Medical Hydrology and Balneology: Environmental Aspects

Assessment of the impact of weather factors on
human health
Muhina AA (1) , Badalov NG (1) , Lvova NV (1) , Articulanova IN (2) , Efendieva MT (1) ,
Truhanov AI (3) , Luferova NB (1)
(1) Department of Resort Medicine. Center for Medical Rehabilitation and
Balneology. Moscow. Russia
(2) Department of Endocrinology.Center for Medical Rehabilitation and Balneology.
Moscow. Russia
(3) Association Rehabilitation Medicine. Moscow. Russia
bng57@yandex.ru
Introduction and Objectives
In recent years interest in studying the influence of environmental factors, including
climatic, on human health has been increasing steadily. One of pressing
problems is studying the influence of meteorological mode and physical processes
going on in atmosphere and development of a monitoring system that warns the
"risk factor" for human health.
Prospective global climate change, influence of “heat stress” and sudden changes
of air temperature dictates dictates the need to study temporal variability of the
most important parameters – temperature, humidity, the oxygen maintenance in air,
heliogeophysical characteristics to identify their most biotropic combinations,
capable to make adverse effects on a human body
Materials and Methods
We carried out a statistical analysis of meteorological parameters for over the
25-year period (1985-2012) to identify the historical averages of weather factors
(absolute and relative humidity, air temperature, atmospheric pressure, the oxygen
atmospheric in air and heliogeophysical activity). Based on these data work on
drawing up medical and meteorological weather forecast with the definition of
biotropic weather types was carried out. Also methods of correction and maintenance
of exacerbation of various diseases due to weather.
Results
Studies have revealed that the formation of the most adverse biotropic weather
types - spastic (39%) and hypoxic (41%) - affects weather-sensitive patients as an
additional stress and causes 1-1.5 times growth of ambulance calling.
Conclusions
Thus, the medical aspects of climate change, high meteosensitivity in many socially
significant diseases, which negatively affects on the quality of patients’ life
dictates the need for research on introducing medical measures to prevent negative
Balnea
2012, núm. 6, 104-105
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ISBN: 978-84-669-1887-0
978-84-669-3482-4