Air Purifiers

My mother had an ionic breeze running in the basement all night long on the highest setting. Though the basement is somewhat large, there is no air circulation down there to disperse or diffuse the ozone produced by the "air purifier" as the air conditioning is currently malfunctioning.

I was down there for approximately a half hour when my nose began to burn, and it was at this point that I immediately thought to ascertain whether or not the ionic breeze was on. Seeing that it was, I promptly returned upstairs and the pain in my nose subsided and eventually abated.

I’m asking this because I’m curious if I could, feasibly, have been inhaling unhealthy amounts of ozone - and if so, could my lungs, olfactory lobe in my brain, or any other internal organ have sustained cell damage?

I’m 20 years old. I work full time + I am a full timecollege student living at home - however my bedroom is more like a dorm room/small studio appartment. I have small siblings (Ages 5,7and8) and sadly they dont respect my property (I guess its just a sibling thing) ..so ALL my stuff is kept in my bedroom (EVEN MY CAT!) …

You’re probably thinking its terrible, but my bedroom is quite large. I have 2 large walk in closets and a bathroom. It really is more like a studio appartment minus the kitchen.

PROBLEM = DUST! I think maybe becuase I have so much stuff, it creates more dust. I often go through my things and get rid of things i dont need/dont use. The other thing is that my bedroom door is always closed - I have 3 large windows in here, and we have central air - but i dont think that the air circulation is as good as it would be if my door was opened more of the time.

I dust EVERY WEEKEND. It takes me about 4 hours to dust my bedroom!
Every week there seems to be MORE dust (And cat hair!) than the week before.

I told my boyfriend how i feel like so much of my weekend is wasted dusting! (But I have to do it - i CANT live with dust. It makes me feel congested and yucky) and he mentioned the ionic breeze. He said you put it on and it sourt of sucks in dust and dander and other yucky things from the air.

I DO have an airfilter thing in my bedroom. Its HUGE and takes up a LOT of space - I run it about every day but i notice that when i DONT run it - the air quality stays the same.

(And i dont use a regular duster, i use throw away dusting cloths (usually swiffer) so that i’m not just pushing dust around)

ANY suggestions/advice/products would be FANTASTIC.