Polluted Air

Researchers assessed Polluted Air levels taken at 7 monitoring stations in Chile (a densely populated region surrounded by the Coastal and Andes mountains and, therefore, geographically prone to air pollution) between 2001 and 2005. The stations measured for ozone and air pollutants such as nitrogen and sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide, and tiny, floating particles known as particulate matter associated with the combustion of gasoline, natural gas, and other fossil fuels. The researchers also collected information on the number of hospitalizations for migraine headache, as well as tension, cluster, or other types of headaches.

It was found that air pollution was a risk factor for all types of headaches, with migraine being the type most consistently associated with individual air pollutants. This remained true in all pollutant-headache combinations analysed and these associations did not significantly change in analyses that accounted for the influence of age, gender or season.

To avoid these kind of ailments for adults as well as children, It is advised by physicians to use a good Air purifier in home and in corporate area where people spend more time.