Dr. Sawsan Ghazal, a nutrition expert, presented on her personal page on the social networking site Facebook; Some harm to sleeping on the stomach.
Damage to sleeping on the stomach:
1- Increased kidney stones; As those who sleep on their stomach, especially women, are more likely to form kidney stones, so that moving the body during sleep in other ways, left and right, protects the body from the formation of stones, but sleeping on the stomach keeps the body without movement and this leads to the deposition of stones more.
2- Weakening the abdominal muscles, and the stomach protruding and making it flabby.
3- Curvature of the back over time, stress injury to the vertebrae, and inflammation of the back bones.
4- Neck damage and possibly calcification; Due to the inconsistency of the body while sleeping on the stomach, in addition to the person feeling cramps and constriction in the nerves.
5- It hurts the spine because it puts pressure on it, which may cause lower back pain.
6- It is especially harmful for a pregnant woman as it puts additional pressure on the spine.
7- Exhaustion and stress: After waking up from sleep, a person finds himself lazy, and feels very exhausted and stressed. As a result of his exposure to muscle spasms, and the occurrence of contractions in the nerve endings, resulting from sleeping on the stomach.
8- Affects breathing: Many stomach sleepers have difficulty and irregular breathing; The reason is that this position is very uncomfortable.
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