'Breathing Fire': Impact of Prolonged Bushfire Smoke Exposure in People with Severe Asthma.

ABSTRACT: Wildfires are increasing and cause health effects. The immediate and ongoing health impacts of prolonged wildfire smoke exposure in severe asthma are unknown. This longitudinal study examined the experiences and health impacts of prolonged wildfire (bushfire) smoke exposure in adults with severe asthma during the 2019/2020 Australian bushfire period. Participants from Eastern/Southern Australia who had previously enrolled in an asthma registry completed a questionnaire survey regarding symptoms, asthma attacks, quality of life and smoke exposure mitigation during the bushfires and in the months following exposure. Daily individualized exposure to bushfire particulate matter (PM_2.5) was estimated by geolocation and validated modelling. Respondents (n = 240) had a median ag

SUBMITTER: Beyene T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9224478 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature