Short sleep tied to heart disease risk

sounds like i'm a prime candidate. have already had one stroke. hope & pray that i don't have another. i am a terrible sleeper & never get that much sleep at one time. i hope everyone stays well.

im gonna guess and say that if i dont sleep that wont be a good thing either right?? lol.. ugh i hate insomnia.. some one come knock me out with a hammer please??

I will be a candidate too. I usually sleep for only 7 hours and sometimes only 5 or less. It is rare that I slept for 8 hours and more. Fortunately, my blood pressure is normal every time I visit the clinic for checkup.

Long ago, We had this blood donation sponsored by a certain organization where I belong. I was thin then because of overtime and other stuffs as a graduating student. I participated on that activity thinking that I could not donate my blood because for me I am anemic. Unfortunately the nurse had told me that I am one of those guys who can proceed to the donation. I was scared because it was my first time. The good thing is my blood pressure is normal and also my heart beat. I can't really believe the results of the checkup though I was very happy that time.

I read this and brought this to the attention of my husband who is a heart patient.
thank you for bring it to my attention again.

Hi ronaldinu,



Well its an eye opener, pardon my pun, I really should have my eith hours but I don't, I have about 5 hours sleep per day, but I haven't got high blood pressure though, my husband has 12 hours sleep because when he gets up, he normally do the usual things but alsways sleep in the afternoon for a few hours, then when he gets up, he eats stay up for a little while watching tv and then go off to bed again, he loves his sleep, but I just cannot sleep as much as him.


Tamara

Hi ronald this is interesting guess I should get more sleep!! Though so far my blood pressure is normal yet sometimes is low but that is when not well or low in myself..thanks for the info littleowl

Every one needs enough sleep but the problem is we really can not. Makes me wonder though that most older people I know feels okay despite sleeping for only a few hours each night. They say it is normal for them.

Well I'm glad that I get enough sleep, I get about 8 hrs of sleep a night, but I usually wake up at least once during the night, but I always go right back to sleep. I know we all need to get enough rest for our health, sometimes its hard for some people.

Sleep has always been important. I am not surprised that a link has been found between lack of sleep and heart stroke. What did surprise me was the amount of sleep that was actually needed. I guess sleep is far more important than anyone thought.

I remember reading this somewhere, and it's quite alarming because I've never managed eight hours of sleep in my life! I'm lucky to get four or five - that would be the maximum, and even that is broken up into smaller amounts as I wake often during the night. I never feel tired though, or worried about it - so it's worrying to hear the lack of sleep could cause those problems.