Ordinary Sleep Is Stretched? This is the result!

Ordinary Sleep Is Stretched? This is the result! - Although it feels very comfortable, sleeping in a supine position turns out to have a danger to the health of the body. Everyone must have their own sleeping position preferences. But, do you know that lying on your back is recommended to avoid?

Nasal Ear Specialist and Head Neck Surgery, Arina Ikasari Muhtadi explained the reason. Sleeping on your back makes you prone to experiencing airway obstruction. Sleep disturbances can cause obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), or cessation of respiratory air flow for 10-45 seconds.

He added, in medical advised to sleep sideways. Choose the right sleeping position in accordance with the health problems experienced. Sleeping sideways to the right is recommended rather than sideways to the left because there tends to be no organ depressed. While if you sleep sideways to the left, you have the potential to suppress your heart and stomach.

"If the heart is depressed, there is blockage in the bloodstream. Reflux will occur in the stomach, the gas flow will rise upwards," he said.

However, what if we often change positions while sleeping? Changing positions when sleeping is a natural condition. The situation is the way our body looks for the most comfortable sleeping position.

"What is meant is to sleep on your right side when you start sleeping."

"So when you start, start sleeping on your right side. Don't lie on your back first," said the doctor who practiced at the Royal Progress Hospital.

When we are accustomed to sleeping sideways, the reflex will still be done if in the middle of our body lying flat and experiencing airway obstruction.