Climate change, the environment, and rhinologic disease

Jean Kim; Darryn W Waugh; Benjamin F Zaitchik; Amber Luong; Regan Bergmark; Kent Lam; Lauren Roland; Joshua Levy; Jivianne T Lee; Do-Yeon Cho; Murugappan Ramanathan; Fuad Baroody; Mas Takashima; Daniel O'Brien; Sandra Y Lin; Stephanie Joe; Mohamad R Chaaban; Anna Butrymowicz; Stephanie Smith; Warren Mullings

doi:10.1002/alr.23128

Climate change, the environment, and rhinologic disease

Int Forum Allergy Rhinol. 2023 May;13(5):865-876. doi: 10.1002/alr.23128. Epub 2023 Jan 16.

Authors

Jean Kim¹, Darryn W Waugh², Benjamin F Zaitchik², Amber Luong³, Regan Bergmark⁴, Kent Lam⁵, Lauren Roland⁶, Joshua Levy⁷, Jivianne T Lee⁸, Do-Yeon Cho⁹, Murugappan Ramanathan¹, Fuad Baroody¹⁰, Mas Takashima¹¹, Daniel O'Brien¹², Sandra Y Lin¹³, Stephanie Joe¹⁴, Mohamad R Chaaban¹⁵, Anna Butrymowicz¹⁶, Stephanie Smith¹⁷, Warren Mullings¹⁸

Affiliations

¹ Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
² Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
³ Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, McGovern Medical School of University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
⁴ Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Harvard Medical School and Center for Surgery and Public Health, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
⁵ Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia, USA.
⁶ Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
⁷ Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
⁸ Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA.
⁹ Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
¹⁰ Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
¹¹ Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, Texas, USA.
¹² Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
¹³ Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
¹⁴ Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
¹⁵ Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Lerner College of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
¹⁶ Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.
¹⁷ Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
¹⁸ Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Ear, Nose and Throat Department, Kingston Public Hospital, Kingston, Jamaica.

PMID: 36575965
DOI: 10.1002/alr.23128

Abstract

Background: The escalating negative impact of climate change on our environment has the potential to result in significant morbidity of rhinologic diseases.

Methods: Evidence based review of examples of rhinologic diseases including allergic and nonallergic rhinitis, chronic rhinosinusitis, and allergic fungal rhinosinusitis was performed.

Results: The lower socioeconomic population, including historically oppressed groups, will be disproportionately affected.

Conclusions: We need a systematic approach to improve healthcare database infrastructure and funding to promote diverse scientific collaboration to address these healthcare needs.

Keywords: air pollution; allergic fungal rhinosinusitis; allergic rhinitis; chronic rhinosinusitis; climate change; health disparities; nonallergic rhinitis.

MeSH terms

Chronic Disease
Climate Change
Humans
Hypersensitivity*
Rhinitis* / epidemiology
Sinusitis* / epidemiology