[FWD] [did you know?] BANGUNGOT

SILENT KILLER: What u need to know about NIGHTMARE or
BANGUNGOT & some realities

(From RONJIE.COM: I have not yet confirmed the authenticity nor the accuracy of this information. This is for entertainment purposes only. But then again, there's nothing wrong with drinking a full glass of water before going to bed!)

Got this information from a US-based pharmacist who is a cousin of a
colleague.

It seems only MALES are afflicted with this.
We had a co-staff/driver from FAO who died last month from supposedly
BANGUNGOT-- leaving a housewife and 3 very young kids.

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.

Please read on:

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.
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