Xinmin Evening News reporter Zuo Yeon
, some of the sleeping posture of the mobile phone software red, WeChat friends circle suddenly appeared in all kinds of "wonderful flowers" sleeping posture: some " Some of them occupy themselves in the entire bed, some of them curl up into a ball, others lie in their faces and bury their faces in pillows. Sleeping posture reflects habitual personality and can also affect health problems. Experts point out that sleeping posture is not too serious, but it should not be too capricious. Healthy people can choose comfortable posture, but patients with special diseases and specific groups should pay attention to sleeping posture.
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a foreign sleep expert once found that about 41% of the people are sleeping in the fetus, that is, sleeping on the side, the legs are curled up, the most common sleeping posture; about 15% is the landing position, that is, On the side of sleep, both legs stretch and arms are on both sides of the arm, it is the second common posture; about 13% belong to the longing person, and this posture is also sideways, but the arms will stretch out to the front, a bit like the "zombie" in the film and television drama; about 8% is the sleeping posture of the soldiers, the arms are placed on the two sides of the body, and the 7% is the free falling posture, that is lie prone, head side side, Two arms around the pillow; starfish sleeping posture accounted for 5%, that is, when the supine, two arms extended upward, placed on both sides of the head.
"most of the normal people have to turn over and change positions after falling asleep. They will not maintain a fixed position to sleep until dawn." Sun Wuquan, the director of the Department of Chinese and Western medicine, affiliated to the Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Yueyang, told reporters that only very tired, drunk and other states, people enter deep sleep, will keep a certain position for a long time, otherwise a night to turn dozens of body is very common, and normal people's sleeping posture has no effect on health.
"in the past, some doctors suggested that we should sleep hard beds, which is rarely mentioned now." Sun Wuquan said, from a health point of view, mattress can not be too soft, with appropriate hardness as a support, but do not blindly pursue "hard", or to sleep comfortably. He also mentioned that some parents blindly let the baby sleep a "head type", use a variety of means to fix the head of the baby, which is not advisable, should keep the baby's head to keep free rotation.
the dispute between the side of the particular group lies on the side and on the supine position
if the patient is a specific disease, the sleeping posture is very particular. Tang Jie, chief physician of Department of respiration, Yueyang Hospital, said that the influence of sleep position on respiratory system is mainly reflected in patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome. In supine, self gravity causes the back of the tongue and the soft palate to move back, and the hyoid bone ahead of the tongue raises the tongue, which leads to the decrease of the lacunar between the back of the tongue and the hard palate, and the narrowest narrowing of the upper respiratory tract. Therefore, the supine position is more likely to cause anoxia than the supine position. This is why doctors in Department of respiration have always advocated snoring for lying on the side.
"the heart is located on the left side of the chest. Right lateral decubitus can relieve the pressure of the heart and facilitate blood flow. The liver is located on the right side, which is conducive to blood flow." Moreover, the outlet of the gastrointestinal tract is on the right side, and the right lateral position is conducive to the outflow of the stomach, which is conducive to the digestion and absorption of food and the metabolism of the human body. Tang Jie added.
Fan Min, the director of Department of Cardiology, Yueyang Hospital, believes that for healthy people, both left or right side will not have much influence on the heart, but there is no oppression on any of the organs. Generally speaking, patients with heart disease are not recommended to lie prone, or they may cause oxygen to affect breathing; the left heart is not recommended for obvious enlargement of the heart; the patients with chronic heart failure can properly cushion the pillow.
Sun Wuquan said that from the comparison of several sleeping positions, it seems that the lateral position is more admired than the supine position, but actually supine position is not without merit. For patients with pain in the back, the spine is most relaxed in the supine position and can get a good rest to relieve the pain. Some patients with shoulder neck pain can lie on the back or side, as long as the neck has enough support and it is easy to relax.
some netizens ask, what is the best sleeping posture for pregnant women? For this, Duan Tao, a specialist in obstetrics and director of Shanghai First Maternal and Infant Health-Care Hospital, told reporters that, after entering the middle and late pregnancy, if you take a supine, the heavy uterus will oppress the inferior vena cava and the abdominal aorta, the circulation of the blood is affected, and there may be some discomfort, such as panic and shortness of breath. I can't sleep. "The vast majority of the inferior vena cava in the right side of the spine, the abdominal aorta on the left side, the same pressure in the same situation, the extent of the vein is more affected than the artery, so it is often suggested that pregnant women 15-30 degrees left lying, can use a long strip pillow on the body side." Duan Tao pointed out that pregnant women do not have to worry about lying on the side will oppress the fetus in the abdomen, because the fetus has protection in amniotic fluid. However, if you feel uncomfortable on the left side, you can choose other positions. The basic principle is "comfort and safety". No sleeping position is mandatory.