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Achoo! The hay fever season lasts longer than ever. Here ’s what we can do about it | Kate Ravilious
The climate crisis is giving trees a bigger window to spread their pollen, but cleaner air and better early warning forecasts can help protect usIf you have sneezed your way through the last few days, you are not alone. About aquarter of the UK population are thought to suffer from hay fever, with numbers continuing to grow. And thelatest researchsuggests that the climate crisis is going to make the hay fever season a whole lot longer and more intense, with up to three times as much pollen wafting around by the end of the century. Hold on to your antihistamines.For people with lung conditions such as asthma or chronic obst...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - May 17, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Kate Ravilious Tags: Hay fever Climate crisis Environment Allergies Society Source Type: news

Does moisturising baby skin prevent eczema or food allergies?
Skin care treatments in babies, such as using moisturisers on the skin during the first year of life, probably do not stop them from developing eczema, and probably increase the chance of skin infection.The authors are uncertain how skin care treatments might affect the chances of developing a food allergy. We need evidence from well-conducted studies to determine effects of skin care on food allergies in babies.What are allergies?An immune response is how the body recognises and defends itself against substances that appear harmful. An allergy is a reaction of the body ' s immune system to a particular food or substance (...
Source: Cochrane News and Events - January 14, 2021 Category: Information Technology Authors: Katie Abbotts Source Type: news

Inventory of the Recommendations for Patients with Pollen Allergies and Evaluation of Their Scientific Relevance
Pollens are responsible for allergic rhinitis, conjunctivitis, and asthma. The incidence of these diseases, which have adversely impacted the social and professional lives of people who are allergic to pollen, has tripled in the past 25 years. Official institutes, health care institutions, public interest groups, and mainstream news media provide people who are allergic to pollen with advice aimed at reducing their symptoms. The aim of this work was to provide an inventory of the prevention guidelines in the world and to evaluate their scientific relevance. A PubMed search was carried out using specific keywords. The scien...
Source: International Archives of Allergy and Immunology - September 10, 2020 Category: Allergy & Immunology Source Type: research

IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 5828: Associations of Preconception Exposure to Air Pollution and Greenness with Offspring Asthma and Hay Fever
nson Andrei Malinovschi Alessandro Marcon Torben Sigsgaard Cecilie Svanes Ane Johannessen We investigated if greenness and air pollution exposure in parents’ childhood affect offspring asthma and hay fever, and if effects were mediated through parental asthma, pregnancy greenness/pollution exposure, and offspring exposure. We analysed 1106 parents with 1949 offspring (mean age 35 and 6) from the Respiratory Health in Northern Europe, Spain and Australia (RHINESSA) generation study. Mean particulate matter (PM2.5 and PM10), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), black carbon (BC), ozone (O3) (µg/m...
Source: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health - August 11, 2020 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Ingrid Nordeide Kuiper Iana Markevych Simone Accordini Randi J. Bertelsen Lennart Br åbäck Jesper Heile Christensen Bertil Forsberg Thomas Halvorsen Joachim Heinrich Ole Hertel Gerard Hoek Mathias Holm Kees de Hoogh Christer Janson Andrei Malinovschi Al Tags: Article Source Type: research

Enabling self-management of pollen allergies: a pre-season questionnaire evaluating the perceived benefit of providing local pollen information
This study aims to evaluate public perceptions of need and benefit of providing local pollen information. Individuals aged 18  years and older were contacted through AusPollen Smartphone Apps (Brisbane, Sydney, Canberra and Melbourne), Australian Society for Clinical Immunology and Allergy, Asthma Australia and social media. A pilot questionnaire was developed in consultation with partner organisations, including select q uestions drawn from the National Young People and Asthma Survey. The questionnaire consisted of four sections: participant demographics, allergic rhinitis and asthma symptoms, symptom management and App ...
Source: Aerobiologia - July 17, 2019 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: research

Keeping Athletes Healthy at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Games: Considerations and Illness Prevention Strategies
Conclusion It is apparent that athletes will be exposed to various stressors during both the preparatory and competition phases of the Summer Games. Athletes residing in the southern hemisphere appear to be at increased risk for illness during the preparatory phase, while female, Paralympic, water-sport and multi-competition/event athletes may be more susceptible to illness during the competition phase of the Summer Games. To maintain athlete health, illness prevention strategies should be targeted to stressors and at-risk athletes. Keeping athletes healthy will contribute to optimal Olympic and Paralympic athletic perfor...
Source: Frontiers in Physiology - April 16, 2019 Category: Physiology Source Type: research

Influence of childhood asthma and allergies on occupational exposure in early adulthood: a prospective cohort study
Conclusion: In this Australian cohort, young adults with history of allergies were more likely to enter exposed jobs, suggesting no asthmagen avoidance. Improved counseling against high risk jobs may be needed for young adults with these conditions.
Source: European Respiratory Journal - November 19, 2018 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Dumas, O., Le Moual, N., Lowe, A. J., Lodge, C. J., Zock, J.-P., Kromhout, H., Erbas, B., Perret, J., Dharmage, S. C., Benke, G., Abramson, M. J. Tags: Occupational and Environmental Health Source Type: research

Drought in the Semiarid Region of Brazil: Exposure, Vulnerabilities and Health Impacts from the Perspectives of Local Actors
Conclusion The results obtained from this research shows, in general, the fragility in the social and political infrastructure necessary to improve the living conditions of populations, particularly those that depend on family agriculture in drought prone areas. The conditions of social, economic and environmental vulnerabilities presented in the region can be amplified by the drought process, and can aggravate the impacts resulting drought events, thus disadvantaging the population of this region, as shown in the Fig. 1. The general perception of the interviewees of the health sector shows an agreement with what is found...
Source: PLOS Currents Disasters - October 29, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Aderita Sena Source Type: research

Population histamine burden assessed using wastewater-based epidemiology: The association of 1,4 ‑methylimidazole acetic acid and fexofenadine.
Population histamine burden assessed using wastewater-based epidemiology: The association of 1,4‑methylimidazole acetic acid and fexofenadine. Environ Int. 2018 Aug 07;120:172-180 Authors: Choi PM, O'Brien JW, Li J, Jiang G, Thomas KV, Mueller JF Abstract Systematic sampling and analysis of wastewater has become an important tool for monitoring consumption of drugs and other substances, and has been proposed as a method to evaluate aspects of population health using endogenous biomarkers. 1,4‑methylimidazoleacetic acid (MIAA) is an endogenous biomarker and metabolite of histamine turnover. Its uri...
Source: Environment International - August 7, 2018 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Choi PM, O'Brien JW, Li J, Jiang G, Thomas KV, Mueller JF Tags: Environ Int Source Type: research