Climate change: endangering our health and brains

Our brain health is a hot topic for new research. Climate change is one of the most serious challenges we face today.

However, one area that is still relatively unknown to the general public is its hidden but powerful impact on our brain health, and more specifically, on neurological diseases.

What are the consequences of climate change for our brain health?

People suffering from neurological diseases, such as epilepsy, multiple sclerosis or dementia, may be at increased risk of seeing their symptoms worsen due to extreme weather events linked to climate change.

Very high temperatures, for example, can cause more frequent seizures in patients with Dravet syndrome, a rare and severe form of epilepsy in children, while also impairing brain function in general.

A study published in 2024 in The Lancet Neurology shows that very high and very low temperatures can worsen symptoms in 19 neurological diseases, such as dementia, epilepsy, migraines.

Climate change is therefore also a public health issue that deeply affects the human brain. Therefore, research, technology and information are the tools to respond to this new challenge./CNA

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