Alenezi Abdulrahman, Qureshi Hannan, Ahmed Omar G, Ramanathan Murugappan
Department of Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center, 6th Floor, 601 North Caroline Street, Baltimore, MD 21287-0910, USA.
Academic Institute, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Research Institute, Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Otolaryngol Clin North Am. 2024 Apr;57(2):293-307. doi: 10.1016/j.otc.2023.10.005. Epub 2023 Nov 18.
This review article highlights air pollution as a critical global health concern with emphasis on its effects and role in the development and exacerbation of upper airway and lower airway disease with a focus on allergic rhinitis and asthma. This review underscores the World Health Organization's recognition of air pollution as the biggest environmental threat to human health. It discusses the various components and categories of air pollutants and the evidence-based effects they have on asthma and allergic rhinitis, ranging from pathogenesis to exacerbation of these conditions across various age groups in different geographic locations.
这篇综述文章强调空气污染是一个关键的全球健康问题，重点关注其在上呼吸道和下呼吸道疾病的发生与加重过程中的影响及作用，尤其聚焦于过敏性鼻炎和哮喘。该综述强调了世界卫生组织将空气污染认定为对人类健康的最大环境威胁这一观点。文章讨论了空气污染物的各种成分和类别，以及它们对哮喘和过敏性鼻炎基于证据的影响，涵盖从发病机制到在不同地理位置的各个年龄组中这些病症的加重情况。
