How Bad Indoor Air Quality Affects Your Health

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How Bad Indoor Air Quality Affects Your Health

Weight Gain It is possible that your compromised indoor air could be contributing to the elevated number you see on the scale. Many things can be an added factor to weight gain including metabolism, genetics, and shockingly enough the air you breathe in every day. 2

Congestion Catching a cold every so often is never fun, but bad indoor air quality can result in a common cold that seems to linger longer than it should. Congestion, wheezing, and difficulty breathing may develop over time. indoor air quality 3

Headaches Headaches can also be caused by carbon monoxide poisoning. If you have an unusual sense of feeling sleepy and have a headache, you should step outside to get some fresh, clean air. 4

Nosebleeds Bad IAQ (Indoor Air Quality) can also cause nosebleeds. Particles in the air irritate the sensitive hairs in your nose and cause it to bleed. 5

Asthma Asthma, a respiratory disease, can be severely impacted by bad indoor air quality and can be caused by breathing in toxic air pollutants in your environment.air quality 6

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