Air Purifiers

i have asthma and was told that a HEPA air filter would help a lot, especially since i keep two parakeets in my room and they can cause dander. so, i wanted to know how much they cost and is an air purifier the same thing? I saw air purifiers at walmart and some said that they produce hot air and other said that they produce cool air? which should i get? hot or cold? thanks!

I live on the coast in a valley and my house has a lot of mold I suspect between the walls. He gets asthma issues nightly, and I have been having sinusitis and pressure behind my eyes, muscle aches etc. We are otherwise healthy, young and vibrant but since living here for 8 months, we have really been getting sick. Do you think that a Honeywell air purifier would help to eliminate the mold? What can we do? To live here is expensive so we cant just move and our jobs are here. What can we do to "tough it out" one more year until we move?

I have a 8 month old ASH. Since last week, his abdomen pumps up and down rapidly 3 to 4 times a day. Since it usually happens after he eats and he hasn’t been coughing, I thought he has digestion problem. Anyhow, I took him to the vet today and they took an x-ray…and the vet told me he has feline asthma. She showed me the x-ray and pointed out "donuts" and white calcified spot in his lungs. I cried so hard at the clinic.

The vet prescribed Prednisolone suspension 3 mg/ml twice a day (1 ml each time) for a week then decrease to once a day then decrease to once every other day. She also prescribed Cyproheptadine 1 mg/ml twice a day as well. She is also doing a fungal screen.

Can any one who has knowledge about feline asthma or has cats with feline asthma share some of your experience with me? Does the medications prescribed sound right? I checked online and it seems like 3 mg/ml twice a day for a 9 lbs cat is a little too much? Does he need to be on medications for the rest of his life? What else can I do to make to help him? I just bought two HEPA air purifiers and changed his litter from pine to yesterday’s news.

THANKS SO MUCH!!
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Thank you so much JC for sharing your experience with me! He started the medicine last night and I am still watching for any improvement.

My cat has been on Hills Science Diet Nature’s Best Dry Kitten Food and Natural Balance Ultra Premium. I added Royal Canin Kitten 36 to his diet last month and it seems like it triggers the asthma but I am not sure.

I have been trying to switch him to can food (tried Wellness, Hills, Nutro) a few times but he just didn’t want it. Do you have any suggestions and tricks?

Anyone with allergies, asthma or bronchitis out there? Which machine do you find better to treat the air with a dehumidifier or an air purifier?
Which one do you have/or have tried?

Just bought one for about 80 bucks. Has anybody with asthma used it and has it helped?

http://www.sharperimage.com/us/en/catalog/product/product__SI995YYY/sku__SI995YYY

that is what I’m about to purchase - any recommendations?
I have severe dust allergies (sorry that got cut off). I have SEVERE dust and asthma - I need clean air. I clean like a nut but nothing really helps.

I live in an apartment in the middle of the city. My room gets dusty really easily and I have to dust everyday. I don’t have any allergies or asthma problems. My question is, is it worth investing in a good air purifier ( e.g.> 0, HEPA filtration etc, or is it good enough to buy a cheaper air purifier(0) with no HEPA filtration, just for the sake of keeping my room dust-free?

So, I’ve got a little baby girl, and we just moved to a new house, and I was picking out air purifiers for the house (I have asthma, so I’ve always found it so much easier to deal with to at least have a purifier in my bedroom). ANYWAYS, my mom said that taking out all of the things floating in the air would discourage my babies immune system from developing by not exposing her to anything.

Is this true? Do you have any experience with that?

(BTW - http://www.germguardian.com/index.html)

He was mad at the beginning when I got the cat because he said he felt left out, and 2nd best because he did not get to be included in picking out the pet but we were broke up at the time. 1 month later he says my kitten makes him very sick, and he has developed bronchitis from his allergies. My daughter and I both have allergies and suffer from asthma, we are o.k. I dust, vacuum daily, and put the cat in another room before he comes in, purchased a 2nd hepa air purifier, use allergen reducer carpet powder, febreze allergen reducer spray, and wash the cat every day. I even offered to buy him Claritin. The cat doesnt shed much or jump on furniture either He told me to get rid of it or hell have to stay away because of his health, my daughter and I love the new kitten so I refuse to give it away am I wrong?

I have researched different filtration systems and I believe that some of them may still emit ozone even though they don’t specifically say. Has anyone used a particular one with an Umbrella Cockatoo and/or a Severe Macaw? This is a serious matter to me because I have asthma and I love my birds, so please, no puns or jokes. Thank you.