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    Sleep Health and Hypertension

    When you suffer from hypertension, or high blood pressure, it is important to understand your overall health. An additional step that you need to take is having your sleep health checked through a proper sleep study. Certain sleep disorders can affect your blood pressure and need to be closely monitored, especially if you have hypertension. You want to take the best care of yourself that you can and seeing the entire picture will help you do so. There are certain things to consider and certain sleep disorders to keep in mind.

    Things to Consider

    As you sleep, there are some things to keep in mind that occur naturally in the body:

    • Nocturnal blood pressure

      Usually when someone is asleep, BP decreases. When it does not, this is often a strong predictor of cardiovascular risk. Many diseases may be associated with this failure of BP to dip during sleep. These include hypertension, diabetes, chronic kidney disease and obstructive sleep apnea. It is important to get this checked out.

    • Sleep duration

      People do not get enough sleep. This is cause for alarm because when it dips below five hours per night, people are at a higher risk of hypertension.

    Sleep Disorders Affected by Hypertension

    These sleep disorders may have connections with hypertension:

    • Insomnia

      Insomnia and hypertension may be linked. Since insomnia can lead to shorter sleep duration, it can also factor into hypertension. The risk of hypertension increases when people with insomnia get less than five hours of sleep as well.

    • Restless legs syndrome or RLS

      There is a possible link between RLS and hypertension. A recent study found that middle-aged women with the most frequent RLS instances were 41 percent more likely to have hypertension. The prevalence of high blood pressure increased with RLS symptom frequency.

    • Obstructive sleep apnea or OSA

      OSA is a cause of secondary hypertension. About 50 percent of patients that have OSA, also have hypertension and an estimated 30 to 40 percent of people with hypertension have OSA. Blood pressure levels become elevated at night because OSA episodes produce surges in both diastolic and systolic pressure. Many times this heighted BP can continue on throughout the day.

    Concerned about problems you have while you sleep? Do you think your hypertension is causing other issues? Be sure to understand all of your conditions. Set up a sleep health consultation today to get the full picture.

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