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By Zebulen Riess


There aren't many factors more annoying than stumbling out of bed each morning without getting a nice night of sleeping. You are aware of that feeling. You get up with just 5 hours, possibly 6 hours of rest or maybe less. Then you head off to experience your day, just going through the actions. The body may very well be there, nevertheless the remainder of you isn't!

Duration of sleep was measured using surveys and a special sensor on the wrist that kept track of rest and activity for the 578 participants, all of an average age of 40. In both 2000-2001 initial measurements were taken, then in 2005 and 2006 blood pressure, demographic and self reported sleep information were measured once again.

The researchers found that those who slept fewer hours are much more likely to have BP pressure readings than those who slept longer. These sleep-starved adults were also more likely to develop hypertension pressure over time.

But maybe you don't have a chronic sleep disorder. Perhaps you are just stressed out and your bedroom is too crowded and too hot, or your mattress too hard.

Sleep, Blessed Sleep

Perhaps you take the ability to sleep for granted, but for the estimated 40 million Americans who suffer from a sleep disorder, falling asleep and staying asleep doesn't come so easily. A person with a sleep disorder usually sleeps poorly or not enough so they wake up lousy.

Acute insomnia refers to sleeping problems lasting longer than a thirty day period and may lead to mental and physical sickness.

The average hours a sleep a night for the participants in the study was 6 hours.

Only a lucky 1% of subjects got more than 8 hours a night. Black men tended to get the fewest hours of sleep. "These two observations suggested the intriguing possibility that the well-documented higher blood pressure in African Americans and men might be partly related to sleep duration," the study authors conclude.

In addition, a lack of sleep adversely affects both memory and concentration, which can negatively influence a person's job performance. And the list of problems caused by lack of sleep goes on and on

If you or your significant other, like a child, a family member or close friend has a problem sleeping, the first step is to identify the problem and to seek treatment as soon as possible. Remember, chronic sleep deprivation, no matter what the cause is dangerous and potentially fatal.

If you don't get the sleep you need, you don't restore and refresh you brain and body. You are basically running on empty.

Of course the inventors consider your basic safety very significantly. Alteril is a sleep aid for slight insomnia and periodic sleeplessness.

Learn about your BP reading and what you need to know about medication to treat your condition.If you're prescribed hypertension medication, take it as prescribed. No matter how old you are, or what shape you're in, you can do something to lower your blood pressure.

This study encourages anyone who's worried about lack of sleep effects on hypertension to ensure they have a regular sleep pattern, as well as taking some of the other steps experts recommend to keep your blood pressure under control.




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