Maintain Optimal Humidity Levels for Better Sleep

 
Maintaining optimal humidity levels in your home increases comfort while you are trying to fall asleep. With optimal humidity levels, the next few hours of slumber are particularly restful. Using a humidifier at night can optimize humidity levels and help you sleep better and keep your body healthy.

Optimal indoor humidity levels fluctuate between 40% and 60%. Achieving humidity levels within this range has surprising benefits. If you don’t use a humidifier already, learn more about the benefits of doing so and reconsider the decision.
 

Benefits of Sleeping With a Humidifier

Sleeping with a humidifier has health benefits small and large. For example, you’ll notice fewer problems with sinus and allergies, less noticeable dry skin, and softer, more kissable lips! You may also feel less congested.

The real benefit of using a humidifier is less known or noticeable. The cilia filter inside a humidifier, filters out bacteria, dust, pathogens, and germs, preventing them from entering the respiratory system. This helps your body ward off viruses and illnesses.

Suffer from asthma? Allergies? A humidifier helps both children and adults breathe better while sleeping.

A humidifier can even help snorers! Whether snoring keeps you up at night, interrupts your spouse’s sleep, or affects you the following day, humidifiers dampen the dry air to help you sleep more comfortably and cut down on snoring.
 

Humidifiers and COVID-19

Recent studies suggest that decreasing humidity by just 10% could double the risk of transmitting COVID-19. This is because infectious particles survive longer in dry air. A higher humidity level causes the droplets to expand faster, fall to the floor, and get inhaled less often than airborne particles.
 

When to Sleep With a Humidifier

A humidifier can benefit families any time of the year. Winter weather tends to be drier and people spend more time inside their homes with heat going. These conditions create prime breeding grounds for bacteria and viruses. Running a humidifier with heat can help prevent the spread of common seasonal viruses.

A humidifier works great during winter since it helps hydrate and moisturize the skin, which tends to dry out when the air is dry. Moisturizing the nasal and upper respiratory passages can help you breathe better.

Rice Heating and Air are a full-service HVAC Contractor headquartered in Alma, AR.  The company specializes in air conditioning repair, AC installations, indoor air quality systems, heating repair, and furnace installations. Rice Heating and Air are focused on helping homeowners and businesses stay comfortable year-round. We are your comfort experts.
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