El Niño and Psoriasis

[Fred]

I thought I would share this little study that suggests El Niño decreases the occurrence of psoriasis.

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The El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is a complex climate phenomenon occurring in the Pacific Ocean at intervals of 2–7 years. The term refers to fluctuations in ocean temperatures in the tropical eastern Pacific Ocean (El Niño [the warm phase of ENSO] and La Niña [the cool phase of ENSO]) and in atmospheric pressure across the Pacific basin (Southern Oscillation).

This weather pattern is attributed with causing climate change in certain parts of the world and is associated with disease outbreaks. The question of how ENSO affects skin and skin-related disease is relatively unanswered.

We aimed to review the literature describing the effects of this complex weather pattern on skin.

El Niño has been associated with increases in the occurrence of actinic keratosis, tinea, pityriasis versicolor, miliaria, folliculitis, rosacea, dermatitis by Paederus irritans and Paederus sabaeus, and certain vector-borne and waterborne diseases, such as dengue fever, leishmaniasis, Chagas' disease, Barmah Forest virus, and leptospirosis, and with decreases in the occurrence of dermatitis, scabies, psoriasis, and papular urticaria.

La Niña has been associated with increases in the occurrence of varicella, hand, foot, and mouth disease, and Ross River virus (in certain areas), and decreases in viral warts and leishmaniasis.

Reports on the effects of ENSO on skin and skin-related disease are limited, and more studies could be helpful in the future.

Source: onlinelibrary.wiley.com

Author Information:
Department of Dermato-Venereology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
Division of Clinical Dermatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
Funding None.

[jiml]

I thought I would share this little study that suggests El Niño decreases the occurrence of psoriasis.

Quote:

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The El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is a complex climate phenomenon occurring in the Pacific Ocean at intervals of 2–7 years. The term refers to fluctuations in ocean temperatures in the tropical eastern Pacific Ocean (El Niño [the warm phase of ENSO] and La Niña [the cool phase of ENSO]) and in atmospheric pressure across the Pacific basin (Southern Oscillation).

This weather pattern is attributed with causing climate change in certain parts of the world and is associated with disease outbreaks. The question of how ENSO affects skin and skin-related disease is relatively unanswered.

We aimed to review the literature describing the effects of this complex weather pattern on skin.

El Niño has been associated with increases in the occurrence of actinic keratosis, tinea, pityriasis versicolor, miliaria, folliculitis, rosacea, dermatitis by Paederus irritans and Paederus sabaeus, and certain vector-borne and waterborne diseases, such as dengue fever, leishmaniasis, Chagas' disease, Barmah Forest virus, and leptospirosis, and with decreases in the occurrence of dermatitis, scabies, psoriasis, and papular urticaria.

La Niña has been associated with increases in the occurrence of varicella, hand, foot, and mouth disease, and Ross River virus (in certain areas), and decreases in viral warts and leishmaniasis.

Reports on the effects of ENSO on skin and skin-related disease are limited, and more studies could be helpful in the future.

Source: onlinelibrary.wiley.com

Author Information:
Department of Dermato-Venereology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
Division of Clinical Dermatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
Funding None.

Interesting   but what if any will this benefit anyone, we can't change weather patterns. But I suppose it raises awareness of the disease

[Fred]

Interesting   but what if any will this benefit anyone, we can't change weather patterns.

None. I just thought you needed something to talk about.

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And Google might like it.  

[mataribot]

Wish it made my psoriasis better....

[Fred]

Wish it made my psoriasis better....

Well reading it took your mind off it for a while.

[rasherman]

Doesn't make sense.

El Nino is an ocean warming phenomenon that causes different weather patterns in different areas. For instance, this year (2015), has seen the development of a strong El Nino and here in New Zealand we are certainly feeling the effects of it.

Now NZ is only 10% larger than Great Britain but we many climatic zones and El Nino produces very different but predictable weather patterns. On our western coasts it's wetter and more humid, but in the east, it's drier, windier and warmer.

Same things apply as far apart as Australia and California. So how could all those different weather conditions, all caused by the same El Nino, be responsible for any specific change in psoriasis?