(BPT) - After the long cold winter and in the United States is known, families tackle spring cleaning with a passion this year. But for more than 40 million Americans living with allergies and asthma 25 million, cleanliness comes with additional responsibilities and concerns. More than half of U.S. households have at least one person who dealt with allergies or asthma and spring cleaning should focus on the elimination of the most common allergens and irritants in the home and to avoid problems that some cleaning products could actually create.
"Liquidation of the allergen and environmental control are important elements of any management plan asthma and allergies," said Dr. Beth Corn, an assistant professor of medicine at the Medical School and at Mount Sinai Hospital Medical Director Icahn Department of Immunology Faculty Practice Associates "which means that the patient should try to avoid contact with allergens, such as particles of dust mites and pet dander dust that can be found in most avoid households. exposure to irritants such as strong odors or volatile organic compounds (VOCs) for in some cleaners household can be found substances should be avoided by patients with respiratory diseases. "
If your cleaning routine does not specifically focus on allergen control and removal, you can just move dust, allergens and sending cleaning chemical irritants in the air that can aggravate allergies and asthma symptoms. To become a "healthy home" to create this season, these simple tips, allergy certification program, an initiative of the Healthy Start Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA) and asthma:
* Use a vacuum cleaner with a HEPA filter and sealed certificate with sealed seams, particles, while to prevent vacuum leakage. Also, choose a style that minimal exposure in the box or drainage bag requires changes.
* Use to stop a damp cloth or special dry cloths designed and block dust from hard surfaces or dishes rarely cleaned, such as baseboards, door frames, fans, air ducts, fan blades and ceiling blinds and shutters.
* Some cleaning agents can contribute air irritants, especially if they contain chemicals, volatile organic compounds (VOC) or strong odors. Also avoid "green" products with natural allergenic ingredients such as oils of citrus, coconut or tea.
* City certified allergen barrier covers on your mattress and pillows. Wash bedding at least once a week in hot water 130 degrees to kill dust mites and their eggs water.
* Mold a common allergy triggers can develop anywhere in your home where moisture is present. Look for products that kill and prevent over again, help mold cleaning. Also keep the humidity below 50 percent of households and fix leaky pipes and cracks to a halt to reduce where puddles of moisture mildew thrive.
* If you are not able to remove heavy carpets are in your house, have a nursing service steam cleaning certificate for three to four times per year professionals. Asthma and hypoallergenic certification has adopted a new standard for professional steam cleaning carpets recently. Visit www.AAFA.org / certified more.
* If children at home, for plush toys certificate. Mites, mold and pet dander can accumulate in soft toys over time. Certificates and toys can put dried or in the freezer for 24 hours and then rinsed with cold water to remove dead mites dishwasher. To dry completely. For this purpose, every month.
* Lots of air through the window surfaces and in the air, dust and allergens collect in all types of window treatments - which are rarely cleaned. In the living room and throughout the house, replace large, heavy linen curtains window treatments more sensitive than wood blinds or flat screens that are easy to clean and keep clean.
* If your house with the air conditioning or heating, replace the filter in the machine regularly, usually every 30 to 90 days. Select HVAC filter that is certified to effectively detect the fine airborne particles such as pollen, dust and dander.
Friendly certification program for asthma and allergies AAFA helps consumers to evaluate and verify the effectiveness of a variety of hypoallergenic products, cleaning products, equipment for purification of air and vacuum toys, bedding, improvement products from house to house, painting, washing machines and more . You can learn more www.AAFA.org / certified .
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