At night the blood pressure is lower. A few hours before waking up the pressure starts to rise. It will peak by mid-afternoon, and the evening will go down again.
In this mode there are failures. Sometimes in the morning blood pressure is high. This is a problem because any heart attacks from stroke just in the morning and do happen.
The reasons for this failure are:
- poor control over pressure;
- sleep apnea;
- kidney disease;
- diabetes;
- thyroid problems;
- problems with the nervous system;
- heart disease.
Such reasons difficult to control. But it is possible to deal here with these risk factors:
- night work;
- smoking;
- anxiety;
- stress at work or at home;
- medicines for a short-acting pressure.
If the doctor suspects you have a weird blood pressure drops, it is likely to offer to do daily monitoring. The portable device will be every 30 - 60 minutes to measure the pressure of the day and night. So you can make a diagnosis and choose a treatment that will work at the right time of day.
