For experts, it is essential to adopt strategies that reduce the impacts of climate change on neurological health
TO Climate change has directly influenced the health of the population all over the world. According to recent scientific studies, extreme events – such as heat waves, storms and dried – have caused the increase and aggravation of cases of respiratory and cardiovascular diseases, as well as the incidence of those who are transmitted by carriers such as the Dengue, for example. However, the most worrying are the Neurological complications.
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According to the Neurochirgeon Luiz Severo, member of the Brazilian Society of Neurosurgery (SBN), Heat waves are among the climatic phenomena that affect more neurological health.
“High temperatures significantly increase cases of hyperthermia and solar blow, conditions that make it difficult to dissipate heat for the body and can lead to metabolic failures and inflammation in the central nervous system”, says the expert in the article of the article The impact of climate change on neurological and general health.
In addition, prolonged periods of cognitive functions of compromise of extreme heat, reducing memory and concentration capacity and also aggravating neurological conditions in vulnerable patients.
Another aggravating factor is the worsening of air quality. According to neurosurgeon, prolonged exposure to thin particles (PM2.5) and pollutants such as nitrogen dioxide (No₂) is associated with a greater risk of stroke (stroke) Neurodegenerative diseasesLike Alzheimer and Parkinson’s.
About 6% of cases of dementia can be directly connected to air pollution due to oxidative stress and chronic inflammation that affects the brain, according to studies.
And children tend to be the most vulnerable. “The children exposed to extreme climatic events show greater vulnerability to emotional disorders, including nightmares, regressive behaviors and socialization difficulties,” says the expert.
For serious, it is essential for the quality of life of the population to adopt strategies that reduce the impacts of climate change on neurological health.
“When we expose the possibility that, yes, high temperatures, carbon dialysis, they alter the brain, worsen neuroinflamation, increases the risk of dehydration, increases the exposure of neurotoxins, developing the risk of stroke, neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s e Parkinson’s, “he explains in an interview with Earth.
“This touches the population as something individual. Sometimes we do not have the ability to analyze collectively, but when we have an impact on their health, neurological health, it is a start The utmost awareness, “he says.
Source: Terra
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