Before talking about air pollution, we must first understand what air pollution is. Air pollution refers to the pollution caused by some substances that endanger human health to the surrounding environment. These substances may be solid, liquid or gas, and air pollution sources are both natural and man-made. Including ozone, nitric oxide, sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide, fine suspended particulate matter (PM 2.5) and so on. They are all projects with quantitative statistics at present. He Kunda, an obstetrician attending Chimei Hospital, pointed out that according to the statistical estimation of the World Health Organization in 20 12 years, air pollution causes 7 million deaths worldwide every year.
Air pollution is related to many diseases.
Dr. He Kun mentioned that some studies have pointed out that although air pollution does not directly lead to death, it is related to cardiovascular disease, cancer, respiratory infection and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, as well as neurodegenerative diseases, diabetes, otitis media, autoimmune diseases, abnormal sense of smell and leukemia. It may also lead to well-known hypertension, skin diseases and acne.
Pregnant mommy → pregnancy-induced hypertension has a great influence.
Influence of air pollution on the health of pregnant mothers. As mentioned above, air pollution may cause hypertension, especially when pregnant mothers are exposed to nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide or fine suspended particles during their first pregnancy, and the risk of pregnancy-induced hypertension will increase. If pregnant mommy suffers from pregnancy-induced hypertension during pregnancy, she will be more prone to cardiovascular diseases in later life than pregnant mommy who does not suffer from pregnancy-induced hypertension. Moreover, Dr. He Kunda reminded that pregnancy-induced hypertension ranks second in the world in maternal death, so pregnant mothers should pay special attention!
In addition, premature or low birth weight infants may be related to ozone, sulfur dioxide and fine suspended particles (whether PM 10 or PM 2.5). And carbon monoxide, because it can cross the placenta, some studies have found that it may be related to the neurological development and behavioral development of the baby after birth. If pregnant women are exposed to PM 1 and PM 10, some studies have pointed out that it may be related to congenital abnormalities, especially the cardiovascular system.
Dr. He Kunda said that if pregnant mommy is exposed to air pollution before delivery, it may also lead to poor lung development and poor lung function after the baby is born.
Baby → fear of allergic diseases
For the baby, although allergic diseases such as asthma are closely related to many factors, including the environment and genes, and may also be related to virus and bacterial infections or dust mites, cockroaches, cats and dogs or molds, some of them also involve air pollution, especially the impact of traffic-related air pollution and second-hand smoke.
Fighting air pollution depends on these six tricks.
Dad knows more about the impact of air pollution on the whole family than mom, and he must want to know how to reduce the impact of air pollution!
1, energy saving and emission reduction
If you don't need household appliances, keep the good habit of turning them off; Choose energy-saving appliances to reduce energy waste; If there is an energy-saving scheme in the local area, you can also support and participate more.
Step 2 choose environmentally friendly products
As far as the environment is concerned, the necessary laundry detergent, dishwashing liquid or other cleaning agents at home should be chosen as environmentally friendly as possible and the frequency of use should be reduced as much as possible. Don't just throw a few clothes into the washing machine. Dr. He Kun suggested washing after accumulating more.
3. Make good use of public transport.
In terms of transportation, usually try to use public transport, or ride a bike or switch to walking to reduce the chances of driving. If you have old vehicles at home, you should maintain them regularly to avoid excessive exhaust emissions.
4. Keep abreast of air quality.
The air quality monitoring network of the Environmental Protection Department of the Executive Yuan provides the air quality in all parts of Taiwan Province. Parents can know this information at any time, or some mobile apps can query relevant information. If you find that the air quality is poor, try to go out as little as possible.
If you must go out, wearing a mask can cover some air pollution, but if you consider the effect, using N95 mask will have its effect. However, it must be worn in the right way and fit your face to be effective.
5. Enhance immunity.
Only by enhancing immunity, balancing diet and nutrition, supplementing more vitamins and adequate water can we fight against the attack of air pollution.
6. Use the air purifier indoors
Sometimes indoor air is dirtier than outdoor air! It may come from furniture containing formaldehyde, or something burning at home. Although Taiwan Province Province is rare, Europe, America or underdeveloped countries will use stoves as a source of heating. Such air pollution is very serious! Dr. He Kun suggested that placing air purifiers in the living space can maintain good air quality.
He kunda
Education: Bachelor of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University
Experience: obstetrician, chief physician, resident, obstetrics department of Chi Mei Hospital.
Present position: attending obstetrician in Chi Mei Hospital.