Children are more susceptible to disease because of the greenhouse effect

The warming of the Earth climate may affect children more than adults. Specifically, the number of children with fever and intestinal disease increases every time the temperature rises.

Researchers at the University of Sydney (Australia) collated the number of people visiting clinics for children under 6 with climate data. They found that the ambient temperature was positively related to the number of children going to the hospital to treat fever and intestinal diseases.

'We found that when the ambient temperature reached its maximum level, the number of children with intestinal diseases and fever increased to the highest level,' said Lawrence Lam, a specialist in child diseases at the University of Sydney. , said.

Researchers believe that children cannot cope with temperature changes as flexibly as adults.

'The results from this study show that climate change can have a negative impact on children's health. In the context that the greenhouse effect is becoming clear, we need to conduct detailed surveys of environmental factors that can affect human health, especially in the early stages of life. ' Lawrence said.

Lawrence adds that her team did not detect an association between environmental temperatures and the number of children admitted to hospital for respiratory illnesses. Other members of the group predict that climate warming will increase the number of people with allergies.

Viet Linh