the healthcare specialty concerned with human illnesses or dysfunctions that result from environmental factors.
is the study of how chemicals impact health. All chemical exposures are considered, from pollutions and common household products.
approach to healing that concerns itself with the interaction of the body and the environment, looking especially at the role that allergies and normal exposure to chemicals in the environment play in illness. Doctors who practice environmental medicine say that in sensitive people, environmental allergens can trigger such serious conditions as lupus, colitis, chronic fatigue syndrome, asthma, hyperactivity, psychosis, and high blood pressure, among others. Factors that trigger allergies include emotional or physical stress; infection; exposure to pesticides, and other chemicals in food or water; frequent use of antibiotics and steroids; electromagnetic disturbances in the environment; and poor nutrition. If someone's condition is exacerbated by allergies, treatment may involve lifestyle and diet changes to avoid exposure to allergens. The American Academy of Environmental Medicine in Denver trains physicians in environmental medicine.
An approach to medicine which focuses on the role of dietary and environmental allergens on health and disease. Skilled use of environmental medicine may help improve many chronic illnesses.
Environmental medicine explores the role of dietary and environmental allergens in health and illness. Factors such as dust, molds, chemicals, and pollution may cause allergic reactions that can dramatically influence diseases ranging from asthma and hay fever to headaches and depression.
Environmental Medicine identifies and treats specific causes of many conditions related to immune dysfunction, nutritional deficiencies, hormonal dysregulation and pollutants, including environmentally induced illnesses. Diseases and illness created by environmental conditions include, among others, allergies, asthma. chronic sinus infections, eczema, arthritis, chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia and migraine headaches.
Environmental medicine, also called clinical ecology, is a multidisciplinary field involving medicine, environmental science, chemistry and others. The scope of this field involves studying the interactions between environment and human health, the cause of disease as caused by environmental factors including chemical, physical and biological agents.