The human body needs to eliminate fatigue through adequate sleep every day, and carry out the regulation and repair of the body's cellular tissues, and recharge ~ In this regard, the time of night sleep can be called "golden time".
But from another point of view, sleep time may also be "devil's time"! Because many diseases also like to "invade" at night, it always catches people off guard. The data shows that nearly 40% of deaths occur at night!
Today, Coco will take you to know a few dangerous "late-night killers"
First, gout, pain is very "fatal"
There is a metabolic disease that is increasing rapidly at a rate of 9.7% per year, and the current number of people with disease is even second only to the huge diabetic population. And once it occurs, it often hurts and does not want to live; it cannot be completely cured, which is easy to cause kidney failure, uremia and other serious harms.
This disease is gout.
Gout is not only painful and harmful, but also often occurs in the middle of the night, and the data shows that the probability of acute gout attacks at night is twice as likely as during the day! Long-term rest is not good, so that people are physically and mentally tortured~ ~ ~
1. The cause of gout always occurs at night
(1) The body is relatively dehydrated, and the concentration of uric acid is increased
When sleeping at night, the body will lose a certain amount of water through perspiration, breathing, etc., and cannot be replenished in time, the body will be in a relatively dehydrated state, the viscosity of the blood will increase, and then increase the uric acid concentration, resulting in urate crystal precipitation, and eventually induce gout.
(2) Low body temperature and slow metabolism
After falling asleep, the basal body temperature will decrease, and the temperature drop will reduce the saturation of urate, coupled with the slowing down of metabolism, it is more likely to precipitate.
(3) The level of glucocorticoids is reduced
Glucocorticoids have a good anti-inflammatory effect, not only to relieve pain during acute gout attacks, but also to prevent gout attacks.
The secretion of glucocorticoids has circadian rhythm, the lowest level at 0-2 o'clock in the morning, and the peak at 6-8 o'clock in the morning, which is why gout has an opportunity at night.
2. Reduce the risk of gout attacks at night
(1) Drink more water during the day, and drink a cup 1 hour before going to bed; and drink another cup at night.
(2) Pay attention to keep warm during sleep, especially the distal joints of the limbs.
(3) Foods that can reduce the risk of gout, such as vegetables, dairy products, coffee, tea, etc., can be eaten appropriately on a daily basis; and such as white-banded fish, dried fish, calf neck, clams, seaweed, bean sprouts, oranges, apples, etc. can cause gout, and should be eaten less.
(4) Uric acid drink: 5-10 grams of orange peel, 5-10 grams of ginger peel, brew water instead of tea.
Tangerine peel qi strengthens the spleen, drys and humidifies phlegm, and ginger peels qi to reduce swelling. These two flavors are combined to facilitate the excretion of uric acid. One cup a day can help prevent gout attacks.
Second, nocturnal hypertension
Increased risk of heart failure and stroke
According to the physiological rhythm of normal people, blood pressure is generally in the oleractic shape, that is, high during the day and low at night, but in China's simple nighttime hypertension patients can reach 11%, that is to say, some hypertensive patients, daytime blood pressure may still be within the normal range, a night blood pressure soars, at this time the harm is greater.
Note: The standard blood pressure during the day is 140/90 mm Hg; the blood pressure at night is below 120/70 mm Hg to fully meet the standard.
The data show that in people with increased blood pressure at night, the proportion of lacunar cerebral infarction is as high as 53%, and lacunar cerebral infarction is the early manifestation of stroke; the proportion of left ventricular hypertrophy is also as high as 53%, and left ventricular hypertrophy is the early manifestation of coronary heart disease heart failure.
In addition, the famous medical journal Circulation published a study that for every 20mmhg increase in blood pressure during sleep, the risk of cardiovascular disease increased by 18% and the risk of heart failure increased by 25%.
1. Clues of nocturnal hypertension
(1) Sleep unsteadily and dreamily at night, sleep less than 6 hours;
(2) When the neck is moved after waking up in the morning, there is a feeling of stiffness and tightness; it may also be dizzy and headache;
(3) There is a trace amount of proteinuria when going to the toilet.
2. How to deal with nocturnal hypertension?
(1) Monitor blood pressure
Wearing an ambulatory blood pressure monitor can be a good help to assess and control blood pressure.
However, if you only have ordinary blood pressure measurement tools at home, you can choose to measure your blood pressure one hour before going to bed and one hour before waking up in the morning.
The blood pressure values at these two time points are the most valuable, both to prevent the damage of the morning peak phenomenon to the targeted organs and to know whether the blood pressure will be high at night.
(2) Change the time to take antihypertensive drugs
For people with nocturnal hypertension, it is better to take antihypertensive drugs before bedtime. Studies have shown that after taking antihypertensive drugs before going to bed, the average systolic or diastolic blood pressure was significantly lower than that of the group taking antihypertensive drugs when they took them awake, and the risk of death, myocardial infarction, heart failure, and stroke was reduced by 45%.
(3) Soak your feet
Proper soaking of feet before going to bed to relax blood vessels, or warming the bed before going to bed, not stimulated by excessive cold, which is conducive to stabilizing blood pressure at night.
Third, special angina
It is easy to induce sudden cardiac death
For sudden death, many people may feel that it sounds very far away ~ I am in my prime, in good health, how can I die suddenly?
But Xiaobian wants to tell you that the number of sudden deaths in China every year reaches 545,000, and on average, there is 1 sudden death every minute, and most of them are due to cardiogenic accidents!
In addition, whether you are young or old, whether you are a sports enthusiast or a game addict, there is a possibility of sudden death.
For people who die suddenly, time is life. The sooner it is rescued, the higher the chance of being rescued. Therefore, cardiogenic problems that occur at night are particularly dangerous!
1. At 12:00 midnight, recumbent angina
Angina, which occurs in a recumbent position, usually occurs around midnight, within 1-3 hours of our sleep. The efficacy of nitroglycerin in this type of angina is not obvious, and it can develop into acute myocardial infarction and severe arrhythmias.
When lying flat, the amount of blood returning to the heart increases, causing an increase in ventricular volume in the terminal diastolic stage and an increase in myocardial oxygen consumption, which is an important cause of lying angina.
In addition, clinical cases have found that severe coronary artery obstruction, left ventricular diastolic insufficiency, and hypertension are all risk factors for lying angina.
Common symptom of recumbent angina
Increased heart rate, increased blood pressure, back pain, comfortable sitting or standing, comfortable walking, and may be accompanied by dizziness, chest tightness, and palpitations, and it is also easy to attack when lying flat after a meal.
Tip: Use a brick pad at the foot of the bed and raise the head of the bed a little, but not more than 15 degrees, which can help improve the quality of sleep in people with long-term hypertension, diabetes, heart disease, and prevent lying angina.
2. 3-6 a.m., variant angina
Variant angina is often based on coronary artery lesions and severe coronary spasms, resulting in temporary interruptions in blood flow. This type of angina usually occurs at 3-6 a.m. and can easily induce myocardial infarction if it persists for a long time and cannot be relieved.
Concomitant symptoms of variant angina
Often presents with pressing or contractile pain in the precordial or retrosternal region, and is relieved by nitroglycerin with dyspnea and a sense of near-death for several minutes or more.
Precautions:
(1) Quit smoking and alcohol;
(2) Stay up late less;
(3) Avoid great sorrow and great joy, or excitement and repressed emotions;
(4) Get up in the morning to slow down and do a good job of keeping warm.