Shut Eyes Shuts Down Hypertension

If your out of control hypertension keeps you up at night, you may be making things worse, a study published in the May 20011 issue of Repertory Medicine found.

The link between lack of quality sleep and high blood pressure is well known. However, the results of this research study have found the biological mechanisms that explain why those with inadequate sleep are significantly more likely to have high blood pressure.

In this study, a group of 22 research subjects with sleep apnea – a common sleep disorder that’s caused from poor breathing during the night—were studied as they slept through the night. They found that their bodies produced very high levels of two compounds, sFlt-1 and sEng. SFlt-1 and sEng are a pair of proteins that your body produces to increase blood pressure.

Getting at least 8 hours of sleep per night and/or treating sleep apnea may combat the rise of sFlt-1, sEng, and blood pressure while you sleep.

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