Climate change and allergies

Q3 Medicine
Daria Luschkova,  Claudia Traidl-Hoffmann, Alika Ludwig MD
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Abstract

The climate crisis poses a major challenge to human health as well as the healthcare system and threatens to jeopardize the medical progress made in recent decades. However, addressing climate change may also be the greatest opportunity for global health in the 21st century. The climate crisis and its consequences, such as rising temperatures, forest fires, floods, droughts, and changes in the quality and quantity of food and water, directly and indirectly affect human physical and mental health. More intense and frequent heat waves and declining air quality have been shown to increase all-cause mortality, especially among the most vulnerable. Climate warming alters existing ecosystems and favors biological invasions by species that better tolerate heat and drought. Pathogen profiles are changing, and the transmission and spread of vector-borne diseases are increasing. The spread of neophytes in Europe, such as ragweed, is creating new pollen sources that increase allergen exposure for allergy sufferers. In addition, the overall milder weather, especially in combination with air pollution and increased CO2 levels, is changing the production and allergenicity of pollen. The phenomenon of thunderstorm asthma is also occurring more frequently. In view of the increasing prevalence of allergic diseases due to climate change, early causal immunomodulatory therapy is therefore all the more important. During a climate consultation, patients can receive individual advice on climate adaptation and resilience and the benefits of CO2 reduction—for their own and the planet’s health. Almost 5% of all greenhouse gas emissions in Europe come from the healthcare sector. It thus has a central responsibility for a climate-neutral and sustainable transformation.

气候变化和过敏
气候危机对人类健康和医疗系统构成了重大挑战,并有可能危及近几十年来取得的医疗进步。然而,应对气候变化也可能是21世纪全球健康的最大机遇。气候危机及其后果,如气温上升、森林火灾、洪水、干旱,以及粮食和水的质量和数量的变化,直接和间接影响着人类的身心健康。更强烈、更频繁的热浪和空气质量下降已被证明会增加全因死亡率,尤其是在最脆弱的人群中。气候变暖改变了现有的生态系统,有利于更能忍受高温和干旱的物种进行生物入侵。病原体状况正在发生变化,媒介传播疾病的传播和传播正在增加。欧洲新植物的传播,如豚草,正在创造新的花粉来源,增加过敏患者的过敏原暴露。此外,总体温和的天气,特别是空气污染和二氧化碳水平增加,正在改变花粉的产生和致敏性。雷暴哮喘的现象也更加频繁。鉴于气候变化导致过敏性疾病的患病率不断上升,因此,早期因果免疫调节治疗更加重要。在气候咨询期间,患者可以获得关于气候适应和恢复能力以及减少二氧化碳排放的好处的个人建议,这对他们自己和地球的健康都有好处。欧洲近5%的温室气体排放来自医疗保健部门。因此,它对气候中性和可持续的转型负有核心责任。
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Allergo Journal International
Allergo Journal International Medicine-Immunology and Allergy
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4.60
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31
期刊介绍: Allergo Journal International is the official Journal of the German Society for Applied Allergology (AeDA) and the Austrian Society for Allergology and Immunology (ÖGAI). The journal is a forum for the communication and exchange of ideas concerning the various aspects of allergy (including related fields such as clinical immunology and environmental medicine) and promotes German allergy research in an international context. The aim of Allergo Journal International is to provide state of the art information for all medical and scientific disciplines that deal with allergic, immunological and environmental diseases. Allergo Journal International publishes original articles, reviews, short communications, case reports, and letters to the editor. The articles cover topics such as allergic, immunological and environmental diseases, the latest developments in diagnosis and therapy as well as current research work concerning antigens and allergens and aspects related to occupational and environmental medicine. In addition, it publishes clinical guidelines and position papers approved by expert panels of the German, Austrian and Swiss Allergy Societies. All submissions are reviewed in single-blind fashion by at least two reviewers. Originally, the journal started as a German journal called Allergo Journal back in 1992. Throughout the years, English articles amounted to a considerable portion in Allergo Journal. This was one of the reasons to extract the scientific content and publish it in a separate journal. Hence, Allergo Journal International was born and now is the international continuation of the original German journal. Nowadays, all original content is published in Allergo Journal International first. Later, selected manuscripts will be translated and published in German and included in Allergo Journal.
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