There is a misunderstanding about the correct sleeping position. It has been suggested that sleeping on the right side is the best sleeping position, which does not affect the heart and breathing, and the head facing north and the feet facing south are more suitable for the magnetic fields of the South Pole and the North Pole. In fact, this statement has no scientific basis.
a
A comfortable and relaxed sleeping position is the best. The left lateral position may not affect the heart, but various postures such as prone position, supine position and right lateral position can be used, because people can't keep a posture forever when sleeping, and they should turn over in a relaxed sleep state, constantly adjust and turn over, taking the most comfortable posture and not affecting breathing and circulation as the standard.
If the pillow is not high or low, it is best to use a neck pillow, and the bed board should not be too soft, just moderate. Under such conditions, it is best to relax in a natural posture, turn over naturally, and face north, south, east and west, mainly depending on the most comfortable and convenient sleeping environment.
b
The correct sleeping position should be lying on the right side with legs slightly bent, so that the heart is in a high position and is not oppressed. The right position can also let more oxygen into the body, and the liver is in a low position, which is beneficial to metabolism. If you take the left lateral position, it is easy to press the heart and lead to symptoms of dyspnea.
The sleeping position of the human body is generally divided into four types. The sleeping posture varies from person to person, and the lateral position is easy to make people toss and turn during sleeping, resulting in sleep instability. The supine position is the most common sleeping position, which does not oppress any organ of the body, but it is easy to cause the drooping of the tongue base and hinder breathing; Prone position, people who adopt this sleeping position often feel safe when sleeping, which is conducive to the discharge of foreign bodies in the mouth and beneficial to patients with lumbar spondylosis.
However, most of the weight of the whole body is pressed on the ribs and abdomen, which makes the chest and diaphragm compressed, affects breathing and aggravates the heart load, so the correct sleeping position should be lying on the right side.
Sleep is very important, good and correct sleeping posture can ensure good sleep, and healthy people can take supine position or right lateral position.
If there are some pathological conditions, obese patients, especially those who snore at night, should sleep on their side to avoid apnea at night.
c
In addition, patients with gastroesophageal reflux and reflux esophagitis should not lie flat, and should adopt a high pillow position with a higher upper body. Patients with cardiac insufficiency also need a high pillow position. If you have obvious breathing difficulties, you can also make your lower limbs droop. Patients with pleural effusion need to sleep in a lateral position, which can reduce the pressure of pleural effusion on the lungs, thus ensuring breathing, and it is not easy to lie flat after delivery. In short, the correct sleeping position varies from person to person.