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Hi, I have noticed through a ambulatory blood pressure monitor that my blood pressure spikes in the middle of the night on a regular basis. My watch takes blood pressure hourly and I can go from normal sometimes even low BP to high into hypertension range within an hour. Is it normal for blood pressure to spike like this whilst asleep?
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g.90572 rachelhannah
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rachelhannah g.90572
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derek76 rachelhannah
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jessemol5 rachelhannah
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Your blood pressure is naturally lower while you're asleep to your lowest point of the day. The spikes could be caused by snoring, breathing irregularities or dreams and nightmares. I go to sleep worried thinking about things and it affects my sleep too.
I don't have anything that monitors me during the night just yet but I would ask the doctor if I were you just see what his opinion is.
rachelhannah jessemol5
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mike92384 rachelhannah
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The most qualified person to ask about this is your doctor. You mentioned that your 'watch takes bp hourly"..you wear a wrist bp monitor??? If so, their accuracy is very questionable. Is there a reason why you're taking your bp while sleeping?????
Again, if you're concerned, please see your doctor.
rachelhannah mike92384
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Many thanks Mike, It is a health monitor wrist band a bit like fitbit but more geared towards health, so monitors sleep, heart rate, breathing rate, blood pressure, fatigue. I got it due to suffering some health issues this year & i wanted to check my sleep quality and it just happens it takes BP hourly and i noticed this spike. I was aware that taking blood pressure on the wrist is not that accurate, so I took several comparison readings with a proper blood pressure monitor and took the average difference which was about 5% and deducted it from the reading. Most readings that were high were still in the high range after this deduction but it is difficult to know for sure without using proper equipment. I just wanted to know if high blood pressure at night was common or not, to whether i should speak to my GP about it. Thanks for your response.
mike92384 rachelhannah
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The most qualified person to answer your question of whether high bp at night was common or not would be your doctor.
We're all here as a support system, but I hardly think most of us are qualified to make medical diagnosis or whatever.
derek76 mike92384
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We don't know what his BP is as he has not told us. Nor do we know any of his other health history.
walkmeister rachelhannah
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What model or brand is your wrist health monitor?
I need one that monitors BP and your advice would be so much appreciated and welcomed.
Sincerely,
Bobby Walker