1 School of Public Health, University of Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
2 Seattle University, Seattle, WA, USA.
3 University of Kolwezi; School of Public Health, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
4 Higher Pedagogical Institute of Manono “ISPM”, Congo.
5 Higher Pedagogical Institute of Lubumbashi “ISPL, Department of Chemistry, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
6 Higher Institute of Medical Techniques Saint-Joseph of Likasi, Republic of Congo.
Research Article
World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2023, 20(01), 566-576
Received on 22 July 2023; revised on 28 September 2023; accepted on 30 September 2023
This study focused on the Inhalation of smoke from culinary activities in Katanga. It was carried out over a period of approximately 4 years. The study population consisted of women whose average age was 37.8 (16) years. On the one hand, 119 rural women (permanent users of coal in the Futuka village and 121 urban women (FU) in the Vallée urban district of the city of Lubumbashi were approached and selected.
The fundamental question was whether prolonged or sporadic exposure to smoke from cooking activities could be an exposure factor to the risk of respiratory infections. Following the investigations made and the multiple functional explorations, we arrived at the confirmation of this hypothesis . In view of the results obtained, we found that the frequency of use of these biomasses oscillated respectively between 63.6% in town and 75% in rural areas.
In the two female categories considered, the rates of cough and morning and usual sputum were, in almost all cases, higher among women from Futuka than among those from the Vallée district. Concerning the crisis of breathlessness and difficulty breathing, we noticed that for the three parameters observed (morning awakening with difficulty breathing, shortness of breath at rest during the day and shortness of breath after intense effort), the women users of the Vallée district were the more affected. For the values, apart from the Tiffnaud ratio (FEV1/FVC%), the functional exploration using the spirometer showed overall that almost all the spirometric parameters led to statistically significant differences between urban women (FU ) of the Vallée district and rural (FR) of the Futuka village. These are the forced vital capacity (FVC% pred with a p=0.034), the peak expiratory flow (PEF with a p value of 0.000) and the expiratory volume at the first second (FEV1% pred with a p value of 0.000).
Respiratory Effects; Charcoal; Firewood; Producers; Users
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Lambert Longombe Ndjate, Tabitha Ilunga Mpoyi, Gaston Mukunayi kalu, Patrick Babeki kabila, Jérémie kankwala Bin kankwala, Cowgill Karen, Faustine Ngoy Kalume, Bakama Bakama Marcel, Ngoy Ngombe Franck-Joseph and Muleka Kimpanga Celest. Inhalation of smoke from cooking activities in Katanga, a health burden among women users of charcoal and firewood. World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2023, 20(1), 566-576. Article DOI: https://doi.org/10.30574/wjarr.2023.20.1.1751