Good health sleep
1 People spend about 1/3 of their lives sleeping, but this 1/3 of their time largely determines the other 2/3 of our quality of life. Good sleep can relieve fatigue and help restore physical and mental strength.
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Has your sleep quality met the standard?
1. Go to bed quickly and you can fall asleep within 10-15 minutes.
2. Sleep is deep and not easy to wake up, and you can fall asleep again within 5 minutes after waking up.
3. There are no nightmares or shocking dreams during sleep, and you will soon forget the dream after waking up.
4. After getting up, I am in good spirits, quick reactions, and no fatigue.
5. Work and study efficiently during the day, and there is no sleepiness.
If there are three of the above questions that are negative answers and have lasted for more than 1 month, you may have already had sleep problems.
For people who have been troubled by sleep for a long time, it often induces cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases , such as hypertension , angina pectoris, stroke , etc., which seriously affects health. If you have severe sleep disorder , it is recommended to go to the hospital for detailed examination and take measures to intervene.
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is old, why can't you sleep well?
1. Physiological factors: The decrease in the functional properties of each organ in
The decrease in the function of each organ is one of the causes of sleep disorders in the elderly; in addition, the reason why the elderly are often awakened at night is nocturnal urine. Because the elderly bladder urine storage function decreases, frequent getting up at night interrupts the elderly's sleep cycle, affecting the quality of sleep.
2. Environmental factors:
The elderly are more sensitive to poor sleeping environments such as excessive light and noise than younger people. The sleep environment is poor during sleep, which may lead to sleep disorders in the elderly.
3. Bad sleeping habits:
Smoking, drinking alcohol, drinking coffee and strong tea before going to bed, thinking about things before going to bed, getting up irregularly, bedridden for a long time or sitting for a long time, etc. will affect the quality of sleep in the elderly.
4. Disease and drug factors:
hypertension, stroke, respiratory diseases and other physical diseases, anxiety, depression, mental illnesses such as Alzheimer's , as well as the drugs taken due to diseases, will affect the sleep of the elderly.
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Good habits help improve sleep quality
1. Develop good sleep habits, For the elderly, it is recommended to sleep and get up at the same time every day, maintain sleep routine as much as possible, and form a virtuous cycle.
2. Be sure to relax before going to bed, Do not watch more intense film and television dramas, competitive competitions, etc. before going to bed. You can listen to some soothing music to let your brain enter a quiet state.
3. Do not drink too full or too hungry before going to bed. also should not drink irritating beverages such as coffee or strong tea.
4, exercise appropriately to increase energy consumption and keep the body in a relatively fatigued state, so that you can fall asleep quickly at night.
Review丨Teacher Department of Neurology, Tianyou Hospital Affiliated to Wuhan University of Science and Technology
Production丨Teacher Party Committee Office of Tianyou Hospital Affiliated to Wuhan University of Science and Technology
