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Early in 2004,
Daikin decided to undertake research into usage and effects of its
air purifier, assigning it to Paris based allergist. Dr Haddad.
A
Study of Daikin Air Purifier Usage
and its Effects on Respiratory Allergy Sufferers
The research was carried out between
June and December 2004 on 69 of the doctor’s patients who were
allergic to pollen and indoor allergens or suffered from asthma or
rhinitis.
Dr Haddad presented his findings to a
conference held on 11th March during the ”Life2 – Health & Better
Living Fair”, at the Brussels Expo, 11th – 13th March. He felt that
“the air purifier appeared to offer a simple and reliable method of
acting upon the root causes of allergic crises” and decided to
confirm this by choosing volunteers from within his own practice.
After profiling, participants were issued with questionnaires
designed to monitor the air purifier’s effect on their daily lives.
After just over 3 months’ regular usage of the air purifier,
patients were asked to report on any beneficial changes to their
every day lives. Their responses were overwhelmingly positive as
follows.
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“The air
purifier brings comfort to my respiratory passages and my
sneezing has decreased.”
“The air
in my home has improved – I sleep better, my nose is less
stuffy and my eyes less irritated.”
“I breathe
better and so does my daughter – the air is more pure.” |
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In
short, the Daikin air purifier had provided patients with an added
feeling of well being. The remote control was much appreciated,
making regulation of the unit quick and easy. Filter changing was
also easy and the lightweight unit scored for its inter room
portability. Dr Haddad concluded “an allergy is not an illness but a
condition linked to an antibody defect.
Allergies are caused by
several factors and when a patient’s allergic threshold is reached,
a reaction sets in. The air purifier helps to raise the patient’s
allergy threshold and has an important place within the treatment
strategy. It acts on the root of the problem and contrary to my
earlier belief, is a prerequisite of rather than a complement to,
medical treatment.
“I noticed that some patients used the unit only when they were at
home. Although effective, it would have been more so if used on a 24
hour/day basis. The longer the air is purified, the less impure it
becomes – a fact that I ascertained in my own office. It seems that
the air purifier is allergists’ answer to ongoing research into ways
of acting on the environment.”
Daikin
develops, manufactures and markets top of the range air purifiers,
selling more than 300,000 units in Japan during 2004. Designed for
use in areas of up to 48mē, it removes pollen, acaria and animal
hairs, eliminates smells and the negative ions it generates act
like true air vitamins. The photocatalytic filter at the heart of
the unit eliminates 99.99% of mould spores and bacteria and
deactivates viruses.
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Source: Daikin Europe
N.V.
Date: 24/05/2005
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