Climate Change Effects on Human Health

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Climate change poses a danger to the American people’s well-being. The effects of human-caused climate change are spreading throughout the country. The temperature rises day by day; as a result, the frequency and severity of certain severe weather care are increasing.

The sea levels rise as a result of greenhouse gas emissions rise. By impacting our quality of food and water resources, the air we breathe, the weather we encounter. These climate change impacts threaten our health. The threats to human health are increasing as the environment continues to change.

Intrigued yet?

The scientific knowledge about how climate change raises health consequences has improved dramatically in recent years. However, the ability to measure, track, and predict health consequences varies depending on the type of climate change.

Climate change affects human health that is influenced by underlying health, demographic, or societal conditions. As a result, climate change amplifies certain existing health risks while also posing additional public health problems due to the interaction of these factors.

Let’s dive straight into it!!!

The Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health:

Climate change has the potential to impact people’s health in two ways:

• First, by altering the magnitude or frequency of health conditions already influenced by climate or weather conditions;
• Second, they’ve never previously existed by causing unexpected or unforeseen health problems or risks in areas.

1. Temperature-Related Death and Illness

Increases in greenhouse gas emissions result in a rise in both normal and largely uncontrollable temperatures. Days that are warmer or colder than the normal seasonal temperature throughout the summer or winter cause a rise in disease and death by undermining the body’s natural ability to control its temperature or causing directly or indirectly health complications.

In the presence of elevated heat, heat cramps, severe dehydration, heatstroke, and hyperthermia, and hypothermia and frostbite in the presence of elevated cold. Failure of internal temperature regulation may cause a cascade of disorders, including heat cramps, severe dehydration, heatstroke, and hyperthermia. In addition, long-term exposure to elevated temperatures has been linked to a rise in hospitalizations for cardiovascular, renal, and respiratory problems.

2. Air Quality Impacts

Climate change affects the air that we breathe inside as well as outside. Climate patterns have altered due to climate change, which has affected the levels and distribution of outdoor air contaminants, including ground-level ozone (O3) and small particulate matter.

Finally, when contaminants and aeroallergens enter homes, classrooms, and other structures, these improvements in outdoor air and aeroallergens affect indoor air quality. Indoors or out, inadequate air quality may have a detrimental effect on the human cardiovascular and respiratory systems.

3. Water-Related Illness

Climate change is predicted to impact fresh and marine water supplies in so much of the United States, increasing people’s exposure to water-related pollutants that cause sickness. Water-borne diseases are caused by microorganisms, including bacteria, viruses, and protozoa in the water.

Toxins created by some harmful algae and plants and chemicals added into the atmosphere by human activities may trigger water-related illnesses. In addition, ingestion, inhalation, or direct contact with polluted consuming or recreational water, as well as ingestion of contaminated fish and seafood, can lead to exposure.

4. Vector-Borne Diseases

Diseases spread by vectors, such as mosquitoes, bugs, and fleas, are vector-borne diseases. Infectious organisms such as viruses, bacteria, and protozoa are being carried by these vectors and transmitted through one host (carrier) to the next.

Climate change is projected to have either short or long-term impacts on vector-borne disease transmission and outbreak trends, impacting seasonal threats as well as large regional shifts in disease incidence over decades. Climate change’s impact on vector-borne diseases is difficult to anticipate because of these complex relationships.

Wrapping It Up!!! 

Although the effects of climate change have enough potential to negatively impact public health in the United States and around the globe, there is plenty to prepare for or adapt to these new changes.

That is including developing monitoring systems for heatwaves as well as other extreme weather events. We should take action to minimize vulnerabilities in vulnerable groups by increasing healthcare professionals’ understanding. After going through this, we hope that you will have a complete idea of how climate change can have serious effects on human health.

So take care of the planet and yourself as well!!!