A Natural Way To Improve Your Allergies
By www.allergy-relief-at-home.com, Thu Dec 8th

If you suffer from environmental allergies like dust mites ormold, then you can promote natural relief by making yourbedroom free from common household allergens. The bedroom is thefirst place to start when making your home free. This isbecause you spend a large part of your time in the bedroom whenyou sleep, and it is important that you give your body a respitefrom allergens.

Natural relief focuses on control measures.Since mattresses, box springs, and pillows are the majorhabitats for dust mites, that is where control measuresneed to be directed. Purchase dust mite bed covers for yourmattress, box spring, and pillows. These encasements arepurchased in the same size as you would buy sheets, for example,in king, queen, or twin size. These dust mite encasings arecomfortable and virtually undetectable under regular bedsheets.

Another important control measure is to clean off yourdresser and any shelves in the room. Your goal is to remove theroom of all dust build up. Basically, if it is a dust collector,then you want it out of your bedroom! Wipe the dresser and othersurfaces using a damp sponge or cleaning cloth. (Damp dusting isrecommended as it does not cause as much dust to becomeairborne). If you are very allergic to dust or prone to asthma,it is best to have someone else do

these cleaning measures foryou. To maintain a dust-free environment, you'll want to washall bed linens in very hot water (130 degrees) weekly. The veryhot water temperature is needed to kill the dust mites.

As far as drapes and curtains, you'll need to remove windowtreatments and wash them or have them dry cleaned. Dust canbuild up really quickly on drapes and blinds. It is alsoimportant to damp dust those window blinds.

To assist in natural relief, pay special attention tothe flooring in your home. If you have carpeting, consider usinga HEPA-equipped vacuum. Even better yet, you might want toconsider replacing carpeting with a solid surface floor such asvinyl or hardwood. Carpet can harbor dust mites and mold andmildew. At the very least, vacuum regularly and periodicallyhave the carpeting steam cleaned.

If you have a pet, keep it out of the bedroom. Pet dander isvery difficult to remove from a room. It remains on surfaces andin soft upholstery (like curtains and bedding) and in carpetinglong after the pet has been removed.

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