It has certainly been hard adapting to my asthma diagnosis. I thought that the reason I wasn’t wonderful at sports when I was a child was because I was out of shape. In part I had complications with lots of physical issues because I would lose my breath much quicker than other people. This naturally discouraged me from being more active, even though I still liked to play outside with my friends if it didn’t involve a lot of running. As far as competitive sports were distraught, I just couldn’t keep up with the other youngsters. Although many people would have been diagnosed with asthma given the symptoms, my doctor never caught it. He wasn’t distraught at the time about our inability to catch my breath and simply told me that I wasn’t being active enough. It wasn’t until last year that I was finally diagnosed and told to use an inhaler and to get some kind of air cleaner for our house. I was telling my doctor about my breathing complications at home before he gave me my asthma diagnosis. Aside from getting an air cleaner to run in our living room, I decided to upgrade our cooling system filters as well. For years I used cheap, flimsy filters because I didn’t see the purpose of a more extravagant product. Now that I know what my issues are with my respiratory system, I decided to look for allergen filters that collect tiny fungal, bacterial and viral particles that are missed by cheap filters. You have to be careful about what brand and model you purchase because some are denser than others. If you use a filter that is too dense, it will significantly slow the air flower in your heating and air conditioning system. Aside from performance drops, this could also put undue pressure on your cooling system long term.