Saturday 22 March 2014

How To Reduce Allergens In Your Home

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By Suzanne Herrman


Allergies and Asthma certainly can make your life unpleasant, and if you are one of the millions of Americans who suffer from these ailments, it can sometimes feel like you have a perpetual cold or virus. However, there are some ways to remove or reduce the amount of common allergens in your home, and this can have a significant positive impact on your health.

Obviously, you can't do much about all that pollen and dirt outside, but you can control how much of it comes into your home. Your professional Baton Rouge carpet cleaners can be a big help, deep cleaning the carpeting and removing large amounts of a variety of allergens, such as dust mites, fungi, viruses and mold. It is recommended that anyone with allergies or breathing issues have their carpets cleaned about every six months.

Your Prairieville carpet cleaning service, Denham Springs carpet cleaning service or Baton Rouge carpet cleaners also often provide a bunch of other helpful services that reduce the dust, dander and pollen in your home. For instance, consider asking about upholstery cleaning, area rug cleaning and even mattress cleaning. Also ask if they will clean your air ducts, which can go a long way to reducing dust and allergy symptoms.

Once you have everything nice and clean, there are ways to keep the dust and dander and pollen from settling in again. Purpose a top-of-the-line vacuum with a HEPA filter and use this at least once each week, if not twice. Be sure to vacuum around the edges of your walls, as dust settles quite easily in those spaces. Vacuum and damp clean or mop your tile and wood floors once each week, as well. When dusting other house surfaces, be sure to use a damp cloth as a dry cloth or feather duster just throws dust around rather than removing it. If you are the one who suffers from the allergies, wear a quality dust mask while cleaning.

We tend to bring a good amount of dirt and dust into our homes, but taking off our shoes can reduce this as can wiping the paws of your pets when they come in from outside. Be sure to replace or clean your furnace air filter every few months, as well, as a dirty filter cannot absorb dust and dirt and this just gets blown around your house. When the pollen count is extremely high outside, you can close up your windows and run the air conditioner to keep excess pollen from getting inside.

Often keeping your bedroom very clean and dust-free will go a long way to help reduce the effects of asthma and allergies. There are special mattress covers and pillow covers that keep the dust mite outs. Washing your bedding also removes these irksome critters as well other dust. Remember to wash everything in hot water to kill the mites and get everything very clean.




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