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Summary: A humidifier is good for keeping a balance of moisture in the air. Learn the benefits of a humidifier for eliminating allergies with expert tips in this free health video.
Audra Hartwig is a mother who has been a long time sufferer with severe environmental allergies (asthma/dust mites). Audra also has two children who have inherited those same allergies...read more
"When you're dealing with mold, it's very important to make sure you have a fine balance of having moisture in the air of your house and having too much moisture in the air of your house. Because with too much moisture, mold spores are actually airborne. You inhale them and it can cause an Asthma attack or allergies. For example, we have a humidifier. Most furnaces have a humidifier where when the temperature drops low enough, the humidifier automatically kicks in to provide moisture. It actually has water running through it. Which in turn, the water turns to moisture that's blown through the air. So it's great if you have dry skin or even just keeping your airways nice and lubricated by having moisture in the air. This for example is not a good example of a humidifier to have in your home especially if you have allergies. This is a kind of humidifier where it's a sponge that sits in stagnant water. When you have stagnant water over just several days, mold begins to grow in it. And that mold is what's being circulated through your vents. So one thing that I recommend is having a drip through humidifier. Those are the more current ones. This furnace is very old, as you can tell. It's having a drip through humidifier so there is no standing water in your humidifier. So you don't have to worry about that gross air with the mold spores being circulated throughout your house."
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