Scientists have found that sleep problems can provoke aneurysm rupture, which can lead to hemorrhage.
In a recent study, the resultswhich was published on November 3 in the Journal of the American Heart Association, scientists have determined that insomnia is one of the risk factors for cerebral hemorrhage due to ruptured aneurysm. Among these factors, smoking and high blood pressure are also noted.
During the analysis, a group of researchers tried todata to identify factors that contribute to the formation of an aneurysm or hemorrhage due to its rupture. First of all, the effect of smoking, high blood pressure on these processes was studied, as well as the relationship between aneurysms and sleep, coffee, physical activity, body mass index, blood pressure, sugar, cholesterol levels, type 2 diabetes, impaired renal function, chronic inflammation.
In addition, scientists used data from severalgenome-wide associative studies. 6,300 cases of intracranial aneurysm and almost 4,200 cases of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage were compared with over 59,500 control cases to identify a genetic predisposition to aneurysm formation.
It turned out that the genetic predisposition toinsomnia increases the risk of hemorrhage and aneurysm formation by 24 percent. Smokers were three times more likely to develop an aneurysm than non-smokers. Also, the risk of developing aneurysm increased threefold with an increase in diastolic (lower) blood pressure for every 10 mm Hg. Art. However, an increased BMI (body mass index) and high triglyceride levels did not affect the development of aneurysm or the likelihood of cerebral hemorrhage.
Source: Medical Xpress