DUCTZ offers advice in recognition of National Headache Awareness Week
ANN ARBOR, Mich., June 3 /PRNewswire/ -- According to the National
Headache Foundation (NHF), the first week in June is Headache Awareness
Week, and DUCTZ Indoor Air Professionals, the nation's leading air duct
cleaning business, is advising consumers on the relationship between poor
indoor air quality and headache triggers. According to the NHF and a report
entitled Indoor Air Pollution, published by the American Lung Association
(ALA), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Consumer Product
Safety Commission, and the American Medical Association, the following are
indoor air quality issues that can be major headache triggers:
1. Carbon Monoxide exposure: When a heating, ventilation, and air
conditioning (HVAC) system is not functioning properly, it can leak
Carbon Monoxide in to the residence, which can cause headaches among
other symptoms. DUCTZ recommends having your HVAC system inspected
annually.
2. Environmental Tobacco Smoke: A complex concoction of over 4000
chemicals, many being toxic, environmental tobacco smoke can wreak
havoc on the health of those who experience frequent exposure.
Contrary to popular belief, ventilating a smoking area with common
methods such as opening a window does not remove the dangerous
carcinogens from the air. The best way to prevent tobacco smoke from
triggering a headache or causing any of the other ill
side-effects is to avoid exposure, and to insist that smoking be done
outdoors.
3. Sick Building Syndrome (SBS): Common in office and apartment
buildings, SBS refers to the situation in which the population of a
building shares similar symptoms, and experiences the alleviation of
symptoms upon removal from the shared environment. A contaminated HVAC
system can be a co
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