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What is The Connection between Snoring & High Blood Pressure?
Filed Under (Holistic Remedies, Natural Cure) by Eri on 07-09-2009
Links Between Hypertension and Snoring
by Christian Goodman
At some point, you’ve probably been nudged in the night due to snoring – if you sleep with a partner. Or, you may have wakened feeling unrested even though you believe you slept several hours. Though common, this habit may be more than just an annoyance.
Some snoring is not necessarily cause for alarm. Someone who snores only occasionally can usually fix the problem by rolling to the side to sleep.
Noisy and or almost nightly snoring though is more than likely something worth looking into.
This can signal sleep apnea. This is a common but serious sleep disorder in which the person will stop breathing throughout the night.
Witnesses can usually tell when the person does finally take a breath because a loud snore will occur. This is more than just frustrating due to the noise. The chemicals which help control breathing also experience interuption.
Oxygen levels drop and hormones are released which over time can result in high blood pressure. If this is not treated, serious health problems from heart attack to organ failure can result.
A few other factors that can increase the liklihood of snoring or sleep apnea are being overweight, alcohol consumption, smoking and indulging in heavy meals shortly before sleep.
So, it’s been established that snoring or sleep apnea can lead to high blood pressure. What about the other way around?
Problems with the cardiovascular system tend to also include water retention. Water may be retained in the lungs and throat tissues. As a result, snoring or sleep apnea can be aggravated.
I strongly suggest my all natural High Blood Pressure program as well as my Stop Snoring Program. Both involve easy exercises and are extremely effective.
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Christian Goodman is the creator of a unique method to cure sleep apnea and snoring as well as a treatment to lower high blood pressure. Some may not realize these two conditions are linked. But he has found a very clear connection between the two.
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it is a nice post have a great idea on this topic…..
She lives in rural West Virginia, and the doctors there have not really been, shall we say, the cream of the crop, so I’m not sure how up to date they are with the available medicines.
You likely know this, but trying to find drugs to lower blood pressure for someone who is a heavy smoker just doesn’t make sense. If she’s concerned about her heart health and her blood pressure, she needs to quit smoking…
If the heart disease has been mostly in one form, then consider testing for it now while there are no symptoms. It might provide problems getting health insurance, but you will be able to take steps to limit future problems.
I would have never thought there was any correlation between these two conditions. I was always under the impression that snoring could cause some pulmonary problems.
Nice,I have never heard of such things. I HAVE heard of sleep apnea. If you are overweight, the risk for apnea is higher. In order to diagnose this, you will have to get a sleep study. If someone is complaining of your snoring, and it is just getting worse, keep in mind that apnea is very dangerous, and can cause you to stop breathing in the night.
A large factor in your mothers blood pressure, as many have stated before me, is her smoking. She should really attempt to quit. There are several medications that are able to help with that if she is having problems.
Stress is a major reason for high blood pressure. There are so many reasons for high blood pressure, it could be your diet, weight, do you smoke. Try loosing a little weight and see if it helps you at all…
Age can be a factor. The older you get, the weaker your throat muscles become. Weak throat muscles cause the surrounding tissues to sag and vibrate.If you are overweight, your throat tissues are less firm and more inclined to vibrate when you breathe.