We know that sleeping is actually an important event in life. One third of a person's life is spent in sleep, which shows the importance of sleep to people. Then the question is coming. When sleeping, is it healthiest to sleep to the left? In fact, the answer is not absolute. Take different sleeping positions according to everyone's actual situation, which varies from person to person. ?
We can know from the human body structure diagram that almost all the important organs of the human body are on the left side, and sleeping on the left side may have harmful effects on heart pressure, cardiac output or cardiac nerve function, so avoiding sleeping on the left side is actually a protective measure for the heart. Sleep on the left or right, it varies from person to person. There is no such thing as the best sleeping position. In fact, each sleeping position has its own advantages and disadvantages.
For healthy people, both sides can sleep. Because everyone has their own living habits and sleeping habits, healthy adults don't have to deliberately correct their sleeping posture so as not to affect their sleep. In the past, many people thought that the right lateral position was better, because the human heart was located on the left side of the chest, and the right lateral position could reduce the pressure on the heart and be beneficial to the blood output of the heart. According to the statistics of medical research, the incidence of heart disease in people who are used to the left lateral position is actually lower than that in people who are used to the right lateral position. The main reason is that due to mild compression, you can exercise your heart function and it is not easy to get heart disease. But for patients who already have heart disease, it is better to lie on the right side, which is conducive to reducing the burden on the heart and pumping blood. Therefore, whether you sleep on the left or right, as long as you can ensure the quality of sleep and you are not sleepy the next day, it is the most suitable sleeping position for you.
For those patients with right limb paralysis and sequelae of cerebrovascular disease, sleeping in the right lateral position will lead to compression of the right limb and poor blood circulation. Therefore, it will be better to sleep on the left side. Similarly, pregnant women in the third trimester will compress the inferior vena cava and abdominal aorta because of the enlargement of the uterus, and the stress on the vein is greater than that on the aorta. Therefore, doctors often advise pregnant women to sleep on the left side, which will make blood circulation smoother and prevent discomfort such as palpitation and chest tightness, thus ensuring the sleep quality of pregnant women. In addition, in the third trimester of pregnancy, pregnant women's uterus may turn right, and taking the left sleeping position can effectively relieve uterine vascular tension, thus ensuring the blood volume and oxygen content of the embryo.
So when you sleep, you should decide whether to sleep on the left or the right according to everyone's actual situation.
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