How Does Climate Change Affect the Upper Airway? - 22/02/24

Doi : 10.1016/j.otc.2023.09.008

Jean Kim, MD, PhD ^a,^b,^{^{1
All authors contributed equally.},}^⁎ , Benjamin Zaitchik, PhD ^c,^{^{1
All authors contributed equally.}}, Darryn Waugh, PhD ^d,^{^{1
All authors contributed equally.}}
^a Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA
^b Department of Medicine, Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA
^c Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Kennedy Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N Charles Street, Olin Hall 301, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
^d Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Kennedy Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N Charles Street, Olin Hall 320, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA

^∗Corresponding author. Johns Hopkins Asthma and Allergy Center, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, 5501 Hopkins Bayview Circle, Rm 5A32, Baltimore, MD 21224.Johns Hopkins Asthma and Allergy CenterJohns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center5501 Hopkins Bayview Circle, Rm 5A32BaltimoreMD21224

Resumen

There is mounting evidence that climate change is having a significant influence on exacerbations of airway disease. We herein explore the physical factors of carbon dioxide, temperature increases, and humidity on intensifying allergen and fungal growth, and worsening air quality. The direct influence of these factors on promoting allergic rhinitis, chronic rhinosinusitis, and allergic fungal rhinosinusitis is reviewed.

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Keywords : Climate change, Anthropogenic activity, Allergic rhinitis, Air pollution, PM_2.5, Allergic fungal rhinosinusitis, Mold, Social determinants of health