Climate change and skin
Abstract
Climate change, pollution, extreme weather events, and ecosystem disruption cause a wide range of consequences for the skin and dermatologic diseases, affecting epidemiology, disease behaviour, and therapeutic response. Some inflammatory dermatoses are worsened by ultraviolet radiation, such as cutaneous lupus and Darier disease. In addition, UV radiation is responsible for most skin cancers. Humidity favours skin infections, particularly fungal infections. Pollution exacerbates atopic dermatitis. Rising temperatures increase sweating, an aggravating factor for fungal infections, Darier disease, and hidradenitis suppurativa. Even some drug-related cutaneous adverse effects are modulated by weather conditions. Several aspects of the dermatological activity contribute to pollution and climate changes, by, for instance, packaging, metabolites and conservatives, UV filters and waste generated by dermatological surgery.
Le changement climatique, la pollution, les phénomènes météorologiques extrêmes et la perturbation des écosystèmes provoquent toute une série de conséquences sur la peau et les dermatoses, tant sur un plan épidémiologique, que sur le comportement de la maladie et la réponse thérapeutique. Certaines dermatoses inflammatoires sont aggravées par la radiation ultraviolette comme le lupus cutané et la maladie de Darier. En outre les UV sont responsables de la plupart des cancers cutanés. L’humidité favorise les infections cutanées, notamment mycosiques. La pollution…
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