ISRAELVALLEY SANTE - PLUS DE 15% DE LA POPULATION EN ISRAËL SOUFFRE D'HYPERTENSION ARTERIELLE. DES DISPUTES FAMILIALES SERAIENT LA CAUSE N°1 DE CETTE MALADIE!

Selon une étude récente, plus de 22% des hommes (9% pour les femmes) israéliens ont de l’hypertension. Les bagarres familiales et les bouchons sur les routes seraient les raisons principales de cette hypertension. La pression artérielle correspond à la pression du sang dans les artères. On parle aussi de tension artérielle, car cette pression est aussi la force exercée par le sang sur la paroi des artères, elle tend la paroi de l’artère; stricto sensu, la « tension » dans la paroi de l’artère résulte directement de la « pression ».

L’hypertension artérielle (HTA) est une pathologie cardiovasculaire définie par une pression artérielle trop élevée. Souvent multifactorielle, l’HTA peut être aiguë ou chronique, avec ou sans signes de gravité. On parle communément d’hypertension artérielle pour une pression artérielle systolique supérieure à 140 mmHg et une pression artérielle diastolique supérieure à 90 mmHg.

Ynet : "Some 15% of the population in Israel suffers from high blood pressure, with a higher incidence among men (22%) than among women (9%). According to the survey, most of the population, even most hypertension sufferers, were aware of the disease and its symptoms. Some 85% of respondents and 93% of those who suffered from hypertension correctly cited 120/80 as normal blood pressure. Awareness among respondents age 50 and up stood at 90%.

Another interesting figure is that most Israelis have checked their blood pressure: 89% of the total population and 96% of Israelis with high blood pressure said they checked their BP at home or at the doctor’s. Fifteen percent of the population and 22% of hypertension sufferers had checked their blood pressure in the past month, and some 30% of the total population had had their BP checked in the past six months.

Excessive irritation and increased tension are known factors that raise blood pressure, especially among sufferers from hypertension. But what makes Israelis angry? According to the survey, the main causes of irritation were family fights; fights with a partner (69%); traffic jams (61%); followed by workplace conflicts, long lines in the supermarket and the hot weather (50%). Only 27% of respondents said they were upset when the house wasn’t clean".