Journal: Environmental Contaminants Reviews (ECR)
Author: Tablo Abdulrahim Ahmed

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Doi:10.26480/ecr.01.2024.23.25

ABSTRACT

Human health is linked to a number of consequences from air pollution exposure. Research suggests that a child’s chance of developing asthma increases with prolonged exposure to ambient air pollution. A child’s or adult’s asthma morbidity is caused by outdoor air pollution, which also affects lung development. Air pollution in cities is mostly caused by power generation and traffic. There is a growing body of evidence, spanning several decades, that suggests outdoor air pollution can exacerbate pre-existing asthma attacks. Additionally, some studies have suggested that pollution may also play a role in the development of new asthma attacks. Examining how air pollution affects the prevalence of asthma is the goal of this study. We concentrated on clinical data and gathered the annual number of asthmatic patients in Erbil city from 2017 to 2022. The data were gathered from various hospitals in the city, including the Rizgary Hospital. In 2022, the highest recorded number of asthmatics was 4930, with 75% of those individuals being children. Over a six-year period, the average number of asthmatics was 4,471, with 2,763 of those being children, or (61%) of all asthmatics. Based on the information at hand, we came to the conclusion that early life exposure to air pollution is linked to a higher risk of asthma in children.

KEYWORDS
air pollution, asthma, children