If you suffer from airborne allergies, allergens can be tough to avoid. But with an air purifier designed to remove the right irritants, you can decrease their levels and the reactions they cause. Here are 5 airborne allergens that your purifier must be able to remove if it is to be effective.
Household Dust-Composed of minute particles of fabric, plaster or drywall dust, dirt and dust from outdoors, hair, and even metal shavings from door hinges; dust is a fact of life. Breathing it over a prolonged period of time isn’t good for anyone, and if your allergies are triggered by this combination of pollutants it is impossible to avoid unless you take steps to remove it from the air.
Dust Mites-Unfortunately, every home has dust mites as they are impossible to eliminate entirely. They make their homes in dark, moist, and warm places. The bedroom is the favorite room, with the bed, upholstered furniture and carpet being the places in which they are likely to be most prolific.
They are easily sent airborne with normal daily activities such as making the bed, walking on the carpet, or sitting in a chair. Reducing their numbers is in direct proportion with your level of symptoms. Clearing the air with a filter that runs constantly is non-invasive, and effective.
Pet Dander-If you have fish or a reptile as a pet, dander is not a problem. But for those of you who have birds (and bird dander is the number one pet allergen), cats, dogs, bunnies, ferrets or any other warm-blooded pet, you have dander.
And if your allergies are triggered by dander you are most likely allergic to the protein in the dander. Clearing the air so that you inhale less dander will greatly alleviate your symptoms and let you relax and enjoy your pet.
Pollen-Is nearly invisible with the human eye, and can be carried for great distances by the wind. It enters your home in your hair, on pets, clothing, and packages and can make your home a not so nice place to be.
And depending on where you live, tree pollen can start as early as January with weed pollen not making its exit until late fall. So there is literally always something in bloom to trigger a reaction. Pollen size ranges from 2 to 100 microns, so an effective cleaner should have a filter that is even smaller to be able to effectively eliminate it.
Mold and Mildew Spores-These tiny spores are impossible to keep out of your home because they are so easily transported by air currents. They simply blow into your home with you as you enter through doors. And unless you are allergic, they are harmless.
Because they need moisture to grow, eliminating the spores before they can make a home under the kitchen sink, in the bathroom, or basement and produce more spores lowers the number available to find their way into your nasal passages and trigger hay fever symptoms.
High efficiency particle arresting (or HEPA) air purifiers are effective in removing all of these pollutants as they are designed to effectively filter airborne irritants as small as .3 microns with 99.97% efficiency. This type of filtration produces only fresh, allergen-free air as a by-product.
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Debbie Davis, President, PurerAir.com