Which is more healthy elderly people sleeping posture?
Sleep can be divided into supine position, right decubitus, supine and prone position on the left 4.
Supine position, physically the largest area of contact with the beds, which is not easy fatigue, and is conducive to physical and brain blood circulation. However, some elderly, especially elderly people are more obese, in the supine position when the snoring occurs easily, while the emergence of severe snoring is loud snoring and breath sound will not only affect other people a break, but also can affect the lungs exchange gases arising from low – oxygen hyperlipidemia.
The right side of lying, because exports in the bottom of the stomach, it helps the stomach contents of the discharge, but the right side of the right side of supine body can be oppressed, will affect the blood back pain numbness does not arise.
The left supine, not only will the left limb of oppression during sleep, slow gastric emptying, but also the heart of the pressure in the chest the most, is not conducive to the heart blood transfusion.
The prone position can affect the respiratory, and affect the facial skin and blood circulation, so easy for aging facial skin.
Therefore, the elderly should not be left to sleep supine and prone position, it is best to sleep supine and right recumbent position. Easily understood snoring elderly and gastritis, indigestion and gastroptosis the best choice for the right of supine elderly.
