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Thunderstorm Asthma


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1 Internal Medicine Trainee, Dept. of Medicine, NHS Trust, UK, India
2 Professor & Senior Consultant, Baby Memorial Hospital, Calicut, India, India
     

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Thunderstorm asthma is a form of allergic asthma occurring after sudden thunderstorms. This can happen suddenly to people in spring or summer when there are a lot of allergens in the air and the weather is hot, dry, windy, and stormy. This can affect a large number of inhabitants in a locality and hence local medical services may find it difficult to meet the exigency. This article reviews the important features and clinical significance of thunderstorm asthma.

Keywords

Asthma, thunderstorm, pauci-micronic, pollen grain.
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Jis B john
Internal Medicine Trainee, Dept. of Medicine, NHS Trust, UK, India
Ravindran Chetambath
Professor & Senior Consultant, Baby Memorial Hospital, Calicut, India, India

Abstract


Thunderstorm asthma is a form of allergic asthma occurring after sudden thunderstorms. This can happen suddenly to people in spring or summer when there are a lot of allergens in the air and the weather is hot, dry, windy, and stormy. This can affect a large number of inhabitants in a locality and hence local medical services may find it difficult to meet the exigency. This article reviews the important features and clinical significance of thunderstorm asthma.

Keywords


Asthma, thunderstorm, pauci-micronic, pollen grain.

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