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Allergy
September 2024
Division of Respiratory and Allergic Diseases, High Speciality Hospital 'A. Cardarelli', Professor of Respiratory Allergy School of Specialization in Respiratory Diseases, Federico II University of Naples, Naples, Italy.
Int J Environ Res Public Health
May 2022
Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Nobels väg 13, 171 77 Solna, Sweden.
Background: Thunderstorm asthma is a term used to describe surges in acute respiratory illnesses following a thunderstorm and is often attributed to an intense exposure to aeroallergens. Several episodes of thunderstorm asthma have been observed worldwide; however, no such cases have been described in Sweden. In Sweden, the most prominent exposure to air-borne pollen occurs during the blooming of the birch.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThunderstorm asthma is induced by specific weather conditions causing breakdown and widespread distribution of allergens. Thunderstorm asthma had previously been considered unlikely to occur in New Zealand (NZ), given its local weather patterns. Storm events on 2 December 2017 led to increased asthma presentations at Waikato Hospital in Hamilton.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJAMA Intern Med
September 2020
Harvard Medical School, Department of Health Care Policy, Boston, Massachusetts.
This cross-sectional study examines the association between thunderstorm-related atmospheric changes and emergency department visits for acute respiratory illnesses among Medicare beneficiaries.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEnviron Monit Assess
July 2020
Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics, Comenius University, Mlynská dolina, 842 48, Bratislava, Slovakia.
A thunderstorm is a risk factor for severe respiratory allergy or asthma attacks in patients suffering from pollen/spore allergy. This study aimed to investigate the changes in the spectrum and quantity of pollen and fungal spores in the air of Bratislava during summer storms as well as the impact of selected environmental parameters on these changes. Pollen/spore samples were collected using a Burkard volumetric aerospore trap during summer 2016.
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