It is common sense that asthma and air pollution are related. I don’t know if air pollution causes asthma or not but it is definitely a trigger for an asthma attack.

Asthma is chronic inflammation of the bronchial tubes in the lungs and can be triggered by anything that affects the air that is breathed in, like particles in the air and temperature changes. Attacks can also be triggered by anxiety. When someone becomes anxious they take short rapid breaths. For an asthmatic person who already has restricted breathing capacity, this is a problem.

Wikipedia talked about doctors using corticosteroids to treat asthma. The side effects seem to be almost as bad as the asthma itself. Anxiety, depression, osteoporosis, hypothyroidism, and diabetes. It seems to me that, except in extreme cases, people would probably want to avoid the corticosteroids if at all possible.

I even heard once of a treatment where doctors will go in and surgically remove some of the mucus membrane inside the bronchial tubes to give the sufferer better air flow capacity. The mucus is there to trap viruses and bacteria in the air to help prevent infections, or in the case of the lungs, to prevent respiratory infections and pneumonia. Granted, too much mucus may be at least part of the problem for people with asthma, but to cut it out can create scarring in the membranes that can cause other problems.

What needs to be done for asthma sufferers is to find out why they are so responsive to the asthma triggers. Is it too much exposure to air pollution at a young age? Maybe they grew up with smoking parents. Maybe they have lived near industrial farms that spray pesticides or fertilizers into the air? Was it an illness that affected their lungs?

Once a cause is known then it might be possible to create a course of detoxification to clean up the problem or at least put in place more specific preventatives to reduce the chances of an asthma attack and reduce their exposure to potentially harmful drugs. One preventative could be a quality air filter. An air filtration system that generates negative ions can be helpful as long as it doesn’t generate ozone. Breathing the negative ions may help to reduce the inflammation and help them breathe better and recover faster from an attack. The Nikken Air Wellness Power 5 Pro meets those requirements. It has multiple stages of air filtration and generates clean negative ions without producing ozone.

Please keep in mind that I am not a doctor and do not diagnose conditions nor prescribe  particular courses of action for any condition that you may have. If you think you have asthma then you should see a doctor and, if  you choose, let them know that you want to pursue non-drug means of handling it.

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Do you have a Nikken air filter?  The replacement filters for you unit should last you for a long time, possibly up to three years, if properly taken care of.  Our first pack lasted about a year and a half and it had to put up with a lot.  We had two cats (one was long-haired), and two small kids who liked to run in and out of the house a lot.  There was a lot of dirt and cat hair that the filter had to deal with.  The replacement has lasted just as long so far.

How do you get your filters to last this long, or longer?  Vacuum it out regularly.  When you vacuum the area where you have your Nikken air filter set up, take a minute to vacuum off the pre-filter screen.  Once every month or so, unplug the unit, take the filter cartridges out and clean it out good.  I like to vaccum off each filter stage and the sides and bottom of the box where they sit.  Then make sure that you put the filter stages back in correctly before plugging it in and turning it back on.

Another key area to clean to keep your unit functioning properly is the particle senser.  When you clean your air filtration system, take a moment to vacuum out where the sensor is and wipe off any dust in that area.  If your system often kicks up to turbo and you don’t know why, the reason could be dust in and around the particle senser.  Just unplug the system and clean off this area and it should go back to working as it should.

This will help your replacement cartridges last longer and keep you Nikken air filter functioning properly for a long time.

Do you want to know more about the Nikken air filter or need to get replacement parts?  Click the links or leave me a comment.

Wayne Woodworth
Breathing clean air again.

We have had our Nikken Air Wellness Power 5 since we started with Nikken in 2006 and have really enjoyed the clean air and negative ions that it offers.  We have often heard how well plants respond to it and decided to see for ourselves.  My wife has a bamboo plant that has managed to survive for several years but never really did much.  We put it near our Nikken air filter and pretty much forgot about it until one day we noticed that it has grown up past the ceiling next to it (our living room is open to the second floor).  The plant is at least 4 feet tall.  Since that experiment has worked so well I decided to bring home a struggling plant from work to see how it does with the clean air and negative ions.

If plants do so well with the Air Wellness system, imagine how well our bodies respond to it.

Wayne Woodworth
Independent Nikken Wellness Consultant
Breathing easy thanks to Nikken

Disclaimer: I am an Independent Nikken Wellness Consultant and massage therapist.  None of my statements have been approved by either Nikken or the FDA.  I do not diagnose conditions and I do not prescribe any product to treat a particular condition.  These are my opinions based on my experience with Nikken’s products.