title: [Basic etiological factors, pathogenetic mechanisms, and clinical forms of meteopathic reactions].
abstract: The paper reviews basic etiological factors of meteopathic reactions, presents a scheme of pathogenetic mechanisms of the development and clinical classification. Meteopathic reactions are attributed to the following causing factors: atmospheric electromagnetic impacts ("storms"), change of thermobaric situation ("hypoxic weather for "spastic"), weather situation of the intermediate type. Pathogenetic mechanisms of meteopathic reactions provoke the following developments: electromagnetic impacts irritate the cells of afferent nervous ends, weather hypoxic conditions aggravate lack of oxygen of affected organs and tissues, spasm of vascular smooth muscles worsens transport of oxygen to organs and tissues causing capillary-trophic insufficiency. Clinically, meteopathic reactions run latently or manifest as aggrevation of preexisting diseases. Hence, meteopathic reactions are divided into cerebral, cardial, respiratory, peripheral, abdominal (visceral) and combined; mild, moderate and severe.
authors.forename: Z P
authors.initials: ZP
authors.lastname: Zunnunov
mesh_terms: D002319:Cardiovascular System / Q000473:pathology; D002490:Central Nervous System / Q000473:pathology; D003889:Desert Climate; D004064:Digestive System / Q000473:pathology; D004194:Disease / Q000145:classification / Q000209:etiology*; D004574:Electromagnetic Fields; D006801:Humans; D008685:Meteorological Concepts; D017933:Peripheral Nervous System / Q000473:pathology; D012137:Respiratory System / Q000473:pathology; D014919:Wind