May is National Allergy and Asthma Awareness Month, making this month a great time to optimize your home for preventing allergens. Improving the air quality in your home can be a great way to reduce allergy and asthma symptoms for both you and your family, so use these tips this National Allergy and Asthma Awareness Month to reduce the impact of both allergies and asthma in your home.
Account For Different Sensitivities
Not everyone will respond to the same allergens in the same way or to the same extent. What may bother your lungs and respiratory system might have no effect on someone else, and vice versa. It’s important to reduce the amount of polluted indoor air in your home, even if you don’t have allergies; that way, any visitors to your home won’t suffer from the indoor air quality setting off their allergy or asthma symptoms. Just because your allergies aren’t impacted doesn’t mean someone else’s won’t be.
How To Help Reduce Allergies & Asthma At Home
When was the last time you checked or cleaned out your home air ducts? Contaminants and air pollutants, such as dander, dust, and chemicals are pulled into the HVAC system and re-circulated five to seven times per day. Over time, this re-circulation will cause a buildup in the duct work, harming residents’ health. If it’s been some time since you’ve had your HVAC system or air ducts checked, consider giving your local air duct cleaning professional a call.
Consider Outdoor Air Quality
While you might be able to control air quality in your home with proper HVAC cleaning, there’s one element that you likely won’t be able to fully control: the quality of outdoor air around your home. Whenever you open windows or doors, outdoor air enters your home and affects the quality of your indoor air. Keeping your HVAC system and air ducts clean and well maintained can generally help account for these changes in air quality.
This National Allergy and Asthma Awareness Month, take these steps to improve your home’s indoor air quality. You, your family, and anyone suffering from allergies or asthma will greatly appreciate the effort to keep your home’s indoor air quality high.
Contact a specialist at Enviro-Air to learn how we can help you reduce your allergies and asthma by keeping your air ducts clean.