Air Quality, Allergic Rhinitis, and Asthma

Abdulrahman Alenezi; Hannan Qureshi; Omar G Ahmed; Murugappan Ramanathan Jr

doi:10.1016/j.otc.2023.10.005

Air Quality, Allergic Rhinitis, and Asthma

Otolaryngol Clin North Am. 2024 Apr;57(2):293-307. doi: 10.1016/j.otc.2023.10.005. Epub 2023 Nov 18.

Authors

Abdulrahman Alenezi¹, Hannan Qureshi¹, Omar G Ahmed², Murugappan Ramanathan Jr³

Affiliations

¹ 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.
² Academic Institute, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Research Institute, Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
³ 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. Electronic address: mramana3@jhmi.edu.

PMID: 37985273
DOI: 10.1016/j.otc.2023.10.005

Abstract

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.

Keywords: Air pollution; Air quality; Airway inflammation; Allergic rhinitis; Asthma; Exacerbation; Inflammation; TRAP.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Air Pollutants* / adverse effects
Air Pollutants* / analysis
Air Pollution* / adverse effects
Air Pollution* / analysis
Asthma* / epidemiology
Asthma* / etiology
Humans
Nose / pathology
Rhinitis, Allergic* / epidemiology
Rhinitis, Allergic* / etiology

Substances

Air Pollutants