Nephrologist: Can't sleep well at night? A little trick to make you sleep soundly
We have discussed the importance of sleep for kidney disease patients many times, but many patients are asking: how can we sleep well?
Today we will talk about how to have a sound sleep.
Why can't people with kidney disease sleep?
Unlike other people, kidney disease patients have difficulty sleeping at night, not because they like to stay up late or have a rich nightlife, but because of hormones.
Long-term use of hormones will produce a "euphoric phenomenon", the whole person is in a relatively excited state, and some parts of the body function will appear "extraordinary" phenomenon.
This is of course not a good thing, because this state is premised on overdrafting the body. Hormones force the body to maintain an excited state. Over time, it is easy to cause endocrine and metabolic disorders, resulting in more serious problems.
In addition to hormones, problems such as anemia, heart failure, and high blood pressure caused by kidney damage can also make it difficult to sleep. Many patients said that when they lay flat, they would feel their chest suffocated and they could not sleep at all. This is the reason.
How can I get a good night's sleep?
How can a patient with kidney disease sleep well?
The first is the problem of hormones. In fact, the use of hormones in major hospitals is very mature now. Those common manifestations such as "full moon face and buffalo back" are rarely seen now. In short, if the medication regimen is properly formulated, the urinary protein usually does not recur frequently, and the hormones do not change the regimen repeatedly, and these side effects can be avoided.
Followed by heart failure, anemia, high blood pressure and other problems, it is slightly more difficult to handle than the hormone problem. Because these problems usually occur in the stage of renal failure or even uremia, the detoxification ability of the kidneys is already very poor, and a large amount of metabolic waste exists in the blood, which will have a great impact on various organs and systems. In addition to active treatment, you can also improve blood circulation and metabolism through appropriate soothing exercises, which can help you sleep a little.
The last is sleep habits. It is necessary to learn to add a sense of ritual to sleep. By turning off mobile phones, soaking feet, sitting in meditation and other rituals, the body and spirit are gradually "cooled down". This is an effective method that many patients have personally verified.
Sleep Precautions
Please note that not only the length of sleep, but also the time period, that is, between ten o'clock in the evening and seven in the next morning, you need to sleep.
Don't take a lot of sleep after staying up late, this will not make up for the damage to the body caused by staying up late.
If you are forced to stay up late, don't go to bed immediately, as this will easily disrupt the biological clock. The correct way is to add enough water and vitamins, do some soothing things appropriately, and then take a few short naps to gradually restore physical strength and spirit, and then sleep well at night.