Li Yan didn't expect that after only one night, her father would change from a wise and knowledgeable history teacher to a semi-paralyzed cerebral infarction patient.
In the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, the family finished the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, watched the Spring Festival Gala for a while, and then went back to their rooms and rested separately.
Li Yan is a young man, she slept late, and she was still scrolling through her mobile phone at 2 o'clock in the middle of the night, when she suddenly heard a "bang" upstairs, like the sound of someone falling to the ground.
Immediately afterwards, I heard my mother's shout: Yanyan, your father has fallen!
Li Yan hurriedly ran upstairs and saw her father fall to the ground, his forehead was bleeding, but he couldn't say anything in his mouth, just howled.
She hurriedly called 120, but unfortunately her home was far away from the city, and it snowed heavily that night, and the ambulance was late.
The doctor told Li Yan with regret: Your father came too late, resulting in half paralysis, and the reason why he had a cerebral infarction was a common mistake......
1. Just because he did one less thing, he was 56 years old and paralyzed with cerebral infarction
It turned out that Li Yan's father was 56 years old this year, but he had been a hypertension patient for many years, and the family was reunited at the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, and he was in a happy mood, so he ingested a high-salt and high-fat diet and drank alcohol.
On weekdays, he drinks a glass of warm water before going to bed. But that night, he thought that he was going to pay New Year's greetings tomorrow on the first day of the Lunar New Year, and he was worried that drinking water would cause his face to swell and his image would be bad, so he didn't drink it.
However, not drinking water at night can increase blood viscosity at night and increase the risk of blood clots.
In addition, he got up at night to go to the toilet, needed to walk around, and would catch a cold, so the blood clot developed into a cerebral infarction, which eventually led to his half body paralysis.
This is not an isolated case. In order not to stay up at night, many elderly people will deliberately reduce their water intake, or even not drink water.
According to the doctor, many cases similar to Li Yan's father showed that the patient's water intake at night was generally low before the onset of the disease.
But there are three types of people, especially pay attention to the best glass of water before going to bed.
1. Cardiovascular patients
For people with cardiovascular diseases such as high blood pressure and coronary heart disease, it is recommended to drink a glass of warm water before going to bed, which can help reduce the risk of angina, cerebral thrombosis, sudden death and other occurrences at night. In fact, when sleeping at night, there are many unknown dangers lurking in the body of patients with cardiovascular disease.
When sleeping, the body sweats more, resulting in a decrease in blood volume, and the heart rate drops. Hydration before bedtime is beneficial to maintain blood volume and promote blood circulation.
2. People with prostatic hyperplasia
After suffering from prostatic hyperplasia, it becomes very much when you get up at night, and the body is prone to lack of water, so you should properly supplement some water before going to bed and when you get up at night, pay attention to the amount of water, and don't aggravate the night.
3. The elderly
In the current harsh winter, when the air is dry, a glass of water before bed can help moisturize the respiratory tract of the elderly, promote sleep, and also help reduce the risk of adverse cardiovascular events.
However, a glass of water before going to bed should not be drunk casually, and only by drinking water correctly will it not cause additional burden on the body.
2. How to drink water before going to bed to be healthier?
Generally speaking, drinking water before going to bed and doing 4 details will not increase the body's metabolic burden, but also promote health.
1. Pay attention to the time
Don't think about drinking water until you go to bed, it is recommended to drink water 1~2 hours before bedtime, or drink water in time after urinating before bedtime.
2. Control the amount of water
Generally speaking, 100~200ml of water is enough, you can drink it in small sips, or take it into your mouth and swallow it multiple times to avoid a one-time intake of water expansion, resulting in a rapid increase in blood volume, which is not good for the heart.
3. Pay attention to the water temperature
The temperature of the drinking water and the human body is about 37°C.
4. Don't be greedy
Although boiled water is bland and tasteless, it is indeed the most suitable water to drink before going to bed, and it is not recommended to drink fruit juice, honey water, and light salt water.
And drinking "hard water" is better for the body. "Hard water" refers to water with a hardness greater than 150 mg/L, while "soft water" refers to water with a hardness of less than 150 mg/L.
The common well water, drinking water, spring water, and tap water belong to hard water, and after boiling, you can see the white scale inside the kettle. A Polish study showed that people who drank hard water had a healthier cardiovascular system. This is because hard water contains a variety of minerals such as magnesium and calcium, which can protect the cardiovascular system, while soft water has few impurities, but has little health benefits.
Don't be afraid that drinking hard water will affect your health, boiling it and drinking it will have no effect, the hardness of the hard water after boiling will decrease, and minerals such as calcium and magnesium will settle off a part, which is more suitable for human absorption.
If you are really worried about drinking soft water such as purified water for a long time, you should pay attention to eating some legumes, dark vegetables, and nuts to supplement magnesium.
In addition to drinking water before going to bed, you also need to pay attention to hydration at some special moments.
3. At 5 moments, it is more important to replenish water
1. When you are emotionally stressed
When you are stressed, the secretion of adrenaline increases, and hydration can promote its excretion and relieve your mood.
2. When the body temperature is too high
The body temperature rises, the sweating increases, and the body is easily dehydrated, so it needs to be replenished in time.
3. When exercising
Exercise consumes a lot of water in the body, so you should pay attention to proper hydration before and during exercise.
4. When taking a plane
The interior of the aircraft is relatively dry, replenishing water can reduce the discomfort during the journey, long-distance flights can ask the flight attendant for water once every hour, short-haul flights can start to replenish before the flight, and then replenish moderately during the flight.
5. When the urine is yellow
If the urine is yellow obviously, it means that the urine is concentrated and the body is dehydrated, it is recommended to drink 500 ml of water to alleviate the dehydration of the body, if the urine has turned earthy yellow, simple hydration is no longer enough, it is best to go to the hospital in time, at this time the body has been seriously dehydrated.
Don't wait until you're thirsty to drink water, especially now that the weather is relatively dry, some middle-aged and elderly people still have underlying diseases such as cardiovascular disease, it is best to drink a glass of water before going to bed to prevent cardiovascular disease.
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[1] "Doctors named 3 types of people to drink water before going to bed to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease at night", Life Times.2023-12-06