Wood burning stove question?

[Charlie_B79]

Hi ,First here is a little background leading into my actual question.

My father had a moderate heart attack in May of this year.During the course of the ER care followed by the cardiac surgeon's first examination, we learned that my father had also had a silent heart attack at some point in the past. At the time of his heart attack in May of this year, my father was 63 and has since turned 64. As a result of the heart attack in May my father ended up having to have quadruple CABG. He's made changes to his diet, changes to his lifestyle. My Mom and I no longer smoke in the house (my father had quit smoking SEVERAL years before his heart attack)

My question is this: During the winter my father heats the house with a wood stove. knowing what I know about the dangers of smoking (even though I still smoke outside) I began to wonder, with winter weather already going on in my neck of the woods,  if the smoke from the wood stove might be as dangerous for his health as the smoke from my Marlboro. I've been doing some research about wood burning stoves and people with heart conditions.I've become quite bogged down in the research without really understanding what I am reading I remember several years ago a friend of the family had a heart attack and had stints put in and her doctor told her husband not to heat with wood.

Can someone give me the lowdown on this before I bring it up with my mother as it relates to my father's heart health. Any and all advice would be appreciated.

Thanks
Charlie

[WhoOwnsTheAir]

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[WhoOwnsTheAir]

Here is a good site to learn of the health effects of woodsmoke:
http://burningissues.org/forum/phpBB2/index.php

[Encephalomalcia]

Burning wood is not the cleanest.  Wood usually procedures more dust, at least it did when we burned it.  Dust is not good for his lungs. If he has a heart condition, he needs to preserve his lungs.  People with heart conditions usually have high blood pressure and then the pressure builds up in the lungs and kidneys, so he needs to protect his lungs and kidneys as much as he can.  Electric heat is probably the cleanest at least in my opinion.  I used to have electric water heat source and I only dusted twice a year and there really wasn't hardly any dust then.  I was the only person in the house at that time.  Forced air is dirty and blows a lot in the air and to have them professional cleaned costs about 200.00 a time.  The next heat source I have will definitely be electric.  We have gas now and the house gets very dusty (of course there is six people in it now).