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Review
. 2024 May 28:5:1387525.
doi: 10.3389/falgy.2024.1387525. eCollection 2024.

Air pollution and rhinitis

Cristine Secco Rosario  1 , Marilyn Urrutia-Pereira  2 , Margarita Murrieta-Aguttes  3 , Gennaro D'Amato  4   5 , Debora Carla Chong-Silva  1 , Ricardo Henrique Moreton Godoi  6 , Nelson A Rosario Filho  1
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Air pollution and rhinitis

Cristine Secco Rosario et al. Front Allergy. .

Abstract

Rhinitis arises from either allergic or non-allergic inflammation of the nasal mucosa, characterized by the infiltration of inflammatory cells into the tissue and nasal secretions, along with structural alterations in the nasal mucosa. The pathways through which air pollution affects rhinitis may diverge from those affecting asthma. This article aims to review the effects of diverse air pollutants on the nose, the correlation of climate change and pollution, and how they aggravate the symptoms of patients with rhinitis.

Keywords: air pollution; allergic rhinitis; climate change; global warming; pollution; rhinitis.

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The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. The author(s) declared that they were an editorial board member of Frontiers, at the time of submission. This had no impact on the peer review process and the final decision.

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Pollution and global warming are interrelated. The increase in atmosphere pollutants results in epithelial damage and inflammation in the nose.
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