| When you suffer from allergies or asthma, you | | | | relief, then it may be better for you to think |
| may think it may be a good idea to purchase an | | | | about using an air filter. |
| air filtration system for your house. But one | | | | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) |
| legitimate question would be: is it worth paying the | | | | as well as the American Lung Association |
| money? Experts say that it can ease your | | | | recommends air filtration for those who suffer |
| symptoms, but that is true only if you make | | | | from allergies and asthma, but not as a solution |
| other changes in your environment, too. | | | | per-se. |
| These changes concern avoiding the carpeting, | | | | Controlling the pollution and ventilation that can |
| finding another place for your pets and using air | | | | cause allergies is more important; there are |
| conditioning during the warmer months in order to | | | | arguments on whether filters can give relief from |
| get rid of the pollens or allergens. You should as | | | | asthma in a house that is clean and well ventilated. |
| well clean the air filters, the air conditioner filters, | | | | Air cleaners may be helpful in some situations and |
| and the duct filters every season. Another | | | | may help reducing allergy or asthma symptoms, |
| possibility is not to open your windows and to | | | | but that air cleaning is not the one to reduce |
| avoid staying a lot outdoors, during the period | | | | consistently the symptoms. You can usually find |
| when your allergies are acute. | | | | the best purifier by getting a hepa filter. |
| If you have tried all these and didn't find adequate | | | | |