One way to enhance your sleep quality is to improve the air quality in your bedroom, and there is no better way to do so than with an air purifier. A good night’s sleep is essential for good health. Sleep is just as important as regular exercise and a healthy diet. Unfortunately, most adults do not get enough shut-eye every night.
Adults should get seven to nine hours of sleep per night. Babies, children, and adolescents require even more sleep to aid in their growth and development.
There are numerous advantages to getting enough sleep. Getting enough sleep has been linked to improved concentration, productivity, and cognition in studies. Sleep patterns can also affect children’s behavior and academic performance. A good night’s sleep allows the body’s blood pressure to regulate itself, minimizing the risk of heart disease.
Adults who get enough sleep can also lose weight, avoid depression, and boost their immune systems. When we sleep, our bodies repair, regenerate, and recover. Adequate sleep aids the body’s ability to fight infection.
A way to enhance your sleep quality is to improve the air quality in your bedroom, and there is no better way to do so than with an air purifier.
Here are the different benefits of air purifiers in your bedroom:
Less Snoring
Snoring is a prevalent condition that can affect anyone, but it can be detrimental to sleep for some people. Long-term snoring affects not only your sleep but also that of your partner. Snoring occurs when air flow through your mouth and nose becomes obstructed.
Clean, fresh air can assist in keeping these passages open and reduce snoring. This is due to the fact that poor air quality irritates the upper airways, resulting in stuffy and inflamed noses and throats. Air purifiers clean the air particles that cause these symptoms, which can significantly reduce snoring.
Less Asthma Attacks
When you are at home, you are at a “high priority public health risk” because that is where the majority of asthma triggers are found. Dry skin cells, dirt, dust, carbon monoxide, household chemicals, air-freshening sprays, smoke from cooking, paint materials, cosmetics, perfumes, and hairsprays are examples of triggers.
Tiny airborne particles can cause the most harm to asthmatics. As a result, air purifiers that remove microscopic impurities are ideal for treating asthma.
At home, you can reduce asthma triggers by using hypoallergenic bedding, installing hardwood floors, or dehumidifying the air, which can kill dust mites. Increased airflow and the use of HEPA air filters will also help to reduce indoor air pollution, lowering your chances of developing asthma or triggering asthma attacks.
Benefit from White Noise
For many people, white noise can be an excellent sleep aid. White noise is a term used to describe static frequencies that are merged together to create a soothing background sound. White noise obscures other sounds, making it useful for people who have difficulty falling asleep, dislike silence, or live in noisy environments. According to one study, white noise machines cut the time it took people to fall asleep by nearly 40% when compared to people who did not use the devices. White noise devices can also help babies and toddlers sleep faster.
A white noise machine can be created by having to run an air purifier in your bedroom. Many people find that the sound made by the machine while blowing and circulating air acts as a sleep aid, allowing them to fall asleep faster. Many air purifiers also have “sleep mode” settings to help you create the ideal bedroom environment.
Get Rid of Unwanted Odors
If your home or bedroom environment smells or has odors, purchasing an air purifier could be part of a long-term solution. Cooking, water damage, and flooding can all cause odors to permeate your indoor air. Water damage, if left unattended, can provide an ideal breeding ground for potentially dangerous mold to grow. An effective air purifier will filter your air and remove odors and mold spores, leaving you with clean air to breathe.
Key Takeaway
It is critical not only to get enough hours of sleep but also to get quality sleep. Sleep deprivation can result in a variety of health problems. Sleep deprivation manifests itself as waking up throughout the night, tossing and turning, and a lack of energy. There are numerous methods for improving sleep quality. To reduce stress, avoid sleeping too much, go to bed at the same time every night, be more active during the day, and exercise more frequently.
Your journey towards getting quality sleep will also be easier when you have an air purifier in your bedroom. This makes sure that you are protected, safe, and free from harmful chemicals while you rest at night.
Not all types of UV light are effective for sterilization. What does this imply? To get technical, ultraviolet (UV) refers to a class of electromagnetic waves with a shorter wavelength (higher frequency and energy) than visible violet light. UV is classified into three types based on decreasing wavelengths and increasing energy.
UVA, UVB, and UVC are the three types of UV light. Only UVC (100-280nm) has enough energy to effectively destroy microorganisms in UV sterilization. When looking for a UV sterilization product to try in your home or business, make sure the UV wavelength is in the UVC range (100-280 nm).
What is the effectiveness of UV sterilization? Is it effective against bacteria and viruses? What are the advantages and disadvantages? These are common questions I hear as a microbiologist, especially when people consider how dirty their cell phone gets.
With so many UV sterilization products on the market, you may be wondering if they are worthwhile to try. Here’s a discussion to give you an idea of how UV sterilizers work:
UV Light and Doses
A UV dose is a collection of factors that determine how effective ultraviolet sterilization is. Transmittance is the amount of light that reaches the target; solids suspended in the water will prevent UV light from reaching the chamber’s edge and exposing all of the water. The flow rate is how quickly the water moves through the system; a faster flow rate reduces exposure time and thus effectiveness.
Turbidity measures how cloudy or clear the water is; high turbidity indicates that the UV light cannot reach the chamber’s edge and is only sterilizing the water closest to the lamp. Another factor is lamp age, as the UV intensity of the lamp decreases over time.
UV Sanitizer Design
UV sanitizers are intended to disinfect a variety of surfaces, including cell phones, jewelry, and stuffed animals. It is critical to remember that hand sanitizers should never be used (or the skin on any other part of your body, for that matter). According to the FDA, there have been reports of skin and eye burns caused by improper installation of UVC lamps in human-accessible rooms.
UV sanitizers come in a variety of forms, from wands to zip-up pouches, and can be used to sanitize a variety of items. A wand, for example, may be best for targeting household items like doorknobs, whereas a pouch may be best for fitting smaller items like a phone.
UV Sterilizer Longevity
Another factor to consider with personal UV sanitizers is that the energy emitted by their lights diminishes over time. It becomes less effective for its target as it decays, and I’m not sure how a person could tell how these bulbs are disintegrating. Although there is a ‘replace by’ date, most of us only replace a light bulb when it is completely out. This is far past the effective time of a UV source.
There’s also the possibility that using a personal UV sanitizer will cause more harm than good in the long run. They can be hazardous, especially if exposed repeatedly. Many microbes will naturally have some adaptation or resistance to UV light because they multiply and mutate so much faster than other types of organisms. This population of microbes will grow in your home over time, especially if exposed repeatedly.
UV Light Power
DNA and RNA are the genetic materials that make up all living organisms and control their growth, development, functioning, and reproduction. UV light emits electromagnetic energy, which can destroy microorganisms’ ability to reproduce and cause microbe inactivation through mutations and/or cell death.
UV light emits electromagnetic energy, which can destroy the ability of microorganisms to reproduce and cause photochemical reactions in nucleic acids (DNA & RNA). The ultraviolet energy causes the formation of specific thymine or cytosine dimers in DNA and uracil dimers in RNA, which causes microbes to become inactive by causing mutations, cell death, and failure to reproduce.
Key Takeaway
We first learned about UV-C light’s disinfectant properties (ultraviolet light with a wavelength of 200 to 280 nanometers — the same light that causes sunburn and skin cell mutation in humans).
Using a UV-light sterilization pouch or machine instead of soap and water can be more convenient. Reading this article should have given you a better understanding of how UV sterilizers work, as well as how to use them properly at home or outdoors.
