What are the dangers of staying in bed for a long time

When a person unfortunately gets a disease that makes him unable to move and has to stay in bed to recuperate, there is nothing that can be done about it. In fact, everyone wants to have a healthy body, but many times we know which one we will face first, tomorrow or an accident, and we don’t know what our life will be like. But as long as you believe that the sun will come out after the rain, and take good care of your health while recuperating in bed, you will be able to reduce the discomfort caused by bedridden.

Staying in bed for a long time can also cause lack of leg exercise, leading to blood clots and severe varicose veins. Long-term bed rest can also lead to muscle atrophy and weakness. If a healthy person rests in bed for one month, the cross-sectional area of ​​muscle fibers can be reduced by 10% to 20%, and by 50% in two months. The rate of muscle strength decreases is 10% to 15% per week, and the muscle strength decreases by up to 50% in 3 to 5 weeks. In fact, muscles also have internal metabolic changes.

In summary, the main harms of long-term bed rest to the body include: loss of body fluids and elements such as sodium, potassium, and calcium, susceptibility to thrombosis, bedsores, difficulty breathing, damage to the endocrine system, weakened immunity, decreased appetite, constipation, kidney stones, and proneness to emotions such as boredom, anxiety, irritability, and tension. Medical experts also remind that for some patients, long-term bed rest is not conducive to recovery. For example, patients with cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease, and osteoporosis.

Staying in bed for a long time will cause stones to appear.

When the human body is bedridden for a long time and has reduced activity, it is easy for calcium in the bones to fall off. The shed calcium will be absorbed by the blood, causing the calcium content in the blood to increase. The increase in blood calcium will inevitably cause an increase in calcium in the urine. The increase in urinary calcium is prone to crystallization and form kidney stones. At the same time, long-term bed rest causes a fixed body position and is not conducive to the flow of urine from top to bottom in the urinary tract, making urinary tract infection more likely to occur.

Studies have shown that the loss of motor function caused by one day of bed rest is equivalent to the loss of motor function in an elderly person in one year. Appropriate exercise regulates psychological and mental state, which cannot be replaced by passive bed rest and simple drug treatment. However, excessive exercise can also harm your health. Whether to exercise or restrain after becoming ill needs to be treated differently based on the patient's condition.