Essential apps for health in times of air pollution

If you love technology and care about your health during the air pollution season in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi. Surely you will know about the problems surrounding the AirVisual application. Besides the AirVisual app, there are other apps that are also very useful for the health of you and your family. Let's find out with SignsSymptomsList!

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• Effects of air pollution
• 1. PAM Air
• 2. AirVisual
• 3. SignsSymptomsList
• 4. My AQI Air (iOS)
• 5. Air Matters

Effects of air pollution

Air pollution seriously harms people's health. Tiny dust particles when inhaled can cause worrisome health problems. In the dust composition, there are many different substances, such as carbon, ammonia, etc., which are very harmful.

• Even in healthy people, symptoms such as eye allergies (itching, watery eyes); cough, chest tightness, trouble breathing; itching, etc. These symptoms will disappear as the air situation improves.
• In people with pre-existing lung disease: smog pollution will increase symptoms of cough, wheezing, shortness of breath, chest tightness. Especially dangerous in people with asthma.

At a time when air pollution is an alarming problem. Along with the controversy surrounding the AirVisual application, this issue is even more concerned. This is a popular application that provides air quality data.

Besides the AirVisual application, there are other applications that are also very useful for the health of you and your family. Especially people in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi. Let's take a look at the useful applications on this phone.

Air pollution in Vietnam is at an alarming rate, causing great harm to human health

1. PAM Air

The application is developed by a Vietnamese company. This app covers the whole country. The App has several key features such as:

1. See the air quality index (AQI). The AQI index, which stands for Air Quality Index,  is an index of air quality. 
2. See humidity and temperature in the area.

PAM Air is available on iOS and Android operating systems. However, the application only displays indexes in Vietnamese provinces and cities.

2. AirVisual

This is an international app with over 1 million downloads. AirVisual has a Vietnamese version, which can be installed on both iOS or Android.

In Vietnam, measurement stations to provide air quality data are mainly concentrated in two big cities, Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi. The application has features such as notification of air quality index, air pollution during the day.

In addition, it also provides a 7-day forecast with recommendations to users. AirVisual also has a website to access information instead of having to download an app.

Applications related to air pollution are gradually becoming popular

3. SignsSymptomsList

SignsSymptomsList is an application to search for reputable doctors and clinics across Ho Chi Minh City. If there are any unusual signs or symptoms. You can easily find a doctor by symptoms and book an appointment directly on the app.

SignsSymptomsList has all 4 platforms to help patients book an appointment easily: phone hotline, website SignsSymptomsList.vn, fanpage SignsSymptomsList and SignsSymptomsList app.

SignsSymptomsList can run on both iOS and Android operating systems. In addition, the application also helps you store medical information, tests, prescriptions to make the next visit easier.

SignsSymptomsList also provides useful health articles written by doctors and pharmacists.

Not only providing information about the environment, SignsSymptomsList also helps you find doctors, book an appointment simply and easily.

4. My AQI Air (iOS)

AQI Air application can be on iOS operating system. AQI Air provides information on air quality index, health impact assessment and some parameters related to air pollution such as fine dust index PM2.5, O3, NO2. The data is updated hourly.

5. Air Matters

The application has data on AQI air quality in 18 provinces in Vietnam and many other parts of the world. The advantage of Air Matters is that it can display both past and future air and weather information.

In addition, Air Matters also gives health advice and warns of polluted areas. However, the application is currently not available in Vietnamese.

Please pay attention and care about environmental indicators to protect the health of yourself and your family

Air pollution causes many harmful effects to health. Pay attention to the prevention and abnormal symptoms to protect the health of you and your family members!

Pharmacist Tran Thi Thuy Linh

>> See also: Symptoms and ways to prevent diseases caused by pollution.