Acute Hemorrhagic Pancreatitis: Unraveling the Bangungot Mystery

man holding his chest having a hard time sleeping

“Do not sleep when your stomach is full” is a common belief in the Philippines that it is almost doctrine. According to superstition, bangungot happens when a person sleeps on a full stomach. It’s an old wives’ tale claiming that overeating just before going to bed might cause a person to rise and moan (bangon at ungol; where bangungot got its […]