It is best to lie on the right. Lying on the left side and sleeping on the stomach will oppress the heart and affect the cardiopulmonary function. Sleeping on your back will oppress blood vessels and cause poor blood circulation. The heart is located on the left side of the human chest. Sleeping on the right side can make more blood flow to the right side of the human body, thus reducing the burden on the heart and benefiting the rest of the heart. Secondly, the liver is the "chemical factory" of the human body, located in the upper right abdomen. Lying on the right side will make more blood flow through the liver, which is beneficial to the health and metabolism of the liver itself. There are also people whose stomach opens to the duodenum and whose small intestine opens to the large intestine, all of which open to the right. Lying on the right side is beneficial to the normal operation of food in the stomach. There are four sleeping positions: prone, supine, left lying and right lying. According to statistics, 65% people are used to sleeping on their sides, 30% people are used to sleeping on their backs, and 5% people are used to sleeping on their backs. There is no absolute good or bad choice of sleeping position. For a healthy person, there is no need to stick to his sleeping position too much, because overnight, people often can't stay in a fixed position until dawn, and most people constantly change their sleeping position, which is more conducive to relieving fatigue. But for people with some diseases, they are not so free. Improper posture often induces or aggravates the illness, so it is very important to maintain the most healthy sleeping position. The choice of sleeping position varies from person to person and from illness to illness. It is worth mentioning that among the four sleeping positions, the sleeping position that is conducive to beauty is supine. Each of the four sleeping positions has its advantages and disadvantages. You can choose the corresponding sleeping position according to your physical condition. Advantages of supine position: no oppression of internal organs. Disadvantages: it is easy to cause drooping of the tongue base and hinder breathing. Not suitable for people who snore and have respiratory diseases. Advantages of prone position: you will feel safe when sleeping in this sleeping position, and it will also help to discharge foreign bodies from your mouth; At the same time, it is good for people with lumbar problems. Disadvantages: it oppresses the heart and lungs and affects breathing. Patients with heart disease, hypertension and cerebral thrombosis should not choose to lie prone. Advantages of lying on the left side: it is conducive to the discharge of gastric acid into the digestive tract. Disadvantages: Pressing the heart and stomach can easily make people toss and turn during sleep, and sleep is unstable. Advantages of lying on the right side: it will not oppress the heart, and sleep has a sense of stability. Disadvantages: it is easy to cause gastric acid reflux and affect the movement of the right lung. The most suitable sleeping position for patients with various diseases. Many diseases are aggravated by improper sleeping position. For people with certain diseases, it is necessary to pay attention to sleeping posture. The choice of sleeping position varies from person to person and from illness to illness. Gastropathy patients: Gastropathy mainly includes gastric ulcer, various gastritis, digestive dysfunction and so on. For these people, it is best to sleep on the right. Anatomically, the great curvature of the stomach and the exits from the stomach to the duodenum and from the small intestine to the large intestine are on the right. Therefore, sleeping on the right side will not oppress these organs, which is beneficial to the smooth operation of food in the digestive tract from top to bottom. However, patients with digestive dysfunction, such as esophageal reflux, had better sleep on the left. If they sleep on the right side, the amount of gastric acid returning from the stomach to the esophagus will be much higher than normal, and it will continue to cause a burning sensation in the stomach. Heart disease: If the compensatory function of the heart is good, the best sleeping position is sleeping on the right side, which will make more blood flow to the right side and reduce the burden on the heart accordingly. If heart failure has occurred, you can use a semi-lying position to reduce breathing difficulties and avoid lying on the left or prone. Hypertension: It is best to lie on your back or side. It is particularly important to choose a pillow with a suitable height, generally around 15 cm. Too low a pillow will increase blood flow to the brain, and too high a pillow will make you feel uncomfortable. Emphysema: You should lie on your back or side, raise your head, and stretch your hands slightly upward to keep breathing smoothly. Don't lie down. Patients with pulmonary tuberculosis should lie on their side, which is conducive to coughing up blood in the trachea. The left lung is sick and suitable for sleeping on the left side; The right lung is sick and suitable for sleeping on the right side. Gallstones: it is advisable to lie on the right side to avoid gallstones falling off to the neck of gallbladder under the action of gravity when lying on the left side, causing biliary colic. Cervical spondylosis: It is best to sleep on a hard bed and keep lying flat. The pillow should not be too high. For the elderly with many diseases, it is best to lie on your side. This posture helps to change the curvature of the spine and legs, so that the elderly who have been sleeping less can sleep more practically. Cerebral thrombosis: Experts surveyed 2000 patients with cerebral infarction and found that more than 95% of them are used to lying on their side. In the case of arteriosclerosis, lying on one's side slows down the blood flow in the neck, and blood is easy to gradually gather at the intima injury of the artery to form thrombus. So it is more appropriate to sleep on your back. Low back pain: It is advisable to sleep on the side, so as to completely relax muscles, avoid muscle tension, stimulate or oppress nerves, and cause or aggravate low back pain. Otitis media: pus will fill the affected ear canal. In order to make the drainage of pus smooth, the affected side can be recumbent to promote the discharge of pus. Snoring: Try to change from supine position to lateral position or prone position. As it turns out, about13 of the patients got better after changing their sleeping position. Varicose veins of lower limbs or edema of lower limbs: it is best to lie on your back, which is convenient for lifting your legs. Keep the height at about 20 degrees (not too high), so that venous blood can return to your heart, improve blood circulation and reduce edema. Diabetes or drunkenness: suitable for lying on your back, so that your hands and feet are spread out. But don't curl up, otherwise it will easily cause nerve paralysis. Chronic patients with stroke or long-term bed rest: pay attention to changing their sleeping position at any time. If family members neglect to take care of them, they always let patients lie on their backs, and bedsores are easy to grow on their backs and buttocks. So the best way is to let the patient turn over every 2-3 hours, and change from supine position to lateral position or prone position. Moreover, adjusting the sleeping position can also help patients to expel sputum, so that sputum will not accumulate in the posterior lung wall. Acute arthritis: in the early stage of the disease, in order to prevent joint deformation and hunchback, it is best to lie on your stomach so as to flatten your spine as much as possible, and the mattress can be slightly harder; But if the illness is serious and the spine has been deformed, you don't have to lie down. You might as well take the posture that you feel most comfortable with. At present, many people suffer from musculocutaneous pain syndrome. If the pain is located in the piriformis muscle of the hip, sleep on your side and put a pillow between your legs. Let the muscles relax; Those who have had artificial joint surgery are also suitable for this sleeping position. Disc herniation: If it is in the acute stage, it is best to lie on your side or sleep on your back to reduce the pressure on the disc, so that the patient will be more comfortable. Liver disease: lying on the left side is conducive to recovery. Asthma: when asthma attacks, you should be in a semi-lying position to relieve breathing difficulties, not lying flat. Pregnant women: pregnant women should lie on their sides rather than on their backs to reduce the oppression of the pregnant uterus on the great vessels in front of the spine; It is best to lie prone after delivery so that lochia can be discharged as soon as possible. Obesity: Take the lateral position, which is beneficial to breathing and venous return.