Never go thirsty when going to bed

SILENT KILLER:

What you need to know about NIGHTMARE or BANGUNGOT & some realities

IMPORTANT:

Never go thirsty when going to bed and be sure you have plenty of water during

your 8-hour rest.

Bangungot has killed a male nurse of UERMMH. It is sudden death in adults which cause them

to die while sleeping. Many theories have been put forward as its cause. However, here is an

article which sheds some light to the cause of this malady.

Article from THE PHILIPPINE STAR:

The reported cause of actor Rico Yan's death is nightmare or bangungot.. Medical investigators in

China , Japan and several Asian countries who performed autopsies on persons who died from

"acute hemorrhagic pancreatitis" found out that the majority of them had eaten NOODLES as

their supper. This was a startling finding.

However, it wasn't the noodles that caused nightmares but DEHYDRATION. Imbibing even with a

few drinks of alcohol or just eating noodles immediately before bedtime compound this on an empty

stomach will trigger an electrolyte imbalance and other factors that causes a person to dehydrate or

lose water.

It is therefore advisable for a person to take several glasses of water before bedtime if he had a few

or several alcoholic drinks. Avoid eating noodles before bedtime, but if you can not avoid it, allow at

least two hours for the body to digest the noodles before hitting the sack and drink plenty of water.

The most important thing is, never go thirsty when going to bed and be sure you have plenty of water

during your 8-hour rest.