Why do you get thinner when you’re in bed for a long time?

Long-term bedridden people who do not exercise, the human body’s muscles will atrophy, from the appearance of the limbs and body will be manifested in the increasingly thin performance. In addition, long-term bedridden will seriously affect the human body’s appetite and digestive function, resulting in loss of appetite, digestive function, eating less, nutritional intake is reduced, there will also be thinning. And long-term bedridden patients themselves have some underlying diseases, in the process of bedridden is also very easy to bed sores, aspiration pneumonia and other complications, so under the action of these diseases, the body’s physical condition will gradually become worse, there will be a gradual wasting of the situation. Therefore, if the physical conditions allow, try not to let the patient long-term bed-ridden, down to walk, even just sit up, is better than long-term flat bed-ridden, the human body to maintain the benefits of physical fitness.