The relationship between sleep and health, may the elderly have a beautiful dream! Mattress manufacturers tell you the importance of choosing a good mattress

Author: Synwin–Mattress Suppliers

Sleep is one of the important factors affecting health. Adequate sleep can make people energetic and invigorated; lack of sleep will make people tired, lethargic, difficult to eliminate fatigue, work efficiency will also be reduced, memory will also be significantly reduced, and it is easy to cause cardiovascular and digestive diseases. . Under normal circumstances, the elderly can be satisfied with 8 hours of sleep a day.

When sleeping, it is better to lie on the right side. You should not sleep with your head covered, and the pillow should not be too high. The bed should be flat, the quilt should be light and warm, and the pajamas should be comfortable, so that you can get a high-quality sleep, so that your health is important. The characteristics of sleep in the elderly All things in the world will age, including human sleep, and human sleep will show different characteristics with age.

Because of the great changes in physiology and psychology, the elderly have many differences in sleep compared with young people, which are reflected in: 1. Long sleep latency. The latency to fall asleep in older adults is about twice as long as in younger adults. This is also true in real life. Young people fall asleep quickly when they fall into bed, while many elderly people go to bed very early, but cannot fall asleep for a long time.

2. Not sleeping well. During the night, there is frequent movement between sleep stages, constantly changing from one stage to other stages. Although the number of such changes varies among individuals, the difference caused by age is large. More restless sleep. In addition, the elderly sleep lightly, and wake up frequently during sleep, which makes the sleep unable to remain intact. During the sleep process, the number of awakenings in the elderly is 3.6 times that of the young.

3. The deep sleep time of the elderly decreases, and the proportion of deep sleep in the elderly's sleep process decreases significantly with the increase of age, and even if they fall asleep, they stay in a hazy state for a long time, that is, a light sleep state. 4. The sleeping patterns of the elderly are no longer single. The sleep of the elderly usually changes from monophasic sleep to polyphasic sleep, that is, in addition to nighttime sleep, they often sleep 2 to 3 times during the day. For example, some elderly people prefer to take a "return to sleep" in the morning.

5. Most of the elderly have sleep disorders. The rhythm function of the sleep cycle declines in the elderly and is prone to many sleep disorders. Due to the changes in the structure and function of the central nervous system in the elderly, such as neuron loss and synapse reduction, the sleep cycle rhythm function is affected, resulting in a decline in sleep regulation. The 24-hour sleep rhythm changes, making the elderly spend more time. Time in bed with less actual sleep.

Despite the reduction in nighttime sleep in older adults, frequent daytime naps were equal to total sleep time in younger adults. As the saying goes: "You can't sleep in the next 30 years", with the increase of age, people's sleep ability will gradually decline, sleep time will gradually shorten, and sleep quality will become lower and lower.