Climate Change Is Already Associated with Negative Impacts on Skin Diseases
More than 40% of the countries in the world have reported climate-related changes in the prevalence and/or severity of skin diseases, with a disproportionate impact on low-income countries. Climate change poses a growing threat to skin health due to rising temperatures, extreme weather events, altered rainfall patterns, climate-related migration and ecosystem disruption, all of which […]
Climate change is linked to negative impacts on skin diseases, affecting more than 40% of countries worldwide, according to a report by the Global Observatory of Access to Skin Health. The study, led by Dr. Esther Freeman, found that low-income countries experienced a higher prevalence of climate-related changes in skin disease prevalence and severity, with 55.6% reporting such changes compared to 28.3% in high-income countries.
Heat-related diseases, such as heat rashes, were the most frequently reported change, with 81% of affected nations noting an increase. Other notable impacts included changes in inflammatory skin diseases and infectious, vector-borne diseases, as climate-related migration and ecosystem disruption alter habitats of disease-transmitting insects.
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