Thursday, March 19, 2015

Take Care! Regularly not sleep Cause High Blood Pressure

Mayo Clinic researchers, the United States conducted a study to find out the relationship between the quality and quantity of sleep with a person's blood pressure. They monitor the eight participants for 16 days.

The study found that participants had shorter sleep time at night, have higher blood pressure. The findings are published in the Journal of Cardiology Annual Scientific in San Diego, California, on Sunday (15/3) and then, as reported by the Huffington Post.

A total of eight study participants stated to have initial conditions healthy and normal weight range in age range 19 to 36 years. They experienced a period of acclimatization four days before divided into two groups.

The first group was required to sleep for four hours every night for nine days. The second group slept for nine hours in nine days. During the 16-day period, the researchers monitored the blood pressure for 24 hours.

Blood pressure tends to be on top during the afternoon and reached its lowest point in the middle of the night when someone is sleeping soundly. Low quantity of his group has recorded an average blood pressure 115/64 mm Hg and his group of high quantity has an average blood pressure 105/57 mm Hg

"We know that high blood pressure, especially at night is one of the main factors for heart disease," said lead researcher Naima Covassin.

The new study also showed symptoms of sleep apnea (a sleep disorder in which breathing stops and goes back sometimes) is regarded as a common factor that can lead to high blood pressure.

According to the National Sleep Foundation, sleep disorders often undiagnosed This creates a pause when someone breathes, causing snoring and sleep quality degradation. This can lead to hypertension and heart disease, and cause liver problems, and impaired memory.

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