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Ask the doctors, Is it dangerous to sleep sitting up?

Published Harvard Medical School

Q. After I had cataract surgery and facial surgery, I loved sleeping in my recliner for days on end. Does sleeping while sitting up put my brain and vital organs at risk since the blood supply has to travel uphill?

Is it dangerous to sleep sitting up 2A. Sleeping sitting up in a recliner shouldn’t be harmful.

It could, in some cases, raise your risk of deep-vein thrombosis, a blood clot in a limb that can occur if your arms or legs are bent and you are motionless for hours.

Is it dangerous to sleep sitting up 3

This sometimes occurs in people who sit still for long periods of time in an airplane seat.

Is it dangerous to sleep sitting up 4

But provided you are comfortable and can recline back slightly, there should be few risks to sleeping upright, assuming it doesn’t interfere with your ability to get a good night’s sleep.

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