Warm Air Humidifiers

Mar 13
08:49

2009

Lillian G. W.

Lillian G. W.

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Doctors often suggest purchasing a warm air humidifier when you show up at their office sick with the flu, a cold or a sinus infection. Even the National Institute of Health highly recommends this. Warm air humidifiers are great for anyone with any sort of respiratory illness.

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Doctors often suggest purchasing a warm air humidifier when you show up at their office sick with the flu,Warm Air Humidifiers Articles a cold or a sinus infection. Even the National Institute of Health highly recommends this. Warm air humidifiers are great for anyone with any sort of respiratory illness. Often parents use these humidifiers to keep the proper moisture level in nurseries or to soothe symptoms of croup.

The role warm air humidifiers play in a healthy winter is simple. Moisture added to the air adds moisture to your body. Warm air humidifiers put warm moisture into the air. Your skin absorbs this moisture, including your nasal passages. The mucous lining in your sinuses becomes thinner and drains. In a short time you are able to breathe better.

Not only does the moisture itself help, but you can add certain medications to the water that open your lungs and nasal passages because it is heated.

Although warm air humidifiers can make breathing much easier, there are precautions you must take when using them.

Because warm air humidifiers create heat, it is important you keep them out of the reach of children. If a child touches where the steam comes out, with any part of their body, it could result in serious burns. The machine itself gets warm so be sure to keep it off the carpeting or any upholstery.

Parents are often concerned whether to purchase a warm air humidifier or a cool mist humidifier. Both machines have different pros and cons to consider.

The main problem with a cool mist humidifier is the maintenance. Cool mist humidifier bases are perfect places for bacterial growth. If not cleaned daily or every few days harmful bacteria and mold will grow in the base. They are safer considering children cannot burn themselves on the machine, but it is up to parents to thoroughly clean these often. The bacterium that grows can cause serious lung infections. The only problem with a warm air humidifier is the possibility a child may burn itself. The National Institute of Health strongly suggests using a cool mist humidifier in a home with children.

Warm air humidifiers do not take as much maintenance. The only cleaning necessary is removing the lime scale build up from the base. Simply add a small amount of lime scale removing powder to water in the base. After soaking for a few minutes, rinse and use.