man feels disinclined for any intellectual exertion is to remove the collar. It is almost as important that the neck should be unhampered as it is that there should be no constriction around the waist. Everyone knows the discomforts of a belt that is tight enough to interfere with free play of the breathing apparatus. The baneful effects of a tight collar are as real, although they are not so obvious, and are, therefore, far too common.

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