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Your blood pressure is higher when your heart is hard at work, pumping blood while your body is moving, keeping balance, etc. (when you're awake and standing.) And when you are reclining, your heart is at rest and doesn't need to work as hard to pump blood through out the body.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 15y agoIdeally there is no change.
However if you fall asleep the BP falls toward minimal perfusion needs (about 80/60) rather than full gravity load needs (120/80).
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∙ 8y agoWhen you are resting your heart does not have to extert as much force to pump your blood.
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∙ 12y agoThey fall as your heart doesn't have to pump against the force of gravity as it does when your standing.
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∙ 15y agoNot if you're healthy. It falls.
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