It’s incredibly important to maintain a healthy level of indoor air quality in your Clinton, TN, home. Several factors, such as volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and particulate matter, impact indoor air quality (IAQ) and create unpleasant symptoms. Here are three symptoms of polluted indoor air:
Headaches
Chronic headaches with no known cause can be the result of chemical off-gassing, microbial growth in the surroundings and frequent exposure to allergens. If your headaches worsen when you’re at home, you may have polluted indoor air.
Chronic Health Conditions
Experiencing ongoing exposure to volatile organic compounds can increase your risk of certain chronic conditions, such as cardiovascular problems and cancer, and respiratory issues. VOCs come from things like new building materials, paints, cleaning products that contain caustic chemicals, air fresheners and new furniture with a flame retardant.
If you’re prone to allergies, you may feel unwell when you’re dealing with poor indoor air quality. For example, high concentrations of particulate matter can cause sneezing, coughing, itchy eyes and a scratchy throat. While you may not immediately notice any ill effects of poor indoor air quality, there are long-term effects that may occur.
Poor IAQ can also cause hormone disruption. This can impact how energetic you feel each day.
Fatigue
Poor indoor air quality can make you feel tired and sluggish all the time. You may also experience brain fog. If you have trouble sleeping through the night or continually wake up feeling like you could keep sleeping all day, your indoor air quality and the condition of your furnace may be to blame.
For assistance with improving the quality of your indoor air, reach out to our knowledgeable team at Melton Heating and Air. We can provide a number of solutions to improve the air quality in your Clinton, TN, home.
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