The Pros and Cons of Air Humidifiers

 Air humidifiers

Sinus infection? Snoring? Constant Colds?   ……Let’ find a solution that’s best fit for you and your family. The combination of winter’s dry air, a turned-up thermostat, and closed windows can wreak havoc on your respiratory system. The best way to combat dry air and reduce your susceptibility to infection is to invest in a humidifier although as we all know there are drawbacks to everything. In this case you can actually avoid the drawbacks by taking on some responsibility in which I provide details below. Let me know your thoughts……I’m still deciding!

Benefits 

1. Relieve sinusitis: When the air is too dry, sinuses don't drain and function properly. According to many experts, adding humidity to the air is generally good for sinus health— especially if you're regularly suffering from congestion and sinusitis.

2. Heal faster: Whether it be a cold, asthma, or allergies, a humidifier keeps your nasal passages lubricated, which helps speed up the healing process when you're under the weather. For people with bad allergies, there are humidifiers that are specially designed to purify the air as well.

3. No more nosebleeds: Another reason keeping your nasal passages moist and lubricated is essential is to prevent nosebleeds. If you're regularly experiencing nosebleeds due to your dry climate, it's worth a try. Many people have found that it makes a huge difference.

4. Alleviate snoring: The moisture from a humidifier keeps the throat from drying out and relieves the intensity of that annoying snoring sound. If you or your partner is a snorer, the added bonus is that (at least) one of you will be sleeping more soundly.

5. Support beautiful skin: So the dry skin by sleeping with a humidifier on through the night. In the morning, you'll notice not only that your face looks more supple, but also that your hands and lips don't feel dry and dehydrated.

6. Better Health: The most important benefit you will receive from an air mist humidifier is making your home’s environment less conducive to cold and flu germs. The abundance of colds in the winter season is due more to the dry air indoors, where airborne viruses thrive, than the cold weather.

Drawbacks

Changing or cleaning out your air humidifier filters and tanks regularly should take care of any problems, but if you have an unexplained respiratory illness that will not go away, your doctor may recommend turning off the humidifier.

Air humidifiers must be checked and cleaned faithfully to avoid the above potentially serious problems. Follow the manufacturer’s instructions, but when in doubt, check the appliance every three days or so. Watch for film collecting on the water’s surface, hard water deposits and any other signs of stagnant water.

Occasionally when a humidifier is not self-regulated it will put out too much moist air. Humidifiers on the market with humidistats or hygrometers (handy gadgets that measure the humidity in your home) are available and well worth the extra cost since overly moist air is just as bad, or worse, than air that is too dry. The Environmental Protection Agency recommends humidity levels of no more than 50% for the home, but 45% is most comfortable.

Thanks for reading! Lala

Credits to Lizzie Fuhr 

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