Meteorological conditions, climate change, new emerging factors, and asthma and related allergic disorders. A statement of the World Allergy Organization
The prevalence of allergic airway diseases such as asthma and rhinitis has increased dramatically to epidemic proportions worldwide. Besides air pollution from industry derived emissions and motor vehicles, the rising trend can only be explained by gross changes in the environments where we live. Th...
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Gennaro D’Amato Stephen T. Holgate Ruby Pawankar Dennis K. Ledford Lorenzo Cecchi Mona Al-Ahmad Fatma Al-Enezi Saleh Al-Muhsen Ignacio Ansotegui Carlos E. Baena-Cagnani David J. Baker Hasan Bayram Karl Christian Bergmann Louis-Philippe Boulet Jeroen T.M. Buters Maria D’Amato Sofia Dorsano Jeroen Douwes Sarah Elise Finlay Donata Garrasi Maximiliano Gómez Tari Haahtela Rabih Halwani Youssouf Hassani Basam Mahboub Guy Marks Paola Michelozzi Marcello Montagni Carlos Nunes Jay Jae-Won Oh Todor A. Popov Jay Portnoy Erminia Ridolo Nelson Rosário Menachem Rottem Mario Sánchez-Borges Elopy Sibanda Juan José Sienra-Monge Carolina Vitale Isabella Annesi-Maesano |
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Meteorological conditions, climate change, new emerging factors, and asthma and related allergic disorders. A statement of the World Allergy Organization |
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Meteorological conditions, climate change, new emerging factors, and asthma and related allergic disorders. A statement of the World Allergy Organization |
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Meteorological conditions, climate change, new emerging factors, and asthma and related allergic disorders. A statement of the World Allergy Organization |
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Meteorological conditions, climate change, new emerging factors, and asthma and related allergic disorders. A statement of the World Allergy Organization |
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Meteorological conditions, climate change, new emerging factors, and asthma and related allergic disorders. A statement of the World Allergy Organization |
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meteorological conditions, climate change, new emerging factors, and asthma and related allergic disorders. a statement of the world allergy organization |
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The prevalence of allergic airway diseases such as asthma and rhinitis has increased dramatically to epidemic proportions worldwide. Besides air pollution from industry derived emissions and motor vehicles, the rising trend can only be explained by gross changes in the environments where we live. The world economy has been transformed over the last 25 years with developing countries being at the core of these changes. Around the planet, in both developed and developing countries, environments are undergoing profound changes. Many of these changes are considered to have negative effects on respiratory health and to enhance the frequency and severity of respiratory diseases such as asthma in the general population.Increased concentrations of greenhouse gases, and especially carbon dioxide (CO2), in the atmosphere have already warmed the planet substantially, causing more severe and prolonged heat waves, variability in temperature, increased air pollution, forest fires, droughts, and floods – all of which can put the respiratory health of the public at risk. These changes in climate and air quality have a measurable impact not only on the morbidity but also the mortality of patients with asthma and other respiratory diseases. The massive increase in emissions of air pollutants due to economic and industrial growth in the last century has made air quality an environmental problem of the first order in a large number of regions of the world. A body of evidence suggests that major changes to our world are occurring and involve the atmosphere and its associated climate. These changes, including global warming induced by human activity, have an impact on the biosphere, biodiversity, and the human environment. Mitigating this huge health impact and reversing the effects of these changes are major challenges.This statement of the World Allergy Organization (WAO) raises the importance of this health hazard and highlights the facts on climate-related health impacts, including: deaths and acute morbidity due to heat waves and extreme meteorological events; increased frequency of acute