在罗马前意大利的环境,职业和慢性大鼻炎
Bianca Casa1, Valentina Giuffra1, Giulia Riccomi1,2
1Division of Paleopathology, Department of Translational Research and new Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
American journal of biological anthropology
|May 13, 2025
概括
慢性鼻炎 (CMS) 影响了罗马前意大利骨样本中一半以上的个体. 环境和职业因素可能导致呼吸系统疾病的高患病率.
科学领域:
- 古病理学 古病理学
- 骨科考古学 骨科考古学
- 地中海生物考古学
背景情况:
- 慢性鼻炎 (CMS) 是一种严重的呼吸道疾病,可能与环境和职业暴露有关.
- 了解CMS的历史流行情况可以提供对过去人类健康和环境状况的见解.
研究的目的:
- 为了确定慢性鼻炎 (CMS) 在罗马前意大利骨架组合中的频率.
- 研究CMS与受研究人口的环境和社会文化背景之间的关系.
主要方法:
- 来自意大利波特卡纳诺的131名成年人 (公元前8世纪至公元前3世纪) 的上鼻的宏观和显微镜检查.
- 使用已建立的CMS诊断标准评估骨变化.
主要成果:
- 在57.2%的受试者中发现了CMS.
- 患病率在女性中较高,并且随着年龄的增长而增加. 双边CMS比单边CMS更为常见.
- 在不同的占领阶段 (埃特鲁里亚人,萨姆尼特人,罗马前) 中,没有发现CMS患病率的统计学上显著差异.
结论:
- 职业活动 (金,农业) 和环境因素 (火山灰,沼泽地区) 可能导致了该人口中的CMS.
- 建议进一步系统地分析骨科考古组合,以了解环境和人为因素对呼吸系统健康的时间影响.
- 这项研究为未来研究地中海地区的CMS和呼吸系统疾病提供了基础,考虑到气候和人类的影响.
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