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Impacts of Heavy Rain and Typhoon on Allergic Disease

OBJECTIVES: Allergic disease may be increased by climate change. Recent reports have shown that typhoon and heavy rain increase allergic disease locally by concentration of airborne allergens of pollen, ozone, and fungus, which are causes of allergic disease. The objective of this study was to deter...

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Autores principales: Park, Kwan Jun, Moon, Jong Youn, Ha, Jong Sik, Kim, Sun Duk, Pyun, Bok Yang, Min, Taek Ki, Park, Yoon Hyung
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3787533/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24159545
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.phrp.2013.04.009
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author Park, Kwan Jun
Moon, Jong Youn
Ha, Jong Sik
Kim, Sun Duk
Pyun, Bok Yang
Min, Taek Ki
Park, Yoon Hyung
author_facet Park, Kwan Jun
Moon, Jong Youn
Ha, Jong Sik
Kim, Sun Duk
Pyun, Bok Yang
Min, Taek Ki
Park, Yoon Hyung
author_sort Park, Kwan Jun
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description OBJECTIVES: Allergic disease may be increased by climate change. Recent reports have shown that typhoon and heavy rain increase allergic disease locally by concentration of airborne allergens of pollen, ozone, and fungus, which are causes of allergic disease. The objective of this study was to determine whether typhoon and heavy rain increase allergic disease in Korea. METHODS: This study included allergic disease patients of the area declared as a special disaster zone due to storms and heavy rains from 2003 to 2009. The study used information from the Korea Meteorological Administration, and from the National Health Insurance Service for allergic diseases (asthma, allergic rhinitis, and atopic dermatitis). RESULTS: During a storm period, the numbers of allergy rhinitis and atopic dermatitis outpatients increased [rate ratio (RR) = 1.191; range, 1.150–1.232] on the sixth lag day. However, the number of asthma outpatients decreased (RR = 0.900; range, 0.862–0.937) on the sixth lag day after a disaster period. During a storm period, the numbers of allergic rhinitis outpatients (RR = 1.075; range, 1.018–1.132) and atopy outpatients increased (RR = 1.134; range, 1.113–1.155) on the seventh lag day. However, the number of asthma outpatients decreased to RR value of 0.968 (range, 0.902–1.035) on the fifth lag day. CONCLUSION: This study suggests that typhoon and heavy rain increase allergic disease apart from asthma. More study is needed to explain the decrease in asthma.
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spelling pubmed-37875332013-10-24 Impacts of Heavy Rain and Typhoon on Allergic Disease Park, Kwan Jun Moon, Jong Youn Ha, Jong Sik Kim, Sun Duk Pyun, Bok Yang Min, Taek Ki Park, Yoon Hyung Osong Public Health Res Perspect Original Article OBJECTIVES: Allergic disease may be increased by climate change. Recent reports have shown that typhoon and heavy rain increase allergic disease locally by concentration of airborne allergens of pollen, ozone, and fungus, which are causes of allergic disease. The objective of this study was to determine whether typhoon and heavy rain increase allergic disease in Korea. METHODS: This study included allergic disease patients of the area declared as a special disaster zone due to storms and heavy rains from 2003 to 2009. The study used information from the Korea Meteorological Administration, and from the National Health Insurance Service for allergic diseases (asthma, allergic rhinitis, and atopic dermatitis). RESULTS: During a storm period, the numbers of allergy rhinitis and atopic dermatitis outpatients increased [rate ratio (RR) = 1.191; range, 1.150–1.232] on the sixth lag day. However, the number of asthma outpatients decreased (RR = 0.900; range, 0.862–0.937) on the sixth lag day after a disaster period. During a storm period, the numbers of allergic rhinitis outpatients (RR = 1.075; range, 1.018–1.132) and atopy outpatients increased (RR = 1.134; range, 1.113–1.155) on the seventh lag day. However, the number of asthma outpatients decreased to RR value of 0.968 (range, 0.902–1.035) on the fifth lag day. CONCLUSION: This study suggests that typhoon and heavy rain increase allergic disease apart from asthma. More study is needed to explain the decrease in asthma. 2013-04-30 2013-06 /pmc/articles/PMC3787533/ /pubmed/24159545 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.phrp.2013.04.009 Text en © 2013 Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Kim, Sun Duk
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3787533/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24159545
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.phrp.2013.04.009
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