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blue up 12th Dec 2007 17:41

Sleeping on my left side (????)
 
I wondered if anyone was able to shed light on a strange 'medical condition'.

Basically, after a car accident some years ago I had to sleep on my right to stop a plaster cast sticking into me during the night. I've since found that my return to left-handed sleeping causes my stomach to gurgle enlessly until I roll back over, bloated, onto my right side.

I caught the end of a radio broadcast suggesting that sleeping on your left aids digestion.

Any thoughts? I'm getting complaints from the wife, for various reasons.:O

gingernut 12th Dec 2007 19:35

It's a first on me:)

Most of the outer body is symmetrical (it makes things easier for doctors), but the convolutions of the inner body generally resemble the pattern of a Warrington Street Map. This is why most surgeons are grumpy.

Hufty 13th Dec 2007 01:25

I was told you should sleep on your left side to get rid of trapped wind :eek:

Your intestines apparently exit on the right hand side of your abdomen so it lets the gas rise up the last section of the tube or something??

Nice.


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