How to Protect Yourself and Your Family from Air Pollution

by Navjot Singh

Air pollution is one of the most dangerous causes of some of the known and even unknown critical diseases. One cannot prevent himself from dying but with preventive measures, one can certainly remain alert, and stay away from becoming a victim of irreversible health issues caused by air pollution. The blog covers how air pollution is dangerous, why it is vital to take health checkups and several ways through which people can protect themselves and their families from air pollution. Go through the paragraphs to understand why being safe is better than being sorry.

Over the centuries, cities and states, the level of pollution has accentuated with the number of vehicles running around the world. Pollutant air invading in from vehicles, factory residuals, and various other factors is indeed not at all good for the entire health of a person. Air pollution is hence considered as the cause of some of the major respiratory diseases. Once could experience symptoms like an extreme headache, difficulty in breathing, sore throat, and even brain stroke within minutes of breathing in polluted air. This chemical exposure results in such severe diseases, which at a later age are not even medical control. At that juncture, a preventive heart health checkup is strongly recommended as it is the only way to prevent yourself and your family from getting entangled in a myriad of critical health diseases.

When you are living in an urban area, especially surrounded by hi-tech buildings, machinery, factories and loads of vehicles, it is vital that you provide utmost care to your body. We have enrolled some of the helpful ways through which you can stay prevent yourself from air pollution and its irreversible health consequences;

1 - Keep your home’s surroundings clean: With the evolution of technology, latest air purifiers have been designed to ensure the good health of residents. Using air purifiers inside the home can help you breathe good air quality, at least not letting you experience any bad fragrance that might affect your lungs and heart.

2 - Stay updated with air forecasts: Install weather forecast apps on your phone or watch it on TV to stay aware of the latest quality of air. This will strongly help you moving out without preparation.

3 - Cover yourself: Even though you know how the air quality is, you might still get affected if you are not covered with the right clothing. Covering your eyes, nose, and mouth with cotton fabrics, netted fabrics or anti-pollutant masks can be your health savors.

4 - Avoid burning wood: Even if you like to conduct bonfire parties, simply avoid it because the burning of wood can cause unending air pollution ultimately which would affect your own family.

5 - Quit smoking: If you do, just quit it. If someone smokes near you, get away from it. The pollutants present in smoke are highly injurious to smokers as well as, for passive smokers.

6 - Get regular health check-ups: Whether or not, you are suffering from any air problem, regular health checkups are highly recommended for prevention of diseases caused by poor air quality where you live.

Despite your age, all you can do to prevent yourself and family from getting affected by air pollution is taking preventive measures. Regular health check-up of a heart is highly suggested once in six months to people of all groups who seriously wish to stay healthy and live healthy. Get in touch with some of the most reliable preventive health care facilities, get several tests at once and save the hefty cost of medical expenses, which you might need to bear if you became a victim of any known or unknown health disease caused by polluted air.