Dr, Ajay Kevat, Queensland Health recently published a review of Thunderstorm Asthma - “presenting the epidemiological data underpinning previous thunderstorm asthma events and analyses what is known about the etiology of this unusual phenomenon”.
Interesting reading given although potential risks day’s are widely reported, not so much actual admissions here and across the globe.
Government and News agencies are reporting a heightened risk of “Thunderstorm Asthma” in Western and Central Victoria.
The Age reports The Mallee, Wimmera and south-west regions of Victoria are predicted to be at high risk of thunderstorm asthma on Wednesday 11th November (Click here)
Melbourne Pollen, run out of the School of BioSciences at the University of Melbourne offers a service that forecasts the level of pollen in the air.
The forecast alerts those who suffer from hay fever and seasonal asthma of the likelihood of being exposed to high levels of grass pollen, enabling sufferers to take preventative measures in danger periods.
Thunderstorm Asthma is a topic on the Centres Asthma Educators Course - the last presentation of this well respected course for 2020, commencing Thursday the 12th November.
The state's Deputy Chief Health Officer, Professor Allen Cheng, used Thursday's (1/10) daily coronavirus press conference to warn Victorians about the impending threat of an epidemic of thunderstorm asthma.
As reported in THE AGE - "The period from October to December is a time that epidemic thunderstorm asthma can occur and this is a result of high levels of grass pollen, particularly rye grass in the air," Professor Cheng said.
"When that is combined with certain thunderstorm conditions, particularly high winds, that can lead to thunderstorm asthma."
