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Sleep on your stomach, okay? Which is better, sleeping on your side or lying down?
I can't sleep well on my stomach

Reason: Sleeping on your stomach is very harmful to your heart. Sleeping on your stomach will keep your heart depressed and your breathing will not be natural. Sleeping like this for a long time will make you sick. Sleeping on your stomach can cause poor breathing and easily lead to insufficient oxygen supply to your brain. At the same time, it will oppress your heart and abdominal organs, adversely affect blood circulation, numb your hands and feet, and you will feel very tired when you wake up.

Sleep well on your side.

The correct sleeping position should be lying on the right side, and supine is not suitable.

Advantages and disadvantages of four sleeping positions, you can choose the corresponding sleeping position according to your physical condition.

1, lie on your back

It is understood that 60% people choose supine sleeping position, which is also the best public sleeping position recommended by doctors. Advantages: it does not oppress internal organs. Disadvantages: it is easy to cause drooping of the tongue base and hinder breathing. Not suitable for people: people who snore and have respiratory diseases.

2, prone

5% people choose to sleep on their stomachs. Advantages: the doctor pointed out that people who adopt this sleeping position will feel safe when sleeping, and it will also help to discharge foreign bodies in the mouth; At the same time, it is good for people with lumbar problems. Disadvantages: it oppresses the heart and lungs and affects breathing. Patients with heart disease, hypertension and cerebral thrombosis should not choose to lie prone.

Step 3 lie on your side

Doctors believe that this sleeping position is easy to make people toss and turn during sleep, leading to unstable sleep. Lying on the left side, because the human heart is located on the left side of the body, lying on the left side will oppress the heart, so it is an unhealthy sleeping position. Advantages: Mild compression exercises the heart function, making it less likely to get sick. Disadvantages: compression of the heart and stomach, especially for patients with gastropathy, acute liver disease and gallstones. Lying on the right side, 25% people will sleep facing the right side. Advantages: it will not oppress the heart, and sleep has a sense of stability. Disadvantages: it affects the right lung movement and is not suitable for patients with emphysema.