cardio-respiratory events due to higher concentrations of ground level ozone; changes in the frequency of respiratory diseases due to trans-boundary particle pollution; altered spatial and temporal distribution of allergens (pollens, molds, and mites); and some infectious disease vectors. According to this report, these impacts will not only affect those with current asthma but also increase the incidence and prevalence of allergic respiratory conditions and of asthma. The effects of climate change on respiratory allergy are still not well defined, and more studies addressing this topic are needed. Global warming is expected to affect the start, duration, and intensity of the pollen season on the one hand, and the rate of asthma exacerbations due to air pollution, respiratory infections, and/or cold air inhalation, and other conditions on the other hand. |
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doaj-8a98b96a99fd415b8febfdc5232796642020-11-25T02:25:56ZengElsevierWorld Allergy Organization Journal1939-45512015-01-018Meteorological conditions, climate change, new emerging factors, and asthma and related allergic disorders. A statement of the World Allergy OrganizationGennaro D’Amato0Stephen T. Holgate1Ruby Pawankar2Dennis K. Ledford3Lorenzo Cecchi4Mona Al-Ahmad5Fatma Al-Enezi6Saleh Al-Muhsen7Ignacio Ansotegui8Carlos E. Baena-Cagnani9David J. Baker10Hasan Bayram11Karl Christian Bergmann12Louis-Philippe Boulet13Jeroen T.M. Buters14Maria D’Amato15Sofia Dorsano16Jeroen Douwes17Sarah Elise Finlay18Donata Garrasi19Maximiliano Gómez20Tari Haahtela21Rabih Halwani22Youssouf Hassani23Basam Mahboub24Guy Marks25Paola Michelozzi26Marcello Montagni27Carlos Nunes28Jay Jae-Won Oh29Todor A. Popov30Jay Portnoy31Erminia Ridolo32Nelson Rosário33Menachem Rottem34Mario Sánchez-Borges35Elopy Sibanda36Juan José Sienra-Monge37Carolina Vitale38Isabella Annesi-Maesano39Department of Respiratory Diseases, Division of Pneumology and Allergology, High Specialty Hospital “A. Cardarelli” Napoli, Italy, University of Naples Medical School, Via Rione Sirignano, 10, 80121 Napoli, Italy; Correspondence:Southampton General Hospital, Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Southampton, Hampshire, UKDepartment of Pediatrics, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, JapanMorsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FloridaInterdepartmental Centre of Bioclimatology, University of Florence Allergy and Clinical Immunology Section, Azienda Sanitaria di Prato, ItalyDepartment of Allergy, Al-Rashid Center, Ministry of Health, Khobar, KuwaitAl-Rashid Allergy and Respiratory Center, Khobar, KuwaitDepartment of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Allergy and Immunology, Hospital Quirón Bizkaia, Erandio, SpainCentre for Research in Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Catholic University of Córdoba, Córdoba, ArgentinaEmeritus Consultant Anaesthesiologist, SAMU de Paris, Hôpital Necker – Enfants Malades, Paris, FranceDepartment of Chest Diseases, Respiratory Research Laboratory, Allergy Division, School of Medicine, University of Gaziantep, Şehitkamil/Gaziantep 27310, TurkeyAllergy-Centrum-Charité, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, GermanyQuebec Heart and Lung Institute, Laval University, 2725 chemin Sainte-Foy, Quebec City G1V 4G5, CanadaZAUM – Center of Allergy and Environment, Helmholtz Zentrum München/Technische Universität München, Munich, GermanyUniversity of Naples, Institute of Respiratory Diseases, Naples, ItalyWorld Allergy Organization, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United StatesCentre for Public Health Research, Massey University, Wellington, New ZealandConsultant in Emergency Medicine, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, UKDevelopment Assistance Committee, Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris, FranceAsthma & Allergy Unit, Hospital San Bernardo, Salta, ArgentinaSkin and Allergy Hospital, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, FinlandPrince Naif Center for Immunology Research, College of Medicine, King Saud University, P.O.Box 2925Postal Code 11461 Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaEpidemiology of Respiratory and Allergic Disease Department, UMR-S, Institute Pierre Louis of Epidemiology and Public Health, INSERM Medical School Saint-Antoine, UPMC Sorbonne Universités, Paris, FranceUniversity of Sharjah, and, Rashid Hospital DHA, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesSouth Western Sydney Clinical School, UNSW, Australia and Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, University of Sydney, Sydney, AustraliaDipartimento Epidemiologia Regione Lazio, UOC Epidemiologia Ambientale, Roma, ItalyDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Parma, Via Gramsci 14, 43100 Parma, ItalyCenter of Allergy of Algarve, Hospital Particular do Algarve, Particular do Algarve, BrasilDepartment of Pediatrics, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, KoreaClinic of Allergy and Asthma, Medical University in Sofia, Sofia, BulgariaChildren’s Mercy Hospitals & Clinics, Kansas City, Missouri, USADepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Parma, Via Gramsci 14, 43100 Parma, ItalyDivision of Pediatric Respiratory Medicine, Hospital de Clínicas, Federal University of Parana, Rua Tte. João Gomes da Silva 226, 80810-100 Curitiba, PR, BrazilAllergy Asthma and Immunology, Emek Medical Center, Afula, and the Rappaport Faculty of Medicine Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, IsraelClinica El Avila, Caracas, VenezuelaAsthma, Allergy and Immune Dysfunction Clinic, Harare, ZimbabweAllergy and Immunology Department, Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez, SSA, México City, MexicoUniversity of Naples, Institute of Respiratory Diseases, Naples, ItalyEpidemiology of Respiratory and Allergic Disease Department (EPAR), Institute Pierre Louis of Epidemiology and Public Health, UMR-S 1136, INSERM, Paris, France; UPMC, Sorbonne Universités, Medical School Saint-Antoine, 803-804-806, 8 etage/ Floor 27, Rue Chaligny, CEDEX 12, 75571 Paris, FranceThe prevalence of allergic airway diseases such as asthma and rhinitis has increased dramatically to epidemic proportions worldwide. Besides air pollution from industry derived emissions and motor vehicles, the rising trend can only be explained by gross changes in the environments where we live. The world economy has been transformed over the last 25 years with developing countries being at the core of these changes. Around the planet, in both developed and developing countries, environments are undergoing profound changes. Many of these changes are considered to have negative effects on respiratory health and to enhance the frequency and severity of respiratory diseases such as asthma in the general population.Increased concentrations of greenhouse gases, and especially carbon dioxide (CO2), in the atmosphere have already warmed the planet substantially, causing more severe and prolonged heat waves, variability in temperature, increased air pollution, forest fires, droughts, and floods – all of which can put the respiratory health of the public at risk. These changes in climate and air quality have a measurable impact not only on the morbidity but also the mortality of patients with asthma and other respiratory diseases. The massive increase in emissions of air pollutants due to economic and industrial growth in the last century has made air quality an environmental problem of the first order in a large number of regions of the world. A body of evidence suggests that major changes to our world are occurring and involve the atmosphere and its associated climate. These changes, including global warming induced by human activity, have an impact on the biosphere, biodiversity, and the human environment. Mitigating this huge health impact and reversing the effects of these changes are major challenges.This statement of the World Allergy Organization (WAO) raises the importance of this health hazard and highlights the facts on climate-related health impacts, including: deaths and acute morbidity due to heat waves and extreme meteorological events; increased frequency of acute cardio-respiratory events due to higher concentrations of ground level ozone; changes in the frequency of respiratory diseases due to trans-boundary particle pollution; altered spatial and temporal distribution of allergens (pollens, molds, and mites); and some infectious disease vectors. According to this report, these impacts will not only affect those with current asthma but also increase the incidence and prevalence of allergic respiratory conditions and of asthma. The effects of climate change on respiratory allergy are still not well defined, and more studies addressing this topic are needed. Global warming is expected to affect the start, duration, and intensity of the pollen season on the one hand, and the rate of asthma exacerbations due to air pollution, respiratory infections, and/or cold air inhalation, and other conditions on the other hand.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1939455119302194 |