People with allergies, whether respiratory, skin or food, are at greater risk of developing high blood pressure or coronary heart disease.
- Blood pressure is usually measured with a tensiometer during consultations with your general practitioner.
- Normal blood pressure is 120/80, we speak of high blood pressure when it exceeds 149/90 in the doctor’s office and 135/85 at home.
On this Easter weekend, many will take advantage of the good weather to hide the eggs in the garden. An outdoor activity that could be difficult for people with allergies. According to the National Aerobiological Monitoring Network (RNSA) in its allergo-pollinic bulletin of April 15, “the risk of allergy will be high for birch pollen (a small tree) in many departments in a large northeast quarter of the country”.
Allergies would promote the occurrence of high blood pressure and heart disease
This week, a study on the long-term effects of these allergies, which has yet to be published in a scientific journal, was presented at the Congress of the American College of Cardiology, which is held until Saturday, April 16 in South Korea. Based on their experiments, the researchers believe that people with respiratory, skin and/or food allergies are at greater risk of developing high blood pressure and coronary heart disease.
In this study, scientists looked at data from 34,417 adults, including 10,045 who had at least one allergic disorder. Results: People who had respiratory, skin and/or food allergies suffered more from high blood pressure or coronary heart disease during their lifetime.
A call for better follow-up of patients
“For patients with allergic problems, follow-up blood pressure and coronary heart disease examinations should be performed by doctors to ensure that early treatments are given to people with hypertension or coronary heart disease”said Yang Guolead author of the study.
In detail, people aged 18 to 57 and allergic had a greater risk of suffering from high blood pressure. In contrast, African American men aged 39 to 57 were more likely to have heart problems. Finally, the authors also noted that asthma was a risk factor for these two pathologies.
In the future, scientists want to continue their research in order to better understand the link between allergies and these diseases and perhaps better identify those at risk upstream in order to improve prevention.
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