{"id":761,"date":"2019-09-16T11:00:54","date_gmt":"2019-09-16T15:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ambientcomfortnj.com\/blog\/?p=761"},"modified":"2019-09-13T13:27:39","modified_gmt":"2019-09-13T17:27:39","slug":"the-benefits-of-humidified-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ambientcomfortnj.com\/blog\/indoor-air-quality-service\/the-benefits-of-humidified-air\/","title":{"rendered":"The Benefits of Humidified Air"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-762\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ambientcomfortnj.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/SICK-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ambientcomfortnj.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/SICK-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ambientcomfortnj.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/SICK-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ambientcomfortnj.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/SICK-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ambientcomfortnj.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/SICK.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Humidity can be annoying, but as we end the cooling season it\u2019s important to talk about the indoor air quality of your home during the winter. It\u2019s easy to tell when your home is too humid in the summer, but it\u2019s harder to tell when your home isn\u2019t humid enough in the winter.<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019re probably saying \u201chow can my home not be humid enough? Humidity is <em>bad<\/em> right?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Well, not necessarily. Too much humidity is uncomfortable and awful, but low humidity is pretty detrimental to your health as well. There are many effects from having air that\u2019s too dry during the winter, and if you\u2019ll keep reading, you\u2019ll see how they can range from minorly annoying to downright nasty if you\u2019re not careful. Any <a href=\"\/service-areas\/cherry-hill-nj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cherry Hill HVAC Company<\/a> will tell you that air that\u2019s not humid enough will make you uncomfortable as the winter progresses. Let\u2019s talk about how!<!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>Effects of Dry Indoor Air<\/h2>\n<p>Comfort isn\u2019t the only effect of humidified or dehumidified air. When your indoor air quality is too dry, there are some pretty bad effects that can happen which many homeowners don\u2019t know about, like the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Skin Irritation. <\/strong>Dry air leads to skin irritation. This can eventually get worse and turn into rashes if you\u2019re not careful and moisturizing your skin appropriately.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Increased chances of catching an illness. <\/strong>The mucous membranes in your nasal cavity help trap virus and bacteria particles during cold and flu season. Without sufficient moisture in the air, those mucous membranes will dry up and be ineffective. Instead of your mucous membranes catching the cold and flu particles, it\u2019ll be you!<\/li>\n<li>Dry air leads to dehydration since you\u2019re breathing out more water than you\u2019re taking in. Remember to stay hydrated while you look into getting a humidifier.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Respiratory Irritation. <\/strong>If you\u2019ve got anyone in your family who has a sensitive respiratory system, dry air can be awfully irritating. Moisture makes the air more comfortable to breathe, and aids in the healing of scarred respiratory tissue when recovering from an illness.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Static Electricity. <\/strong>It\u2019s easier to get shocked by static electricity in the winter than it is in the summer. Moisture accelerates the dissipation of electrons that make static shocks less frequent, which means you\u2019ll have electricity building up on your metal surfaces more frequently in a dry environment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Practical Solutions<\/h2>\n<p>We told you that there were many unforeseen health effects that came from having a dry environment in your home! Though, you\u2019re probably wondering now about ways to deal with this problem. Well, we aren\u2019t stuck in the 19<sup>th<\/sup> century where you\u2019d have to boil a pot of water all night. There are much better, more promising and efficient solutions to keeping your home humid.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s where a humidifier comes in! There are many different sizes of humidifiers, from small ones that just humidify one room, to whole-house humidifiers. The big thing to remember is that humidification is vital to the health of you and your family. If indoor air quality is as important to you as it is to us, then you should think about investing in a humidifier before winter gets here.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you\u2019re curious about humidification systems, <\/strong><a href=\"\/contact\/send-message\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>contact Ambient Comfort today!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Humidity can be annoying, but as we end the cooling season it\u2019s important to talk about the indoor air quality of your home during the winter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[79],"tags":[113,52,128,9],"class_list":["post-761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-indoor-air-quality-service","tag-cherry-hill","tag-humidifiers","tag-humidity","tag-indoor-air-quality"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ambientcomfortnj.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ambientcomfortnj.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ambientcomfortnj.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ambientcomfortnj.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ambientcomfortnj.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=761"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ambientcomfortnj.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/761\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":764,"href":"https:\/\/www.ambientcomfortnj.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/761\/revisions\/764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ambientcomfortnj.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ambientcomfortnj.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ambientcomfortnj.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}