BlueAir Air Purifiers Clear the Air » negative charged ions http://blue-airpurifier.com Blue Air Purifiers Clean It Up! Sun, 19 Sep 2010 18:25:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Asthma Control – With Air Purifiers http://blue-airpurifier.com/asthma-control-with-air-purifiers.html http://blue-airpurifier.com/asthma-control-with-air-purifiers.html#comments Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:28:56 +0000 mack http://blue-airpurifier.com/?p=90 Does someone in your household have asthma? If they do, then you are already familiar with the idea that the allergens in your house can make it worse.  When my son was first diagnosed with asthma, I was told we would have to get rid of the dog and cat.  Well, that wasn’t as easy as it sounded.  You see, our pets were a part of our family, and my son loved them as much as anyone.  I won’t get into that story here, but let’s just say, we didn’t get rid of them.  Pets can cause allergic people to have worse asthma symptoms, that is the truth.  But you can do things to reduce or eliminate those indoor allergens.  Of course, one thing you can do is filter the air ( or purify the air).  There is a lot of dispute about this as to which air cleaner to buy and which technology is the best.  I believe they all work to some degree and each type has some benefits.  Just do your research and find the one you think will work.

So you can control or reduce your asthma symptoms with a home air purifier.  Here are some dos and don’t about selecting the right one.

Do find an air cleaner that actually filters the air.  The ones that just send negative charged ions ( called ionic) do little to filter.  An ionic subsystem to a filtering air purifier might be okay, but there has to be filtration.

Do make sure the filter is a HEPA filter.  This stands for High Efficiency Particulate filter, and it has to remove at least 99.97% of airborne particles 0.3 micrometers in diameter.

Do keep your basement dry and clean. Basements are may have mold growing that will get into the house.

Do wash rugs, shampoo carpet and clean furniture often.

Some things to avoid

It would be best not to have a woodburning stove. These just add so much particulate to the house, even a good air filter may have trouble keeping up.

Don’t use strong smelling things, like candles, perfumes, “air fresheners”, etc. These often trigger asthma attacks.

Finally don’t do things that you know increases the level of particulates in the house, such as, burning candles, dusting ( when it just moves the dust around), shaking out rugs.

A good HEPA filter with the ionic additional technology. Just be aware of those that produce Ozone. Ozone is not good for anyone, especially asthma sufferers.

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