For patients with chronic diseases, choosing the correct sleeping posture can not only help to eliminate fatigue, but also alleviate the illness and promote health. Especially for some special diseases, the correct sleeping posture is more important.
Hypertension patients: pillow supine position.
In patients with hypertension, the cerebral arteries are hardened, the elasticity is poor, and the blood vessels themselves have lost their ability to regulate. If the head is in a low position, the cerebral blood perfusion will increase and the cerebrovascular load will be too heavy, which may lead to brain edema and cerebrovascular hemorrhage. Therefore, patients with hypertension (especially elderly patients) should rest on their pillows and sleep in supine position. Pillows are generally about 15 cm high, and they will feel uncomfortable if they are too high or too low.
Patients with cerebral thrombosis and emphysema: supine position
According to reports, experts surveyed 2000 patients with cerebral infarction and found that more than 95% of them were used to lying on their side. In this way, in the case of arteriosclerosis itself, the blood flow disorder is aggravated, especially the blood flow velocity in the neck is slowed down, and it is easy to gradually gather at the injury of the intima of the artery to form a thrombus. According to this, experts from the First Hospital of Wuhan said that in order to eliminate this hidden danger, it is more appropriate to sleep on your back.
Middle-aged and elderly people with emphysema should also lie on their backs, raise their heads, and at the same time extend their hands slightly upward to keep breathing unobstructed, which is conducive to inhaling fresh air and improving lung function.
Patients with heart failure: half lying and half lying
According to experts, the compensatory function of the heart of patients with heart disease is generally poor, so lying on the right side should be taken at ordinary times to reduce the pressure on the heart. If heart failure has occurred, because the heart can't pump enough blood, resulting in poor venous blood return and severe congestion in the lungs, you need to sleep half-lying and half-lying.
This can increase vital capacity, improve blood circulation in the lungs, increase oxygen inhalation, reduce the amount of blood returning to the heart, and improve the condition of dyspnea. Experts specially remind: don't lie on your left side or prone. Coronary heart disease, such as angina pectoris, is frequent, so you should take a sleeping position with upper body high and lower body low inclination 10-15. This can reduce the venous blood flow back to the heart, reduce the diastolic pressure of pulmonary artery and central venous pressure, which is beneficial to the improvement of the disease.
Gastropathy patient: lying on the left side
Patients with gastric ulcer should advocate left lateral position. Because this sleeping position can reduce the secretion of gastric acid, and the excitability of parasympathetic nerve is low. If you lie on your right side, the amount of acid flowing from the stomach to the esophagus will greatly increase and continue, which can cause stomach pain.
Lumbar disc herniation: supine
For patients with lumbar disc herniation, they should lie flat on a hard bed. If they take a lateral position, they should keep the spine in the chest and waist straight, which is beneficial to the recovery of intervertebral discs.
Patients with hepatobiliary diseases: liver diseases lie on the left side and gallstones lie on the right side.
Patients with acute and chronic liver diseases should lie on their left side, which is beneficial to the improvement of their condition. Patients with gallstones should lie on the right side, because the gallbladder is like a bottle, lying on the right side, with the bottleneck up, gallstones are less likely to fall into the cystic duct and less likely to cause acute cholecystitis.
Women in the second and third trimester of pregnancy: lying on the left side.
At this time, the best lying position for pregnant women is the left lying position, which can avoid the oppression of the soft and heavy uterus on the great vein at the back of abdominal cavity and increase the amount of blood returning. It can not only prevent early placental abruption, fetal growth retardation and edema of pregnant women's lower limbs, but also be an effective method to treat some diseases. For example, when the fetus grows slowly, lying on the left side can improve the blood circulation of uterus and placenta, increase the energy supply of fetus, and contribute to the development and growth of fetus.
In addition, experts advise not to press the chest or abdomen with your hands when sleeping, otherwise you will often be awakened by nightmares, which will affect the quality of sleep.