subject: Who Needs Air Purifiers? 5 Types Of People Who Can Benefit From Filtering Their Air [print this page] Have you ever wondered what's in your indoor air that causes you problems? Identifying the problem and doing something about it gets you closer to a happy ending. Here are 5 types of people who can improve their health by filtering the air with the right kind of air cleaner.
Second Hand Smoke Victims---If you are forced to breathe smoke that you aren't creating getting rid of this hazard probably can't happen fast enough for you. Many people who have this problem don't even live with the person who smokes.
Apartments are notorious for sharing heating and cooling systems and this makes it easy for smoke to pass from one apartment to another. Short of your neighbor deciding to quit smoking (don't hold your breath), filtering your air is the most effective way to deal with this problem.
Clearing the air is particularly important to preserve the health of babies, small children, the elderly, and pets. And it shouldn't go without saying that clean air helps those who are healthy stay healthy.
Allergy Sufferers---Those who struggle with allergies often have sensitivity to multiple allergens that are both gaseous and particulates. Some of the usual and most potent particle triggers include household dust, dust mites, mold and mildew spores, pet dander, bacteria and viruses.
Gaseous irritants include odors, airborne chemicals, and smoke not only from tobacco products but wood-burning stoves and fireplaces. Given that it is nearly impossible to avoid all triggers, the next best thing is to keep their number low by eliminating a substantial number of them from the air.
Asthmatics---Asthma, like allergies, are most often triggered by a number of irritants that work in conjunction to cause airways to constrict---the body's way of defending itself. All of the particle triggers and gaseous pollutants mentioned above as allergy triggers can and often do contribute to asthma flare-ups that range from annoying to life-threatening.
If you suffer from allergic asthma having a cleaner that has filters equipped to remove both types of irritants will save you money and possibly your life. For sure, improving the indoor air quality will improve your quality of life.
Hay Fever Sufferers---If pollen is the irritant you dread the most, a cleaner with a high efficiency particle arresting (HEPA) filter is important to have. By definition this type of filter must be able to remove 9,997 out of every 10,000 particles that are .3 microns or larger in size.
So whether you suffer from tree, grass or weed pollen in the spring, summer of fall, a cleaner with this type of filter can remove them when they make their way into indoor air on clothes, hair, book bags, packages, and pets.
Infants---Because babies' respiratory systems are not fully developed, they are not able to fight off the irritants discussed in this article. So if these pollutants are in their air in large quantities, it could cause them discomfort and seriously interfere with normal growth and development.
If you are one of these people or someone in your family struggles with these issues, there is nothing to lose by filtering these pollutants from indoor air, and quality of life and good health to gain.
