In life, sleep occupies a lot of our time, such as eight hours of study or work, and eight hours of sleep, so sleep must be ensured to ensure good quality so that our spirit can be more energetic, and our bodies can be healthier and the metabolism of various body functions is more normal.
Sleeping is something that everyone must do every day, but there will be many interesting phenomena when the human body sleeps, such as ghosts pressing on the bed, dreaming, and sudden shaking when sleeping.
Especially when you suddenly tremble when you sleep. There are various explanations on the Internet, such as growth, calcium deficiency, epilepsy, etc. The most interesting explanation is that the brain is afraid that you will die of sleep! Although this statement is easy to panic, sometimes it is not empty and wind should be taken.
When sleeping, my body suddenly "shakes". What exactly is it implying? The truth turns out to be like this
The real reason for shaking when sleeping is Premature sleeping muscle twitching , which is a kind of unconscious muscle twitching in the human body.
Most of the body suddenly trembles when the human body first enters sleep. Most patients will feel a sense of missing or falling. This phenomenon will also occur during the rapid eye movement of the human body, that is, the time of dreaming. Most of them are normal physiological phenomena, not manifestations of the disease, nor is it the brain's fear that you will die of sleep.
According to a survey by the American Sleep Association, about 70% of people experience sleep twitches at least once in their lifetime, and 10% of them experience it almost once a day. In other words, the phenomenon of falling asleep and twitching is very common.
In addition, when sleeping, the cortical nerves in the brain are in a suppressed state, but some nerves are still relatively active, so they will emit some twitches. This is a conditioned reflex. As the sleep deepens, the body's limbs relax, and the brain's instructions to the lower limbs weaken.
Therefore, at this time, the brain's ability to manipulate is very low, and the power that can control the limbs that do not understand is also weak, so the limbs are prone to conditioned reflexes.
Finally, if you are prone to fatigue during the day and are in a high-pressure working state, it may also cause unconscious twitching of your limbs. Generally, falling asleep and tics will not affect sleep, but if it is too frequent, it may lead to periodic limb tics disorders and insomnia.
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① Calcium deficiency
Calcium ion can maintain normal muscle excitement. The calcium ions in the blood are less than 2.25mmol/L, which will cause twitching when the muscle is slightly stimulated.
For example, when a child grows up, the body needs a large amount of calcium. If the calcium intake is insufficient, it is easy to cause body twitching during sleep.
②Kidney deficiency Hid deficiency
Hid kidney is relatively weak, and the qi and blood are insufficient, and the body will shake. The symptoms are not very strong each time, but the frequency is relatively high. You need to pay attention to replenishing qi and blood in time. People who experience this situation must avoid being too tired.
If it is accompanied by headaches, dizziness, etc., you should pay attention to it being caused by certain brain diseases. It is necessary to conduct timely examinations and early detection and early treatment.
③ Nervous system nervous
Because many diseases mainly have abnormal brain waves, epilepsy is more common. As we all know, epilepsy is the involuntary drainage of the limbs or the entire body caused by abnormal discharge of the brain.
Sleep type epilepsy is a special type of epilepsy. Patients only experience acute epilepsy during sleep, so it can cause frequent sudden shaking when sleeping
1. To determine whether it is pathological epilepsy, you need to go to the hospital, do a 24-hour EEG examination, and judge whether it is related to epilepsy based on the data on the sleep EEG, and the doctor can easily diagnose whether it is caused by epilepsy.
④Extremely tired
If the pressure of life is too heavy, such as working overtime for a long time, poor sleep quality, etc., it is easy to make you nervous and may cause frequent twitching.
⑤The body's immunity is too low
When everyone's body's immunity is too low, it is easy to cause many problems in their body. The most common one is that it suddenly shakes when sleeping. Because the body's immunity is too low, it can easily lead to sudden convulsions in the limbs and nerves.
Pay attention to these little things, so that you can sleep peacefully
Soak your feet before going to bed
Soak your feet in hot water at more than 30 degrees Celsius before going to bed every day. It is best to soak your feet to the ankle joint for fifteen to twenty minutes. It can also promote peripheral blood circulation, relax muscles and promote blood circulation, and relieve spasm .
cup of warm milk before going to bed
One cup of milk can promote sleep and improve sleep quality. Moreover, try to drink less irritating beverages such as coffee and strong tea before going to bed, adjust your mindset, fall asleep peacefully, do not stay up late, and ensure adequate sleep. This situation can be avoided.
regular routine
muscular twitching is also easy for people who often sleep irregularly, because neurons are in a disordered state, whether it is sleep or activity, it is a good prevention. This situation must ensure regular sleep.
Eat less for dinner
If the quality of sleep is not good, you can eat dinner earlier so that the stomach can digest food in advance and will not feel full. The feeling of fullness will affect the normal fall asleep. You should also pay attention to a light diet, do not eat spicy and irritating foods, avoid getting angry, causing irritability and depression, and are not good for sleep.
Correct sleeping position
When sleeping on your stomach and curled up, the weight of your body will directly press on your chest. The organs in the chest will feel discomfort, and breathing will be blocked, which will easily cause sleeping twitching. It is generally recommended that lying flat or lying on your right side is the best sleeping position.
avoid turning on the light to sleep
1 When a person is asleep, he still feels light, even if he sleeps with his eyes closed, he still feels light. If he sleeps against the light, the light will disrupt the natural balance in the human body, causing body temperature, heart rate and blood pressure to become inconsistent. This makes people feel uneasy and difficult to fall asleep. Even if they fall asleep, they will easily wake up.
Further reading - What's going on when you sleep?
, transient hypoglycemia
In patients with a history of diabetes , transient hypoglycemia reactions are particularly prone to occur at dawn, which is medically called dawn phenomenon. When there is transient hypoglycemia at dawn, people will feel suddenly falling, and suddenly sweat a lot on their heads, feeling weak all over their bodies or unable to move their limbs.
, Insufficient blood supply in the brain
The feeling of sudden fall while sleeping may be related to blood supply to the major arteries, such as insufficient blood supply to the heart. If you often feel like your body suddenly falls while sleeping, you should go to the hospital to avoid delaying your condition.
, neurasthenia
may be caused by emotional excitement, excessive stress, and other diseases. Common symptoms are physical and mental weakness, mental excitement, anxiety, depression, sleep disorder, etc., and patients are prone to feeling themselves falling when they sleep.
