Indoor Air Quality Monitor for Allergies and Asthma

Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) monitors have come a long way in the past few years. Air pollution sensors used to cost several hundred dollars and was used only by researchers, but as with any technology, such sensors have become cheaper and smaller which have led to a whole slew of compact monitors geared towards consumers who can purchase to monitor their own home air quality. Keep in mind, many portable air filter units now have such sensors built-in. These monitors have become useful for patie…

12/14/2018 0

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Best HVAC Filters for Patients with Bad Allergies

For patients with bad allergies, management of symptoms include not just medications and allergy shots , but also avoidance. Avoidance entails not just physically avoiding allergy particulates, but also removing them from the air you breath as much as you can. Outside of a school or work environment, the home is where a patient may spend a great deal of time. The home is where one can easily take steps to improve the air quality and therefore reduce allergy symptoms and need for (more) all…

5/13/2017 0

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Facial Masks for Patients with Bad Allergies

Assuming a patient is already taking allergy medications and even undergoing allergy shots , the other component for good allergy symptom control is avoidance. You can certainly add good filters to a home's HVAC system , but what about outside??? What if avoidance is impossible? For example, if you need to cut the grass on your lawn and you have severe grass allergies or if you need to clean out a moldy basement and you have bad mold allergies? That's when wearing a face mask or r…

5/12/2017 0

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