Hypertension: insomnia and sleep | Revista Women's Health

According to a recent study, chronic insomnia, along with a few hours of sleep, can significantly increase a person?s risk of suffering from hypertension.

The relationship between insomnia and hypertension

In the study, researchers looked at people suffering from insomnia who slept five hours or less and found that their risk of starting to suffer from hypertension was 500% higher than for those without insomnia and slept six hours a night .

Additionally, they noted that the risk of hypertension among those suffering from insomnia and sleeping 5 to 6 hours was 350% higher than those who slept normally.

However, there seems to be a significant risk of hypertension for people who only suffer from insomnia but were able to sleep for more than 6 hours and for those without insomnia but with short sleep duration.

What these observations is that insomnia and short sleep duration appear to have a synergistic effect on the risk of hypertension.

The need to assess sleep

Importantly, most of the time, the amount of sleep we feel that we are different from the amount of sleep they actually did it. That?s why, for we know exactly how much sleep we need a doctor to evaluate our sleep.

The study referred to above was cross-section, which means that not possible to determine a cause. However, the study authors noted that, based on large amounts of research and clinical data, is likely to cause insomnia hypertension and that hypertension does not cause insomnia.

According to previous reports, insomnia accompanied by short sleep duration is related to the hypersecretion of cortisol, increased catecholaminergic activity, heart rate and metabolic rate increased, and variability of heart rate prevented. All these can cause hypertension and other cardiovascular problems.

Following the conclusion based on the study: It is important that people who suffer from insomnia go to a sleep doctor and seek to assess and treat your problem. And even when people who have insomnia but have normal sleep seem to be at risk of hypertension, but they should consult their doctor, as insomnia can cause depression.

Source: http://revistawomenshealth.com/diseases/hypertension/hypertension-insomnia-sleep.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hypertension-insomnia-sleep

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