35-year-old Liu Qiang (pseudonym) lives in Jinan, and on weekends, as usual, he stayed up all night and slept until the afternoon.
Suddenly, a mobile phone rang, Liu Qiang was awakened, and he got up suddenly and was about to pick up the phone, but he felt dizzy, and suddenly fainted in front of him.
It happened that Liu's mother came to visit her son, and when she opened the door, she was startled when she saw her son fainting on the ground, and quickly dialed 120 for emergency treatment. After diagnosis, Liu Qiang had a cerebral hemorrhage and was recommended to be treated with surgery immediately.
After surgical treatment, Liu Qiang finally picked up a life, but after the operation, all the functions of his body were more or less degraded, especially the ability to express, Liu Qiang lay on the bed, basically unable to say a complete sentence.
The doctor said that due to the damage to the nerves in the brain, he can only communicate through body language at present, and whether he can recover in the future depends on his physical fitness and recovery status.
Liu Qiang never thought that getting up too quickly would induce cerebral hemorrhage, and even almost died.
1. Research: Lying in bed after waking up can help improve brain function
From childhood to adulthood, we have been taught that "lying in bed is not a good habit", but some studies have found that habitually lying in bed for a while is more conducive to health, what is going on?
For many office workers, it is very difficult to get up early in the morning, and some people want to sleep a little longer, so they will pinch the time to set the alarm clock. As soon as the alarm clock goes off, the whole person "poofs" up, but this practice is actually very dangerous.
When people are sleeping, the cerebral cortex is in a dormant and inhibited state, and various body functions run at low speed, blood pressure drops, and the heart beats slowly. If you wake up suddenly, your body can't keep up, which will lead to insufficient blood supply to the brain, which can lead to accidents such as stroke and sudden death.
In addition, getting up too quickly may also hurt your waist. Jiang Jingjing, deputy chief physician of the Department of Tuina of the Rehabilitation Hospital Affiliated to Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, said that if you get up too hard in the morning, or suddenly stand up with the strength of your waist and legs, this action is likely to cause injuries to the muscles of the neck, back and waist.
Recently, new research has found that habitually lying in bed for a while when waking up in the morning may help relieve sleep inertia and improve cognitive function after waking up.
A study published in the Journal of Sleep Research by researchers from Stockholm University in Sweden conducted experiments on 31 people who habitually snooze in the morning, measuring their sleep quality, cognitive abilities, cortisol levels, and emotional state.
It was found that people who habitually lay in bed had better emotional state, cognitive performance, and were more sociable and optimistic, less tired, and less sleepy after 40 minutes of waking up.
That said, getting up in the morning and getting up in bed may help relieve sleep inertia and allow the brain to wake up faster.
2. Drinking water on an empty stomach VS skipping breakfast, which is more harmful?
It is said that drinking water on an empty stomach in the morning is more life-threatening than skipping breakfast. The reason is that after a night of fermentation, a lot of bacteria will be produced in the mouth, and the mouth will also have obvious bad breath, and if you drink water without brushing your teeth, all the bacteria will be drunk into the stomach.
In fact, after a night's sleep, oral saliva secretion is greatly reduced, and the lack of saliva flushing and bacteriostatic bacteria enhances the ability of bacteria to multiply. Even if you brush your teeth carefully, there will still be a lot of bacteria in your mouth in the morning.
But even if these bacteria are carried to the stomach with drinking water, they will be destroyed by stomach acid and excreted through metabolism, and will not cause harm to our stomach and intestines.
And drinking water on an empty stomach in the morning can also bring a lot of benefits -
After a night's sleep, the body is not hydrated and the blood becomes viscous. Staying hydrated in the morning can help thin your blood and reduce cardiovascular accidents.
In addition, a glass of water in the morning can also dilute the urine, speed up the urine flow, and prevent bacteria from multiplying in the urethra and bladder. At the same time, it can also help soften the stool, let the intestines move normally, and effectively prevent constipation.
Of course, skipping breakfast can be much more harmful than you think.
1. It is not conducive to cardiovascular health
An unhealthy diet is the key to inducing cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, and a South Korean study of 3,880 participants found that skipping breakfast increased the risk of hypertension by 36.6%. A Japanese study involving 82,772 participants also showed an 18% increased risk of stroke in those who skipped breakfast.
2. Gain weight instead of eating breakfast
A study published in the Chinese Journal of Circulation found that skipping breakfast was associated with obesity, and that people who regularly skip breakfast had a 48% increased risk of obesity or overweight and a 31% increased risk of abdominal obesity compared to those who had breakfast habits.
3. Reduce cognitive ability
Long-term fasting in the morning can affect the body's blood sugar level, and insufficient nutrients in the blood will affect the brain, weakening memory and learning ability.
4. Increase the risk of diabetes
After a long period of fasting, starvation can lead to overeating, which can delay insulin peaks and decrease plasma insulin, affecting the normal regulation of blood sugar by insulin, thus changing the body's constitution and increasing the risk of type 2 diabetes
5. Prone to gallstones
Bile is responsible for digestion, and long-term fasting will increase the concentration of bile, causing bacteria in the gallbladder to multiply, increasing the risk of gallstone disease.
3. After getting up, do 4 "longevity things" in order
Before going to bed and after waking up are two precious health regimen times, what should you do when you wake up in the morning to be beneficial to your body and mind?
When you get up in the morning, you should avoid doing these 4 things: first, you should use too much force, otherwise it is easy to hurt your muscles and bones; the second is to urinate immediately, and it is easy to cause dizziness if you urinate too quickly; the third is to drink cold boiled water, which will hurt the stomach; Fourth, exercising too early makes the blood pressure at the peak easy to fluctuate, which may cause cerebrovascular accidents.
After the age of 50, it is best for middle-aged and elderly people to do the following things in order:
The first thing to do is to lie down on the bed and move your limbs, and then slowly get up after three or five minutes. It can avoid getting up and moving too fast, which can lead to blood pressure fluctuations, dizziness and other phenomena
The second thing is to have a bowel movement in the morning, whether you have the urge to have a bowel movement after waking up in the morning, you have to squat in the toilet, and over time, the habit will be formed.
The third thing is to brush your teeth well, at least for 2 minutes, to reduce the rapid growth of oral bacteria due to a night's sleep.
The fourth thing is to drink a glass of boiled water, which helps replenish the water lost by the body's metabolism, and can promote excretion and prevent constipation.
For middle-aged and elderly people, they must "slow down" in the morning, because being too "anxious" is not good for health and may even lead to accidents.
Resources:
[1] Tragedy! A 24-year-old girl in Fuzhou got up too "violently", resulting in lower back muscle damage! Expert: Get up in the right posture and get it quickly! 》. Fujian Health News. 2021-03-31
[2] "Don't get up too hard! Studies have found that lying in bed for a while may improve brain function. Medical Novi. 2023-10-20
[3] "The Amazing Change of Insisting on "Getting Up Early", Such a Life Has Been Earned". Life Times. 2017-04-02
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