How to recover from prolonged bed rest

If a bedridden patient wants to recover as much as possible, it is necessary to look for the cause of bedriddenness, and correct the original disease before it is possible to recover again. In addition, during the bed-ridden period, it must be noted that in order to prevent muscle atrophy, the lower limbs and upper limbs should be massaged regularly every day to prevent muscle atrophy and prepare for the future to stand up again. During the bed-ridden period, attention must be paid to prevent choking when eating and drinking, causing aspiration pneumonia; in addition to the bed-ridden process must go to turn over regularly, to prevent the emergence of bedsores on the body. Long-term bedridden patients gastrointestinal digestive function will be relatively poor, must try to give balanced dietary nutrition, to maintain the patient’s gastrointestinal function. If the primary disease is corrected, we should start to get out of bed as soon as possible, and gradually increase the activities, you can carry out rehabilitation training.