Epidemic Thunderstorm Asthma

Epidemic thunderstorm asthma - Better Health Channel

Epidemic thunderstorm asthma events are thought to be triggered by a unique combination of high grass pollen levels and a certain type of thunderstorm.

Epidemic thunderstorm asthma - Department of Health, Victoria

Thunderstorm asthma campaign. The department has developed a public awareness campaign about thunderstorm asthma, who is at risk, asthma first ...

Epidemic thunderstorm asthma - The Lancet Respiratory Medicine

The risk of epidemic thunderstorm asthma events is likely to increase in the future, as climate change increases erratic weather patterns such ...

Epidemic thunderstorm asthma risk forecast | health.vic.gov.au

The epidemic thunderstorm asthma risk forecast runs from 1 October to 31 December each year. The risk forecast is published on VicEmergency.

Thunderstorm asthma - Wikipedia

Thunderstorm asthma (also referred to in the media as thunder fever or a pollen bomb [1] ) is the triggering of an asthma attack by environmental conditions

Thunderstorm Asthma: Looking Back and Looking Forward - PMC

Thunderstorm asthma epidemics occur when a population sensitized to circulating aeroallergens is exposed to those triggering allergens in a ...

Epidemic Thunderstorm Asthma: Lessons Learned from the Storm ...

A combination of a susceptible population, extreme weather patterns, and high aeroallergen concentration results in these unique asthma epidemics. Thunderstorm- ...

The Melbourne epidemic thunderstorm asthma event 2016

The Melbourne epidemic thunderstorm asthma event 2016: an investigation of environmental triggers, effect on health services, and patient risk factors

Thunderstorm allergy and asthma: state of the art - PMC

There is evidence that, during pollen season, thunderstorms can induce allergic asthma outbreaks, sometimes also severe asthma crisis and sometimes deaths in ...

Epidemic thunderstorm asthma - cloudfront.net

'Epidemic thunderstorm asthma' is an unusual cluster of allergic asthma flare-ups (including severe acute asthma) associated with some types of thunderstorms in ...

Epidemic Thunderstorm Asthma: Lessons Learned from the Storm ...

Abstract. Epidemic thunderstorm asthma (ETSA) is a global health problem that can strike without sufficient warning and can have catastrophic ...

Thunderstorm asthma - Better Health Channel

When a large number of people develop asthma symptoms over a short period of time, related to high grass pollen and a certain type of thunderstorm, it is known ...

Retrospective analysis of epidemic thunderstorm asthma in children ...

Asthma symptoms have been thought to only be aggravated in adults during thunderstorms and not in children. ... It has been reported that ...

Epidemic thunderstorm asthma in Hohhot, Northern China

More than half of patients experienced the initial asthma attack during the thunderstorm event, which accentuated the abrupt onset of symptoms ...

Thunderstorm asthma

During these storms tiny pollen grains from grasses can be swept up in the wind and carried long distances. When exposed to this air, the tiny particles of ...

A Pilot Forecasting System for Epidemic Thunderstorm Asthma in ...

The system uses a categorical risk-based approach, combining operational forecasting of gusty winds in severe thunderstorms with statistical forecasts of high ...

Thunderstorm asthma information paper

Certain types of thunderstorms in spring or early summer in regions with high grass pollen concentrations in the air can cause life-threatening allergic asthma ...

Epidemic Thunderstorm Asthma - Hobsons Bay

What is thunderstorm asthma? During grass pollen season people may notice an increase in asthma and hayfever. This season also increases the likelihood of ...

Epidemic thunderstorm asthma - Phys.org

This event is the most severe recorded case of a phenomenon known as epidemic thunderstorm asthma. But how does one thunderstorm trigger thousands of asthma ...

Epidemic Thunderstorm Asthma Protection with Five-Grass Pollen ...

This study indicates preseasonal Oralair protects from spring ETA. The short, 4-month regimen was accompanied by significant clinical benefit. The attenuation ...