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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I have an Air Wellness Power 5, the previous incarnation to Nikken’s current air filter, the Air Wellness Power 5 Pro. I was surprised when the filter change light finally lit up this past weekend. It has been two and a half years since the last time we changed out the filters and, honestly, I thought the bulb behind the filter change light must have blown. The filter has kept up with 4 people and a cat for two and a half years. The cat is an indoor and outdoor cat, as are our 2 kids, so there has been a lot of dirt tracked in during the life of the filter cartridge. I’m just amazed.

I have ordered a replacement filter and we’ll see how long this one lasts.

Wayne Woodworth

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.