Air Purifiers

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?

I currently live with a smoker (mother’s boyfriend) who smokes inside the house. I need something to purify the air to get rid of the smoke because 1) I hate the smell and 2) I don’t want it to build up in my lungs. Whats the best type/brand? HEPA, Ionizers? What brands? Thanks.

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?

Please don’t tell me to get a sharper image one. people who own those are bound to have really bad lungs and can lead to cancer. They emit alot of ozone. How do i avoid those "ionizers"? Which one should i get?
The guy with the sharper image….. Those things emit ozone which is a true fact, and ozone is deadly for the lungs. Because aids is silent means its not deadly? Yea thats right do your research.

I’d be will to go 0 as I can see that’s how much an Ionic Breeze costs. I’ll spend good money to get a good product, but I don’t want to get ripped off either.

My room is 13′x11′, so thats roughly 143 sq feet. For some reason, dust just grows in my room–moreso than any other room in the house by at least a factor of 100. And I noticed how quickly my A/C filter gets dusty. What gives?

Anyways, I’d love to hear your own personal experiences dealing with dust, and what you reccomend. I can’t believe I’m breathing all that crap in my lungs.

Please don’t tell me to get a sharper image one. people who own those are bound to have really bad lungs and can lead to cancer. They emit alot of ozone. How do i avoid those "ionizers"? Which one should i get?

I live in a very polluted Chinese city and think an air purifier would help keep my lungs AND my house cleaner. I’m not sure, though, having my windows closed all the time is a good idea either. Thank you for taking your time to share your suggestions.

I currently live with a smoker (mother’s boyfriend) who smokes inside the house. I need something to purify the air to get rid of the smoke because 1) I hate the smell and 2) I don’t want it to build up in my lungs. Whats the best type/brand? HEPA, Ionizers? What brands? Thanks.
By this I don’t mean a spray like Febreze, I mean an electronic air purifier. Thanks.

Please don't tell me to get a sharper image one. people who own those are bound to have really bad lungs and can lead to cancer. They emit alot of ozone. How do i avoid those "ionizers"? Which one should i get?