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Allergy symptoms can certainly be frustrating at times. Whether you deal with itchy, watery eyes, sneezing, a runny nose, coughing, scratchy throat or all of the above, getting through allergy season can be a real slog. But there might be more to worry about with allergies than their short-term, nagging symptoms. A study of data from the National Health Interview Survey found allergies are also associated with an increased risk of developing heart problems later in life.

There have been previous studies that linked having allergies with cardiovascular disease before, but Yang Guo, PhD, the studys lead author, told Science Magazine there is a lot of disagreement over those findings in the scientific community. The aim of Guo's study was to parse National Health Interview Survey's data and ascertain whether there was indeed elevated cardiovascular risks associated with allergies.

The study looked at 34,417 adults surveyed in 2012. The allergic group was represented by 10,045 people who had at least one allergy ranging from seasonal to food to pet to medicine. The researchers made sure to adjust their findings to account for discrepancies caused by things like age, race, pre-existing conditions, BMI and whether the subjects were smokers or drinkers.

The analysis ultimately showed that adults between the ages of 18 and 57 with a history of allergies had an increased risk of developing high blood pressure, which can lead to heart conditions down the road. Black male adults between the ages of 39 to 57 had a higher risk of developing coronary heart disease. And people in the allergenic group who also had asthma were at the highest risk of developing both coronary heart disease and high blood pressure.

These findings will be presented American College of Cardiology Asia 2022 in April. The study's authors hope their work will lead to improvements in long-term preventative care for allergy sufferers. If there is potential for people with allergies to develop heart complications over time, it's important that their medical practitioner alert them to that risk early on, and provide them with options to help mitigate it.

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