I Thought I Was Sick, As It Turned Out I Needed to Change My Filter
If there’s one thing I definitely hate experiencing in this world without any semblance of a doubt, it would be the experience of being sick.
I hate everything about being sick; I despise the feeling of fevers, of coughing, of sneezing, and anything else that might compromise my comfort.
I dislike being sick so deeply that I go out of my way to make sure that I protect myself every flu and cold season. Recently though, in the middle of summer no less, I came down with a mysterious sickness that I couldn’t make heads nor tails of. I didn’t have a fever nor a sore throat, but I was sneezing and coughing horribly. I did some research, and it eventually occurred to me that my air filters might need to be changed. I’d read that when your air filters are too clogged with air contaminants like dirt, pollen, and pet dander from months (or even years) of keeping the air in your home clean, you can start to get sick because it’s so backed up. Eventually I contacted my local HVAC provider to have my air filters looked at, and they confirmed that this was the case, as my filters were very dirty. I decided to get my filters replaced with new, more advanced HEPA filters, as I felt that the more advanced filters would help to prevent something like this happening again in the future. After all, I hate being sick, so what better way to prevent that scenario than making sure my air is clean? With my new HEPA filter my sneezing and cough have completely disappeared, and I couldn’t be more thankful!