Health Issues In Older House

Although old houses appeal to many people,  they can have their own problems that can prove to be detrimental to the health of their residents. People who live in older houses or homes need to exercise more caution than people living in new houses.

Lack of insulation. On a hot day, heat does its best  to get inside the house and on a cold day, it seems to escape from inside the house. A structure that is well-insulated prevents this from happening. Older houses generally have poor insulation or very little which means that they can be much warmer or colder than their newer houses.

In the winter season, cold rooms can give rise to muscular tension and stiffness, especially around the neck and shoulders. You might suffer from pain in the neck, shoulders and back. Cold houses can also make you more susceptible  to colds and bronchial infections.

Properly insulating your house can help in combating this problem, but in an older house, this will require some work.

Dampness is prevalent in the kitchen and bathroom areas, but can also be an issue in bedrooms, where they do not  get much sunlight. Most newer houses generally have some type of extractor fan installed in the kitchen and bathroom. These fans help to remove the excess humidity. The lack of this type of fan allows the accumulation of moisture and this can cause the dampness to continually damage the structures of the house and cause health problems for the residents.

When there are high moisture levels, this can  increase your risk of getting various illnesses. Having a poor quality of indoor air can increase the likely hood of molds and mildews,  which can definitely be harmful to your health. Then you have the little  dust mite critters who love the high humidity levels in the house and they multiply which can cause allergies to the residents. Young children and the elderly are particularly prone to asthma and flu.

When you have poor circulation, a cold house can exacerbate symptoms. It can contribute to skin lesions and aggravate arthritis. Also, in a cold house, the residents tend to become more sedentary which further adds to the intensity of symptoms.

It is a very important step to take to control the dampness and the humidity if you live in an older house. Open the windows and doors during the day to provide better air circulation and close them in the evening and at night.

In the wintertime, you try to add moisture to the air to keep it from getting to dry and in the summertime, you try to remove the moisture to help cool it down.

Poison: How to Handle the Hazardous Substances in Your Home
by: Jim Morelli
publisher: Andrews Mcmeel Pub, published: 1997-04
ASIN: 0836227212
EAN: 9780836227215
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The Complete Guide to Household Chemicals
by: Sr., Ph.D. Robert J. Palma
publisher: Prometheus Books, published: 1995-06-01
ASIN: 0879759836
EAN: 9780879759834
sales rank: 2604131
price: $4.99 (new), $0.34 (used)

Chemistry professor Robert J. Palma, Sr, and Mark Espenscheid tour the house: from kitchen to bathroom, laundry room to living room, the garage, and even the back yard. Discussing the products we buy and the ways we use them from antiseptics to antifreeze, deodorants to decongestants, sunscreens to soil additives, this fascinating guide provides comprehensive knowledge of food preservatives, cleaners, personal hygiene products, and other items that we’ve come to depend on. This information will encourage intelligent shopping, teach ways to use products more wisely, and show how we can do our part to help the environment by safely disposing of household chemicals.

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by: Debra Lynn Dadd
publisher: Tarcher, published: 1997-01-01
ASIN: 087477859X
EAN: 9780874778595
sales rank: 569328
price: $6.24 (new), $0.03 (used)

Fascinating, affordable, helpful tips on how to keep your home safe from toxics by an expert on home safety!

Home Safe Home is the ultimate reference of its kind, written by the leading authority on eliminating toxics in the home. It offers more than four hundred tips, including do-it-yourself formulas for inexpensive, safe products to replace the harmful substances we are exposed to in our own households. If you suffer from unexplained headaches, fatigue, or depression, or if you worry about the link between increased use of toxic chemicals and the rising rate of cancer, the many suggestions in this book can make your life virtually toxic-free!

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Health Issues In Older House

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