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Does high blood pressure cause insomnia or other sleep disorders..?
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Other way around: Sleep disturbances, especially sleep apnea, can contribute to hypertension and its attendant risks. Managing the sleep disturbance can help ameliorate the hypertension.
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Sleep: Blood pressure changes in different phases of sleep there is something called as non dipping phenomena and sleep apnea can cause hypertension and if treated and decrease high blood pressure and need for extra medications.
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