Allergy Air Purifiers

Can an Air Purifier Help With Your Allergy or Asthma Symptoms?

Particulates such as dust, dander, and pollen are all major causes of illness in the United States, with over 50 million Americans suffering from some kind of allergy.  Allergies are essentially an overreaction of the immune system to a substance that is harmless to most people.  However, in an allergy sufferer, the body's immune system treats the substance as an invader and acts appropriately, resulting in symptoms ranging from sneezing to watery eyes, to serious respiratory problems.

Asthma, on the other hand, is a chronic disease that affects the airways.  In asthma sufferers, the inside wall of these airways become inflamed and swollen, making the airways sensitive.  This causes a reaction in which the airways get narrower and less air flows to the lung tissue, causing symptoms such as wheezing, coughing, chest tightness, and breathing difficulties.

These two illness are often related, as asthma sufferers often suffer from allergies and vice versa.  Thankfully, allergy and asthma air purifiers can help alleviate symptoms because they often employ the use of advanced HEPA filters which have the ability to remove up to 99.97% of allergy-causing particulates.  Allergy air purifiers are also specially designed to be constructed of materials that do not off-gas - making these ideal for asthma and asthma sufferers alike.