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If my blood pressure is high example 150/90 and i go to sleep and get maybe 6 hours of rest will it go down abit?

Q: if my blood pressure is high example 150/90 and i go to sleep and get maybe 6 hours of rest will it go down abit?

: Sleep typically helps blood pressure because you relax when you sleep, most of the time. Also lack of sleep, which 6 hours for a night would be, will increase your blood pressure and so does restless sleep do the same thing.

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Dr. Barbara MacFarlane answered

Sleep typically helps blood pressure because you relax when you sleep, most of the time. Also lack of sleep, which 6 hours for a night would be, will increase your blood pressure and so does restless sleep do the same thing.

Answered 4/22/2023

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If my blood pressure is high example 150/90 and i go to sleep and get maybe 6 hours of rest will it go down abit?

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