How Air Filtration can Ease Allergy Symptoms

Seasonal allergies in Hurricane are a pain to deal with. Whether it’s the heart of spring, summer, or fall, allergy sufferers know that the symptoms can change the way you feel. Sure, symptoms can range from mild to severe, but there is one thing that all allergy sufferers may not know they can look at in order to help decrease their symptoms in their home – add a whole-home air filtration system.

There are a number of ‘over-the-counter’ ways to treat your allergy symptoms, but good household air filtration can help you make sure one big piece of the puzzle is covered so that your home’s air is helping, not causing, your allergies.

Here are a few tidbits Teays Valley Service Experts put together to help you breathe a little easier when your allergies would likely flare up:

1) Investigate the types of air filtration systems

Whole-home air cleaners and air filtration systems come in a host of shapes, sizes and technologies. Touted as top-notch, HEPA (High Efficiency Particulate Air) Filtration systems are considered ‘hospital-grade’ air cleaners, and are the best solution for the most severe allergy sufferers and asthmatic residents. A HEPA filter is also a good choice for elderly or infant residents with respiratory problems.

2) Improve your home’s humidity

One of the more common household microbes that stir up respiratory problems is often the result of excessive humidity and mold. If your home is too humid it can become the ideal environment for microbes to grow and thrive, possibly causing a host of structural problems as well as respiratory problems. On the other side, if your home lacks adequate humidity, it can cause dryness of the skin, nose and throat, leading to other problems. Luckily, a great solution for lowering humidity can be treated with a household dehumidifier. To increase humidity for dry areas, a humidifier is the right solution.

There are a variety of humidification choices from Teays Valley Service Experts that are already created to work best with your current heating and cooling system, making it easy to harness the benefits that proper air filtration can give you.

3) Keep pollen outside of your home

Sure, it seems like common sense, but there are a couple ways you can easily keep pollen from coming in without you thinking twice about it.

• Shoes – make a habit of taking off your shoes when you first go inside so you aren’t tracking pollen throughout the house.
• Clothes – if you’ve been mowing the lawn or taking part in any outdoor activities, it’s possible that you have pollen on them. If you plan on being indoors for a while, consider changing your clothes.
• Shower – if you’ve been outside for a while, consider showering once you go indoors. Pollen can be left on your clothing and get in your hair and on any exposed skin.

Seasonal allergies in Hurricane can bring some annoying symptoms with them, but they aren’t anything that a quality air filtration system can’t handle. Best of all, estimates for the installation of a new air filtration don’t cost you anything. If you have any questions on how best to handle your allergies, give Teays Valley Service Experts a call at 304-760-5088 or schedule an appointment with us through our online scheduler.