We’ve talked every now and then about the effectiveness of having an air filter in your home. There are many people who are interested in having a filter and it’s not a problem to put one in your house. They are generally quite effective in getting basic impurities like dust and pollen out of the air. In addition, it’s helpful for anyone who is having a mold problem in their home. Yes you can get the mold out of the wall or off the floor, but there are still some particles flying around the room much of the time. A filter, however, has the ability to catch those spores and get them out of the air you’re breathing. A little bit of mold isn’t so bad, but if it’s too strong or concentrated, it becomes a big problem. Ionic filters and other traditional filters will be able to pull out most of those things so it will be good for you to order one if you expect that you’ll have mold problems in your home.

This morning, I was thinking about the Super Bowl and I thought of the play at the end of the second quarter when Kurt Warner threw an interception at his own goal line and then the Steelers linebacker (or other defensive lineman) caught it and ran it back the entire length of the field for the touchdown. It was a pivotal moment. Before they went to a commercial, they showed this player sitting on the bench with an oxygen mask over his face. And today, I was wondering what that does for an athlete. Apparently, this is a situation described as EPOC: excess post-exercise oxygen consumption. Everyone knows what this feels like. You run and you breathe heavily and get tired. There is a whole range of different processes at work below this, which include various different body systems that you can read up on when reading about exercise afterburn. The only thing that you can really do in that situation is to give yourself a moment to breathe heavily. That will slow down these other processes back to a basic level. For a linebacker who generally doesn’t need to run long distances, this player clearly needed some extra oxygen pumped in to settle back to a more normal level.

For young children with asthma, it is very important to be aware of what can help them and their asthma and what cannot. Inhalers used to be touted as a way to improve the conditions of asthma. And it’s true that it will provide temporary relief of symptoms and allow the child to be healthy. But it doesn’t provide long term relief or cures. It was hoped that for children with an early onset of asthma there would be a way to improve the situation easily. But that hasn’t panned out, certainly not with regard to inhalers. Children do have some impressive ways of getting beyond such problems, because they are so good at bouncing back from scares like that. Inhalers are a good way of setting them back to normal, but it won’t cure the asthma. It might lessen it somewhat over time, but that evidence is not completely clear yet.

There are several complications that arise for those who have children who need to have oxygen therapy. It doesn’t matter whether they are going to have this therapy for a long-term period of time or if it’s going to be a short therapy while they recover from an injury or procedure. Children are happily more adaptable to changes like that than some of us who are older. For example, they can wear teeth braces without feeling over-burdened by it. SImilarly, they can use oxygen tanks without too much trouble, if they are of a certain age. At any age, however, they will have to get used to the process of putting on a cannula. That will be one of the first difficulties that you have. The site I’m recommending to you todday will give you step-by-step instructions that will make use of the tanks easy. There are some other precautions that you need to take. People will need to avoid smoking around the oxygen tanks, for instance. And use of flammables should be kept to a minimum, as the oxygen is particularly susceptible to flames and sparks. Generally, the tanks themselves are intended to make sure this isn’t a big problem, but it’s good to proceed with an abundance of caution in these kinds of cases.