Title [Seasonality in asthma: Impact and treatments].
Author Guilleminault, L; Just, J; Humbert, M; Leroyer, C; Epaud, R
Journal Presse Med Publication Year/Month 2016-Nov
PMID 27039335 PMCID -N/A-
Affiliation + expend 1.CHU Reunion/GHSR, service de pneumologie, Saint-Pierre, La Reunion; Inserm, UMR 1188 diabete atherothrombose therapies Reunion-Ocean Indien (DeTROI), plateforme CYROI, Sainte-Clotilde, La Reunion; Universite de La Reunion, UMR 1188, Sainte-Clotilde, La Reunion. Electronic address: laurent.guilleminault@chu-reunion.fr.

The role of seasons should be taken into account in the management of asthma. The environment varies between seasons and it is well documented that asthma is modulated by environment. Viruses cause asthma exacerbations peak, in winter, in adults while the peak is present in September in children. Allergens are probably a less powerful source of asthma exacerbation than viruses but pollen involvement in spring and summer and dust mites in autumn are indisputable. Air pollutants, present in summer during the hottest periods, are also highly involved in asthma exacerbations. Indoor air pollution, in winter, is also implicated in asthma disease. All these environmental factors are synergistic and increase the risk of asthma exacerbation. Therapies should be adapted to each season depending on environmental factors potentially involved in the asthma disease.

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