Humidifiers Helping Airborne Allergies
 

Just wanted to post an update on how well my husband and son are sleeping at night since we put humidifiers in all the bedrooms.

We got the "ultrasonic" ones and paid around $50 each, but oh so worth it!
Because of my son's dustmite allergy, I also have a hepa filter in his room and the combo of the two has made such a big difference for him. No longer stuffed up all the time

Cheri,

This topic caught my eye. I am glad the humidifier is working well for you. A question for you, though. I live in Utah where the air is very dry. In the summer it is not bad in the house because most of us have evaporative coolers instead of refrigerated air, and that puts humidity into the air.

Because of nose bleeds I was getting due to very dry air my doctor recommended that I use a humidifier. In the past I just had the hot air vaporizer going all of the time. I put in on top of the stove. However, when I tried a cold air humidifier, we had a big problem. I started itching periodically, and I didn't know what was causing it. Before that my nose was very irritated. I was beginning to think that the itching was from anxiety - some weird panic attack, as it would occur when I first woke up. As it progressed, though I found that a Benadryl at night did help. Ordinarily I take AllegraD.

One day when my husband was cleaning out the filter on the humidifier and he found this horrible looking jelly like gooey substance, and it was black. I think my culprit was Black Mold. After emptying the filter, we tried another one. I developed allergies again, but not as bad......but we switched back to the hot air vaporizer.

Does any of this make sense to you? If so your comments would be appreciated.

Judy

Hi Judy

yes, one does have to keep all humidifiers and air purifiers clean and with frequent filter changes. I also wipe with bleach to kill any mold/mildew spores, and I only use filtered water in the system

we use the cool mist ultrasonics but I know that warm mist versions are also available

dont know why you would react to the cool mist system unless the equipment is still contaminated:confused:

good to see ya :)