Combating Allergies At Home

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Combating Allergies At Home
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• The home should be the one place that provides us
  with safety and relief from allergies, yet it is
  often the place that causes or exacerbates
  allergies such as asthma and hay fever. The
  interiors of our homes can provide a perfect
  environment for allergens, the agents that go on
  to cause allergies, where they become trapped and
  difficult to avoid.
• There are numerous allergens within home
  environments that can act as triggers for
  allergic symptoms, but by far and above the main
  culprit of indoor allergies, is house dust.

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• What exactly is house dust?
• Every home, no matter how clean it is kept, will
  play host to some dust, but there are certain
  variables that will affect how much house dust
  each home is harbouring. These can include what
  type of home it is, how old it is, what type of
  people live there and what kind of objects are
  kept in the property this can include everything
  from food items, clothing and furniture.
• House dust is comprised of many fine particles of
  soil, plant material, animal and human skin, food
  particles, mould spores and even microscopic
  fragments of insects that have died over the
  days, weeks and months.

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• Many of these substances commonly found in dust
  can be triggers for allergic symptoms, but the
  main indoor allergens are dust mites, pet dander,
  cockroaches and mould spores.
• Indoor allergies can occur all year round, unlike
  such allergies as hay fever that are mainly
  seasonal, and indoor allergens can even provoke
  or worsen the symptoms of asthma, which can be
  life threatening if not kept under control.
• How can you combat indoor allergies?
• Dust mites are most prevalent in the late summer,
  making this time of year especially bad for
  indoor allergies.

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• When the weather is hot outside it can be
  tempting to throw open the windows, but this can
  make your allergy symptoms or asthma worse since
  there may be a higher concentration of outdoor
  allergens such as pollen or mould that could
  enter your home and remain there. On the other
  hand, if there are already allergens inside your
  home, keeping the windows shut will mean that you
  are trapped inside with them.
• It can be difficult to know what to do for the
  best when trying to minimize the impact of indoor
  allergens, and if you are sensitive to them, then
  unfortunately you may have to endure them if you
  cannot overcome exposure to the allergens.

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• If your symptoms are really troubling you though,
  you should seek medical help and your physician
  will perform an examination and ask you a series
  of questions to identify the allergens and
  symptoms. They will usually be able to recommend
  some treatment for you without the need for
  further tests, such as x-rays.
• Your response to the treatment will be
  continually assessed and your physician may even
  refer you to an allergy specialist, who can go
  further towards identifying the potential
  allergens.

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• Allergies are challenging for many of us, but
  when we cant even escape them from the comfort
  of our own homes, then we may need to take more
  drastic steps to eliminate the allergens. Keeping
  your home clean and tidy will help reduce any
  allergens present, and regularly using the
  services of a home cleaning company will
  certainly take you one step further to achieving
  an allergen free home.

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