More than two million People are affected with pulmonary diseases in Switzerland. In other words, almost 20% of the Swiss population are having sanitary problems caused by air pollution or pollen flight. There are many different modes and types of allergy indications. But most of these people are having multiple allergy's which are called: Mixtreactions. It means that a person who has a pollen allergy is not only responding to pollen flight of different grass, hazelnut or tree types. These people have also an allergy against eatables, chemical substances like ozone, particulate matter or animal hair.
Furthermore, it’s been proven that simple pollen flight and it’s impact are increased by air pollution. Scientists have demonstrated that chemical substances in our inner atmosphere like nitrogen monoxide and ozone are affecting the situation in areas of heavy industry or cities with much individual car traffic. That means that pollen and chemical substances in our air are interacting together and are causing more allergic reaktions. In addition, The global warming future scenario shows more dry days for central european states - with devastating consequences not only for allergic persons. That means that pollen flight may starts earlier. xenobioticµm could now help to understand what kind of allergy type you have. It gives you the alternative to register your actual health-status in two steps. afterwards it combines all your registred feelings with the backgrounddata. With this app you're able to fight effectively against allergy as you can see what affects your health.
Mentors: Jürgen Späth, Max Rheiner and Karmen Franinovic
Danny Arielli
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