Xiao Li, who went to college, took a holiday and went home for a week, because when he was a child, he stayed at his grandmother's house for a long time, and he was closer to his grandmother, and he went there for a few days a few days ago. Every morning she basically slept until eight or nine o'clock to get up, no one said him at grandma's house, often slept until 10 o'clock, and grandma got up at 5 o'clock, sometimes less than 5 o'clock, but she did not sleep very early at night, 10 o'clock to sleep, she was worried that grandma did not sleep enough, not good for the body, but grandma said that this is normal, the elderly can compare with their young people. Is it normal for the elderly to go to bed at 10 o'clock at night and get up at 5 o'clock or even less than 5 o'clock in the morning? Or does it mean that there is something wrong with the body? Have you slept enough? You'll know it after reading it.
Is it normal for the elderly to sleep at ten o'clock at night and get up at five o'clock in the morning?
Generally speaking, if you wake up in a good mental state, do not feel very sleepy, and everything is normal, you don't have to worry too much. As Grandma Li said, the elderly and young people are indeed different, many young people get up late in the morning, related to sleeping too late the night before, often after 11 o'clock or zero o'clock have not slept, sleep is often irregular. But for some elderly people, their daily sleep is very regular, sleeping at night and getting up at midnight.
Sleep regularly, and wake up without any discomfort in the body, from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m., there are 7 hours, for the elderly, time is also enough. All three conditions are met, and usually this is normal.
You should know that 8 hours a day is not the standard, but relatively speaking, for older people, the body aging, the secretion of pineal voxels that affect sleep in the body will be reduced, which will affect sleep.
For the elderly, sleeping at this point every night, sleeping for a long time, is conducive to physical health and preventing disease, a study of Alzheimer's disease and Alzheimer's disease found a relationship between sleep duration and the disease:
Sleeping at 10 o'clock every night, sleeping for 6-7 hours, the level of abnormal protein deposition in the human body is the lowest, and its level is an important factor in inducing the disease.
However, if you wake up early, but the state is not very good, or wake up many times at night, may be related to the following factors, it is recommended that the elderly should pay more attention to it, adjust early, so as not to sleep for a long time to bring greater impact on physical health.
Waking up early may be related to the psychology and emotions of the elderly, many elderly people even if they are old enough to enjoy the age of happiness, they will still worry about their children, but in some things, children and their own ideas are diametrically opposed, and a sentence that children have no intention of may make them think more. Or some old people and wives go first, and their children are not around for a long time, feeling lonely and lonely. These psychology may affect sleep, causing insomnia and early awakening.
It may also be related to diseases, such as gout, heart disease, lung disease, etc. are more common in middle-aged and elderly people, taking gout, often attacking at night, patients are easy to be woken up by pain, which in turn will affect sleep. Most of these elderly people also need to take medicine for a long time, and some drugs may also have a certain impact on sleep.
If these reasons cause the elderly to wake up relatively early, it is necessary to pay more attention, timely intervention, if not paid attention to, long-term, lack of sleep, the elderly immunity is easy to decline, more detrimental to physical health. If it is a psychological reason, it is recommended that the elderly learn to self-regulate, maintain a good attitude, children should also pay more attention to them in their daily lives, if it is caused by disease, then actively treat, the situation that affects sleep is timely informed to the doctor, and reasonably adjust the treatment or medication plan under its guidance.
In addition, the elderly can also rest properly during the day, take a nap, or can also improve sleep. From the perspective of Traditional Chinese medicine, the noon time is when the heart meridian is circulating, and for the elderly, a proper nap is also conducive to protecting the heart.
However, the elderly nap has to pay attention to, the correct nap is beneficial to psychological and physical health, the elderly should pay attention to the time of sleep should not be too long, it is recommended that it is best not to exceed half an hour, which does not necessarily require themselves to have to fall asleep, if there is no drowsiness, it is also possible to close your eyes and recuperate for more than ten or twenty minutes. In addition, it is recommended to lie down, not to sit or sleep on your stomach.
Resources:
[1] More than half a hundred years old, sleeping at 11 o'clock every night and waking up at 5 o'clock in the morning, is there a problem? . Qilu one o'clock.2020.04.30
[2] The latest study in the mainland reminds the elderly not to stay up late: going to bed at 10 o'clock in the evening is the most anti-dementia. Life Times.2020.08.26
[3] What is the problem that the elderly wake up early, sleep less, and wake up easily in the middle of the night?.Zhengzhou Psychiatric Hospital.2021.03.15