Extreme Weather Events and Asthma

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• Alternative Title:
  Immunol Allergy Clin North Am
• Personal Author:
  Luedders, Jennilee ; Poole, Jill A. ; Rorie, Andrew C.
• Description:
  Purpose:
  
  The objective of this article is to review recent literature on the implications of extreme weather events such as thunderstorms, wildfires, tropical cyclones, freshwater flooding, and temperature extremes in relationship to asthma symptoms.
  
  Methods:
  
  PubMed, EMBASE, Scopus, EBSCOhost MEDLINE, and CINAHL literature searches were conducted with librarian assistance for articles about the effect of extreme weather conditions on asthma. Articles were selected for inclusion after the literature search by author review based on topic relevance.
  
  Results:
  
  Several studies have shown worsening of asthma symptoms with thunderstorms, wildfires, tropical cyclones, freshwater flooding, and temperature extremes. In particular, thunderstorm asthma can be exacerbated by certain factors such as temperature, precipitation, and allergen sensitization. Wildfire-associated particulate matter and cyclone-related flooding can lead to increased asthma symptoms. Freshwater flooding can lead to increased respiratory infections which can contribute to asthma symptoms. Temperature extremes are associated with asthma exacerbations.
  
  Conclusion:
  
  Extreme weather events can have devastating effects on populations and can particularly impact the respiratory health of those with asthma. With climate change and global warming, it is likely the world will continue to experience increased frequencies of these severe events. Therefore, it is imperative that the allergy and immunology community be aware of the health effects associated with these extreme weather events in order to educate patients and engage in mitigation strategies.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Allergens Asthma Extreme Weather Humans Hypersensitivity Weather
• Keywords:
  Asthma Climate Change Extreme Weather Freshwater Flooding Temperature Extremes Thunderstorm Asthma Tropical Cyclones Wildfires
• Source:
  Immunol Allergy Clin North Am. 44(1):35-44
• Pubmed ID:
  37973258
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC11472832
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  R01 OH012045/OH/NIOSH CDC HHSUnited States/ ; U54 OH010162/OH/NIOSH CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  44
• Issue:
  1
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:87f7362abf46c7cf3d263d7f1934afb54ac471dc6edec005b3d8a32b68f5f224f81b5483a7ab8d0bc7028327f112cb486c17bcf758ee539eb6d6670786639787
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/166665/cdc_166665_DS1.pdf
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