[Popular Science Post] Analysis of the relationship between ghost pressure bed and prostatitis

Due to the presence of ghosts pressing on the bed, the illusion of ghosts and gods will also appear in the minds of people. Therefore, in East Asia and Southeast Asia, which believe in the theory of ghosts and gods, there is an unpleasant name called "ghost pressing on the bed".

It is understood that ghost pressure on the bed generally occurs in people with insomnia, dreaminess, and neurasthenia. However, some patients with prostatitis with a long history are also prone to similar conditions.

So, what is the relationship between ghost pressure bed and prostatitis?

First of all, let's take a look at modern medicine's understanding of the phenomenon of "ghost pressing the bed".

According to modern medicine, ghost pressure on the bed is mainly related to the unsynchronization of the speed of brain nerve awakening, and belongs to a relatively typical sleep paralysis symptom.

When we are suddenly awakened during sleep, parts of the brain's nerves (such as the optic and auditory nerves) will immediately wake up and engage in normal work. The motor nerves that control muscle contraction and relaxation are still in a state of half dreaming and half waking, unable to promote normal muscle contraction and relaxation, and prone to the phenomenon of ghost pressure on the bed.

The reason why some patients with prostatitis with a long history are prone to ghost pressure on the bed is also due to the unsynchronized speed of brain nerve awakening. However, this lack of synchronization does not originate from the brain itself, but from the prostate gland, which seems to be out of contact with the brain.

It is well known that there are a large number of ganglia distributed within the prostate. These ganglia, through nerve branches and nerve endings, eventually connect with the brain's nerves.

In the early stages of the onset of prostatitis, the stimulation of inflammation to the prostate nerve roots will be transmitted to the brain nerves through nerve branches and nerve endings, causing sustained excitation of the brain nerves. At this time, the continuous excitation of the brain nerves can easily lead to insomnia and dreaminess, which can affect the quality of sleep and induce local weakness of the brain nerves.

When there is local weakness in the brain's nerves, even if we are suddenly awakened, it is difficult for our brain's nerves, especially the tired and weak parts, to be awakened synchronously with other brain nerves. If these tired and weak nerves happen to control the contraction and relaxation of muscles, it is inevitable that ghosts will press the bed.