Access points of the allergens in your home: Cleaning Tips for asthmatics and allergy sufferers

Make sure that it is not full of mites. Generic image. . Thinkstock Source: Supplied

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It might not be the first thing that comes to mind, but your quilt is actually the worst offending allergen - by a mile.

Free Quilts seven times more dust, such as sofas, chairs, carpets, blankets and dust contains also found larger particles, dust mites, which are known to live, on average, in the house.

"While we sleep down near our breathing zone, exposure to allergens in blankets tend to be more contact with allergens in other parts of the house and can be a potential risk," Wayne Anderson expert on air quality Bell Labs, said news.com. au .

BELL analyzed charging dust and allergens from seven different types of surfaces in seven houses in Sydney and Melbourne to find access points allergen source.

While below found to be the worst offenders, not only because we spend a third of our lives cuddle under it.

"Quilts also contain heavy dust loading of each (more than 100mg/m3) - Support and main sources of allergens in the air," says Anderson.

"Article contains feathers or down, such as blankets and furniture released by the highest concentrations of dust, followed by items such as wool carpets or upholstery wool."

For comparison allergens from cats and dogs, which are common in the home, have been recognized and 0.05mg/m3 0.14mg/m3 are. Pillows and stools published fifteen or twenty times less dust than quilts.

This graph shows the access points of the allergens in the home. Source: Delivery

Australia has one of the highest prevalence of allergic diseases in the developed world - about 20 per cent of Australians suffer from allergies - which is about half a million sick days a year.

Allergens cause allergies you sneeze, wheeze and make itching, and are especially problematic if you have asthma. The prevalence of allergic rhinitis and eczema in Australia has doubled in the last 15 years.

"Too small to be seen with the naked eye, substances or organisms that hide inside the house, or dust, pollen, garden, pollution in the air or hair of animals are at home hidden allergens," says Anderson.

"Allergens may be invisible, but they are everywhere and are released as dust gathered in our furniture."

So get out the vacuum and start washing clothes more often - with regular cleaning and taking into account the specific products to reduce the use of allergens, allergens can be treated.

Start after a good cleaning. Source: Delivery

Mr. Anderson highlights three major allergens in your home to monitor, based on the results of Bell Labs:

1 mites
Dust mites are microscopic eight-legged creatures that are closely related to spiders and ticks. Designed to live with the people, the parents of little spiders live in house dust, where they feed on human skin flakes. People lose about 5 grams per week of dead skin cells that enough is the thousands of mites. Mites produce excrement (feces), with an average rate of 20 per day. Mite (instead of mites themselves) are in the form of the most common allergens in house dust.

If possible, the heat and humidity, large populations of mites found in bedding, pillows, carpets, upholstered furniture and luxurious fabrics. Although eradication of the natives is your home virtually impossible (females lay 20 to 50 eggs every three weeks), you can take concrete and effective measures to reduce exposure to dust mites in your home air cleaning regularly.

February. Animal hair
Although pets are valuable members of many households, dander (skin flakes) of these animals is a major allergy trigger for many people. All warm-blooded animals, regardless of the hair length to produce allergenic proteins that can effectively distributed in the environment, because they shed hair, dandruff and liquids. The dead skin cells on your shed can serve as a food source for dust mites.

Indoor allergens accumulate in home textiles, including carpets, upholstered furniture, mattresses, curtains and other fabrics. Sometimes they can remain in carpets and bedding for years, if not treated, and their presence is a concern for many people, especially sensitive people who suffer from allergies such as asthma and allergic rhinitis (hay fever).

Double whammy. A German Mastiff hidden under a duvet Source: Supplied

Three. Poland
Pollen from grasses, weeds and trees can trigger symptoms of allergic rhinitis (hay fever) and asthma. You can make your house from the outside during the pollen season, which usually blow between late September and Christmas. Pollen can be widely distributed throughout the house and on clothes and linens and towels when you dry them, so if this is a problem for you, use a dryer or hang your laundry in an area that is further from grasses and trees.

This article is based on the results of Bell Labs research and Ambi Pur, the order is based allergens quantified determine the number of allergens and dust particles that are found in homes in Australia the hottest points.

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