According to studies done by scientists, over 50 million Americans suffer from allergies. With most people allergies are simply "seasonal" and they come and go as the seasons come and go. Their biggest problem is usually in the summer time when pollen is at an all time high. But a number of people experience chronic, year round allergies. People with seasonal allergies often have symptoms such as itchy, runny nose, congestion, and sneezing. However, symptoms of non-seasonal allergies include: coughing, watery eyes, allergic conjunctivitis, and post nasal drip. It doesn't matter if you're a seasonal or non seasonal person, allergies are bothersome either way.
Not only do allergies make it hard to go outdoors, but indoors as well. Things like pollen, dust particles, mites, pets, mold, formaldehyde, dander, and smoke can easily cause people's allergies to heighten to the point of annoyance! Of course there are several different things that you can take medication wise for being outdoors, but what are you to do for indoors? Well one of the quick but lasting fixes for this would be to get an air purifier. Air purifiers do as the name says, they purify the air, aiding your allergies to be alleviated. So instead of your lungs filtering out all the substances that are making you have these allergic reactions in the first place, the air purifier works as a filter. If your looking for one of the best air purifier filters out there it would be a good idea to get one called Hepa.
HEPA stands for High Efficiency Particulate Arresting. The standard for HEPA efficiency is 99.97% at .3 microns. The Hepa has several different models of filters depending on what you are looking for. They have individual purifier filters for certain ailments such as the Air Purifier NeoAir Plus Hepa Mold Allergy or the Air Purifier NeoAir Plus Hepa Allergy. They also have different purifier filters for different situations such as the commercial grade 4,000 Sq. Ft. Nature Form Air Purifier or the Personal Hepa Air Purifier for your car, office or anywhere else. Listed below are a few others worth checking out:
Blueair 402 HEPA Silent Home Room Air Purifier Air Purifiers Cleaning Capacity 365 sq. ft. or 34 sq meters Blueair Air Purifiers Weight 34 lbs Blueair Filters. Choose standard model with set of 3 standard gas & particle filters or choose Blueair with smoke stop filters. Blueair Air Purifiers Filter Materials Nontoxic polypropylene filter media to trap particles and activated carbon filter media to remove gases. 100% free of harmful triclosan, and glass fibers. No ozone emission.
New Living Alpine Ozone Hepa Air Purifier Air Cleaner 44 watts of power, over 120% more effective Washable Hepa filtration, removes 99.7% microns Powerful UV-C killing light effective against any airborne microbes More powerful Generation. Creates more effective ionization Double emitters means more ions Extra large ball-bearing 400CFM high-flow fan Heavy-Duty Ti02 Catalyst Screen Filter More filtration, cleaner air
Hunter Hepa Air Purifier Filter type/life: HEPA filter: 12 months; 3 months for Carbon pre-Filter Noise level: 41 db on low - 59 dB on high Fan speeds: 3 Controls: LCD with digital controls Room size: Small rooms Tower design saves floor space Separate ionizer to help trap particles better Sleek styling
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