When it comes to improving the comfort of an apartment, first of all, attention is focused on furniture, frequently used household appliances, and design. At the same time, not everyone remembers the problem of indoor air. Or rather, about its dryness, especially in the autumn-winter period. Low humidity causes significant harm to the microclimate of housing, provoking a lot of health problems for those who live in it. A household humidifier will help to increase it.
Harm from low humidity in the room
The dry microclimate in the house causes considerable harm to the entire body. The skin is the first to react. Peeling, itching, desire to moisturize the skin with water or creams appear. More wrinkles form on the face and the reason for this is the loss of elasticity of the epidermis. Constant stay in a "dry" apartment reduces performance. Also, the general condition worsens, prolonged sleep does not contribute to the appearance of vigor, and fatigue only aggravates. The mucous membranes of the respiratory tract are affected. They dry up, thin out. As a result, the protective functions of the body are significantly reduced, it becomes more susceptible to all sorts of respiratory diseases. The risk of complications such as asthma increases.
The child's body is especially sensitive to the lack of moisture. Due to physiological characteristics, children feel all the negative consequences described above faster and stronger. In babies in the first year of life, irritability, a runny nose, a cough that provokes irritation, and sore throat most often appear. The rest of the children are more likely to suffer from infectious and colds.
The benefits of moisturizers
- human health;
- domestic animals and plants;
- room furniture;
- air in the house as a whole.
The humidity maintained by humidifiers at the proper level can dramatically change the well-being of the household. The benefits of the device are felt after a couple of hours. Tightness, dryness of the skin of the face and body disappears. This happens due to natural moistening with water molecules, which saturate the air. Soon, the eyes react to the normalization of the climate, the degree of manifestation of dry eye syndrome gradually decreases. Quite often, it completely disappears without the additional use of artificial tears.
The condition and work of the mucous membranes improves. The body spends less water on the production of secretions, but this does not harm them in any way. Their restoration has a positive effect on immunity, because most pathogens enter the body precisely through weakened, thinned mucous membranes.
The benefits of humidifiers are especially noticeable in homes with a small child. The child's body loses moisture much faster for many reasons. This is increased physical activity and metabolic rate, imperfection of thermoregulatory functions, cooling features, etc. Therefore, it is simply necessary to maintain a constant humidity level at around 50 to 75 percent. Thanks to this, the baby will always be active, the risk of heatstroke, severe overheating, and dehydration will be significantly reduced. Sleep quality and duration will improve.Experts from WHO have long recommended purchasing a humidifier for the home for families with small children.
Benefits for home furnishings, pets and plants
Dry air harms not only humans, but also pets and houseplants. Animals experience the same problems as humans. And because of the naturally woolen cover, some of them are even more susceptible. For example overheating, dehydration. Also, wool can accumulate static electricity. And humidifiers reduce this to "no", moisturizing the coat and preventing the accumulation of electrons.
Plants that do not like dryness need constant, daily spraying. But when a humidifier appears in the apartment, the spraying frequency is reduced. At the same time, the flowers feel great, turn green, grow and are pleasing to the eye. So the benefits are obvious.
In a dry room, furniture deteriorates faster, paintings, floors dry and crack. Water is drawn out quickly, and objects cannot restore the level from the environment, because there is nothing to absorb. The service life is noticeably reduced, the appearance deteriorates. This is where a household humidifier comes to the rescue. It produces water molecules that saturate everything around.
The use of humidifiers is also that they prevent the multiplication of viruses and infections that are difficult to survive in a humid environment. They help to remove dust from the air. When it gets wet, under its own weight, it settles on the floor and other surfaces, from which it is easy to remove it.
Methods for measuring air humidity
In a room where adults live, the optimum humidity is 40% to 60%. In children's rooms, it is desirable to maintain from 50% to 70%. An increase in these parameters is as harmful as a decrease.
You can check the house for humidity levels in a simple and quick way. Collect a full glass of water and put it in the refrigerator on the lower shelf, leave for an hour and a half. Then take it out and take it to the room. It is advisable to put a glass of water away from heating devices and observe the drying rate of the condensate that appears. In a dry room, it evaporates in a short time, from 7 to 10 minutes. That is, if the container has dried in 10 minutes or less, the air must be additionally humidified.
An air humidifier is a modern device that helps to improve the microclimate of housing and the health of people living in it. Many models are equipped with a hygrometer. This is very convenient, because it not only raises humidity, but also measures it. And thanks to the interesting design, it will also decorate the house. In short, this device is very useful. The main thing is to use it correctly and remember that you need to know when to stop in everything, because high humidity also harms a person.
