Rising Hospitalizations and Treatment Costs: Consequence of Temperature Inversion

Secretary of the Iranian Pulmonology Specialists Association warns of worsening conditions for patients with underlying lung diseases during temperature inversion.

The secretary of the Iranian Lung Specialists Association warned against the aggravation of the condition of patients with underlying pulmonary conditions in the condition of air inversion.

Farshid Rashidi, on the sidelines of the 12th "National Congress of Lung Diseases, Special Care and Sleep" at the International Conference Center of Iran University of Medical Sciences, said in a conversation with Mehr reporter: "Air inversion is one of the serious problems that threaten the health of patients with pulmonary conditions that originate from chronic and active asthma and bronchitis."

He added: Air inversion leads to the exacerbation of symptoms and admission of pulmonary patients in hospitals, and as a result, increases their costs.

This lung specialist continued: Of course, air inversion is also dangerous for those people who have no symptoms and threatens their health.

Rashidi said: People without symptoms are forced to go to the doctor after being exposed to air inversion, and some are hospitalized.

The secretary of the Iranian Association of Pulmonary Specialists announced the increase in hospitalizations and treatment costs in air inversion conditions and added: Our advice to pulmonary patients and other asymptomatic patients is to avoid going to and from high-traffic areas and stay at home in air inversion conditions.