Climate change’s impact on the nervous system: A review study

Background: Global warming is caused by increased carbon dioxide and other industrial gases, which shift the climate of human habitat and environment, impacting human health globally. In this review, we tried to overview the current knowledge of climate change’s impact on neurological disease. Metho...

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Main Authors: Mohammad-Reza Sadeghi, Parna Ghannadi, Alireza Lotfi, Hamidreza Ashayeri
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Language:English
Published: Tabriz University of Medical Sciences 2024-12-01
Series:Health Promotion Perspectives
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Online Access:https://hpp.tbzmed.ac.ir/PDF/hpp-14-336.pdf
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Parna Ghannadi
Alireza Lotfi
Hamidreza Ashayeri
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description Background: Global warming is caused by increased carbon dioxide and other industrial gases, which shift the climate of human habitat and environment, impacting human health globally. In this review, we tried to overview the current knowledge of climate change’s impact on neurological disease. Methods: A comprehensive search on PubMed, Web of Science (WOS), and Scopus was conducted to find the relevant original studies. Language, sex, age, date, or country of study were not restricted. Included studies report increased Alzheimer’s disease mortality and hospital admission. Results: This increase was seen from the first day with high temperature to 3-4 days later. Parkinson’s disease (PD) subjects were more vulnerable to high temperatures compared to dementia patients (RR for dementia: 1.29 and for PD: 1.41). Global warming was linked to the increase in the incidence of Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) (from 0.1% to 5.4%), Japanese encephalitis (OR: 2 when floods occur), and ciguatera fish poisoning (CFP) (RR: 1.62 for each 1 ◦C increase per month). Conclusion: Health-related consequences of climate change are inevitable. The burden of medical problems related to the elderly population (especially the elderly with dementia), infectious diseases, and CFP on the healthcare system will naturally increase. Studying global warming trends could empower us with more precise predictions of the future and better planning to face climate change-related challenges.
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spelling doaj-art-bf54e2852427469bbfdd4248370bba4e2025-08-20T02:11:38ZengTabriz University of Medical SciencesHealth Promotion Perspectives2228-64972024-12-0114433634210.34172/hpp.43089hpp-43089Climate change’s impact on the nervous system: A review studyMohammad-Reza Sadeghi0Parna Ghannadi1Alireza Lotfi2Hamidreza Ashayeri3Research Center for Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology, Biomedicine Institute, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, IranStudent Research Committee, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, IranResearch Center for Evidence-Based Medicine, Iranian EBM Centre: A JBI Centre of Excellence, Faculty of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, IranStudent Research Committee, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, IranBackground: Global warming is caused by increased carbon dioxide and other industrial gases, which shift the climate of human habitat and environment, impacting human health globally. In this review, we tried to overview the current knowledge of climate change’s impact on neurological disease. Methods: A comprehensive search on PubMed, Web of Science (WOS), and Scopus was conducted to find the relevant original studies. Language, sex, age, date, or country of study were not restricted. Included studies report increased Alzheimer’s disease mortality and hospital admission. Results: This increase was seen from the first day with high temperature to 3-4 days later. Parkinson’s disease (PD) subjects were more vulnerable to high temperatures compared to dementia patients (RR for dementia: 1.29 and for PD: 1.41). Global warming was linked to the increase in the incidence of Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) (from 0.1% to 5.4%), Japanese encephalitis (OR: 2 when floods occur), and ciguatera fish poisoning (CFP) (RR: 1.62 for each 1 ◦C increase per month). Conclusion: Health-related consequences of climate change are inevitable. The burden of medical problems related to the elderly population (especially the elderly with dementia), infectious diseases, and CFP on the healthcare system will naturally increase. Studying global warming trends could empower us with more precise predictions of the future and better planning to face climate change-related challenges.https://hpp.tbzmed.ac.ir/PDF/hpp-14-336.pdfair pollutionalzheimer diseaseclimate changedementiaglobal warmingheadacheneurodegenerative diseasesparkinson disease
spellingShingle Mohammad-Reza Sadeghi
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Hamidreza Ashayeri
Climate change’s impact on the nervous system: A review study
Health Promotion Perspectives
air pollution
alzheimer disease
climate change
dementia
global warming
headache
neurodegenerative diseases
parkinson disease
title Climate change’s impact on the nervous system: A review study
title_full Climate change’s impact on the nervous system: A review study
title_fullStr Climate change’s impact on the nervous system: A review study
title_full_unstemmed Climate change’s impact on the nervous system: A review study
title_short Climate change’s impact on the nervous system: A review study
title_sort climate change s impact on the nervous system a review study
topic air pollution
alzheimer disease
climate change
dementia
global warming
headache
neurodegenerative diseases
parkinson disease
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