Posted on 07/09/2023 3:08:02 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Experts are speculating that climate change and other factors are driving the increase in kidney stone cases among children and teens.
Experts told NBC News that just three decades ago, kidney stones were largely a disease that affected middle-aged White men, but they now increasingly affect children and teens, especially in the summer.
"My research group has focused on the relationship between temperature and kidney stone presentations for a decade," Dr. Gregory Tasian, a pediatric urologist at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, told Fox News Digital when asked about climate change and kidney stones.
"The summary is that hot days increase the frequency of kidney stone events, presentations," he continued. "The risk of these events is higher among males than females and better predicted by moist heat metrics such as heat index or wet bulb temperatures than the commonly used dry heat."
"While it is unlikely that climate change has been a significant contributor to the increase in kidney stones among children and adults over the last 20 years, it is likely that climate change will increase the number of people affected by stones in the future," Tasian said.
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LOL. Funny stuff.
Climate change gives you kidney stones now? Is there anything it can’t do?
And, and the heartbreak of psoriasis as well.😳
I love Babylon Bee 😀
Oh, horsefeathers!
Forget kidney stones, what about erectile dysfunction? Is Climate Change responsible for that? Inquiring minds want to know.
I think my halitosis is worse now. Must be global warming, global cooling, climate change, or onions and garlic.
And of course, one sees no statistics or analysis to back this up. And there is a reason why, and we all know it.
Moms let the kids get dehydrated and drink soda. Both will help form kidney stones.
Climate change is just a scam. We were never able to control the weather in the past, we can’t control it in the present and we won’t be able to control it in the future! Only God Almighty has power over the weather, not us mere mortals!
And yeast infections.
Exactly!
Since it is hot outside, they will spend more time indoors sitting on their ever expanding butts playing video games and eating pizza. So, global warming.
Sorry. This was allegedly from faux snooze.
Pay your climate taxes and live in caves.
Experts in bullsh**
Indeed.
Oh, dear Lord. Diets getting crappier and crappier have nothing to do with this, right?
Climate change gave me hemorrhoids.
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