As confirmed by Humanitas and the Veronesi Foundation, the increase in allergies is due to very specific causes. Even in 2022 the allergy phenomenon was stronger than usual, as has been the case for some years.
Experts argue that the greater diffusion of allergic diseases recorded in recent years are linked to climate change due to global warming. The consequent upheaval of the seasons affects our health more and more.
According to the latest data, in Italy 12 million people suffer from respiratory allergies (rhinitis, asthma) and, unfortunately, this already high number is destined to increase. Here because.
Allergy: this year is stronger than usual, why?
The problem of allergy also in Italy is a phenomenon destined to grow due to the deadly mix of three main factors responsible for allergic reactions:
- Pollution;
- Rising temperatures;
- The greatest spread of pollen in the air.
Allergies are more frequent because the aforementioned three factors have a greater impact than in the past: the determining element is constituted by climate changes, followed by the changes in our lifestyle.
Pollution allied with allergies
L’pollution (especially the diffusion of exhausted diesel particles into the air) causes an increase in allergic manifestations. Basically, the risk of allergies goes up. Because?
Why the exhausted diesel particles they bind to pollen favoring their harmful effects on our organism.
New pollen present in the air
Experts report another phenomenon – the rise of asthma and rhinitis it is also due to highly allergenic new pollen present in the air. The danger comes from new plants like the US ambrosia o la Birch Scandinavian. As a result of the changing temperatures, these plants have spread to geographical areas where they did not exist before.
Early blooms that last longer
Global warming anticipates the flowering period of plants compared to the spring season. As a result, pollen is present in the air for a prolonged time and this obviously affects the increase in allergies.
A study has shown that for certain wall plants the pollination period is longer (90 days).
For a couple of decades, the increase in temperatures prolongs and intensifies the pollination period: not only does the number of people sensitive to more allergens increase, but the symptoms are accentuated and last longer. It is mainly the grasses (of the fields), the parity (in the city), thealder and the Birch to cause allergic reactions.
