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The correct way is to lie on your side, facing left. Because prevents gastric acid in esophagus.
edit for clarification: This method is efficient primarily when the lower esophageal sphincter (I had to Google the correct name) is not functioning as intended.
When will these bugs be fixed? I prefer to face to the right and would also like to be able to sleep on my stomach
The GitHub human branch maintainer peaced out forever ago, all attempts to establish communications aren't going so well and the issue tracker is piling up...so probably never
I mean if it's abandonware it's ethical to reverse engineer and open source the reverse engineered platform, maybe even fork it and provide some sort of extensible framework for various plugins, or convert the kernel to a new architecture or even virtualize it. Hopefully we can also work out the bugs and the more glaring issues soon (looking at you, upright vertebrae).
We're working on it, but the mf was on something, have you seen the digestive system class? Or the central nervous system class?
I've heard some people managed to reverse engineer the human, though right now people are trying to figure out whether using a modded version is considered OP
They decompiled the human, it doesn't mean they understand the code enough to mod it yet.
Instead of modding, I know a few hackers that have removed whole sections to delete non functioning parts and I know a few others who figured out how to swap parts between different units.
That's why you need to open source and freely distribute the mod.
Unfortunately I heard they forked it to the AI/ automation branch so I don't think that the original maintainers coming back. They're calling it the new best thing
Some people have mirrored internal organs, so this advice may be the ophosite for you. But also, if it ain't broke don't fix it, sleep however's comfiest for you and lets you get the best sleep you can
O.01% of the population, roughly 1 person in 10,000. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Situs_inversus
So about 800,000 people world wide?
Sure, round figures, lets call it 800K. And I bet the vast majority of them knows. It doesn't take much of an examination for a doctor to determine location of heart and liver.
In fact many of them don't, since the body is mostly symmetrical and apart from cutting them open or doing an MRI, you can't really tell (which isn't a big deal in most cases, because most medical procedures work regardless of this condition). Also, the heart is located almost in the middle, so there is not much difference.
I've heard people talk about mirrored organs, is that something that would be immediately obvious? Like surely every person that has the condition would know about it.
Every time I've seen it in a hospital TV show or whatever, it always seems to be a surprise...like they didn't find out at birth but the first time they need some invasive procedures.
This woman is dead. Her stomach is coming out of her body and her arms are under her esophagus
False. The correct way to sleep is on a 7-11 sausage roller set to high speed.
The throat anus, for those not used to the medical terminology.
I'm curious how accurate this is considering there's rarely ever air in your stomach so what is the point when it's effectively vacuum sealed.
As a side sleeper with GERD. It's accurate as fuck. Before I found a medication that worked properly, I always slept on my left side.
Thankfully Omeprazole keeps me from choking on my own acid now, but yeah, that sucks.
I've got gas in my stomach somewhat frequently...
Have I got a solution for you!
Nah, if your stomach is acidic enough you can feel it. I finally caved and got a plush incline so that gravity keeps the bile down regardless of which side I sleep on, and I still usually favor sleeping on my left due to habits from before.
You sleep on your left side to avoid gastric acid in the esophagus.
I sleep on my left side because sleeping on the right side angers up my sciatica.
We are not the same.
Conversely, sleeping on your side isn’t very good for a lot of your joints. For instance in your diagram, that position is very bad for her hips and compressing her lungs. I still sleep on my side because it’s my preferred position but I have to have a knee pillow to keep my hips and knees aligned, and I try to have a pillow hugged to my chest to keep my spine and shoulders from crunching lol.
What's wrong with gastric acid being in the esophagus? I sleep on my right-side a lot.
Most people don't have issues with acid reflux. However, for those that do, it's important to try to control acid reflux.
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/barretts-esophagus/symptoms-causes/syc-20352841
Dumbass DNA. Why make a human capable of eating a baconator if doing so melts your body from the inside.
If you melt yourself before you can pass on those dodgy genes of yours then the problem sorts itself out!
To go a tad further, if you have chronic reflux there is the obvious discomfort caused by the feeling of acid creeping into your esophagus. Overtime, the acid can also do damage to the cells of your esophagus causing a condition called Barrett's Esophagus. This is not dangerous in and of itself but is considered a precancerous condition and requires monitoring.
I've always been a left side sleeper, so this makes me feel happy
Same. Yay us. For once my random behaviors are correct without even knowing it. :)
Weird. I have to sleep on my right side or else my stomach gets upset.
Wait, I've heard the opposite. Lay facing right to aid your stomach in digesting things and pushing it out of the stomach, instead of letting it lay in the stomach and potentially gurgle it's way up
Vamakukshi – India’s post-lunch nap, always on your left side
Thank you for the info, I hope it helps
The cardiac sphincter prevents reflux of gastric fluids from the stomach to the esophagus.
can confirm. As someone with acid reflux, sleeping facing right is hell
Isn't it fun when you go to sleep on your left side and roll over in your sleep, only to wake up in the middle of the night sick and ready to vomit from heartburn? It's like my body is actively working against me when I sleep.