I went to an allergist at the age of five because I had a reaction to shellfish for the first time.

Thankfully, I didn’t have a litany of other allergies, just a slight one to dust and mold that comes and goes depending on seasonal changes. Still, that’s a problem when you’re a kid and you like playing in the woods with your friends during the times of the year when you can have an allergy response. My doctor prescribed me an inhaler for my lungs if I ever could breathe and a nasal spray to relieve congestion in my sinuses. I managed well enough over the years with my mitigation medications, but the worst would come out whenever I got sick with a cold or flu virus. That’s when I learned about the power of humidifiers and air purifiers. The humidifiers would sometimes stimulate my sinuses to clear while the air purifier would remove dust and other allergens from my breathing air. After using an air purifier for so many years, I don’t think I can handle living without one. It’s extremely nice to have dust removed from your air, as well as fungal spores that can get in from outside whenever you open a door or window. However, you have to be diligent about replacing the filter in your air purifier almost as often as you replace the filter in your central HVAC system. If you don’t replace the filter in your air purifier often enough, it will prevent air flow and contribute more air contamination. You want to make sure you have a clean air filter, even if that means using a vacuum every few weeks to remove the top layer of dust that has accumulated on the inside surface of the filter.

You can’t forget to replace the filters in your air purifiers