Air purifiers in bedrooms could help ease children's asthma

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Scientists say an air purifier can reduce exposure of lower airways to pollutants, helping asthmatic kids breathe easier without costly drugs. FMTNews FMTLifestyle

Putting an air filter in the bedrooms of children with asthma could help them breathe more easily, according to new research.

The children were given two air filters to use in their bedrooms; one was a high-efficiency particulate air filter capable of removing PM2.5, while the other was a sham filter. Moreover, when the PM2.5 levels dropped, there were also significant improvements in air flow in and out of the children’s small airways and lungs, including a 24% average reduction in total airway resistance, a 43.5% average reduction in small airway resistance, a 73.1% average increase in airway elasticity, and a 27.6% average reduction in exhaled nitric oxide, which is a biomarker of lung inflammation.

 

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