5 home tips to reduce allergens - Vía Sanitaria

Home should be the safest place. When the outside world is filled with dust, pollution, viruses and other health hazards, your home should be your safe haven. When you are at home you need to be confident that you are in a safe and clean environment. You don't have to worry about catching allergens like you can outside your home.

However, not everything is always ideal, even for the best housewives. How confident are you that your house is actually as clean as you want it to be? Do not let pollen, mold, pests, dust and other allergens make you sick at home.

Here are some tips you can use when cleaning your home to reduce or even eliminate allergens from your home.

1. Use ecological disinfectants

Do you use ecological disinfectants at home ? Or are you still practicing the old way of using many chemicals for different purposes in your home? If that last assumption is true, then switching to green sanitizers is just as good for the environment as it is for your health.

Reducing allergens in your home isn't just about using bleach and other harmful cleaning products. This can also be achieved with homemade cleaning products using eco-friendly disinfectants.

If you search the internet, there are many cleaner formulas you can make with just your household staples: white vinegar, baking soda, lemon, and essential oils. Of course, if you really don't feel like a pharmacist at home, you can always get an eco-friendly sanitizer in some online or offline stores.

2. Clean your house weekly

This second tip is very important. If you want to maintain a healthy home where allergens don't thrive, there's no other option than regular cleaning. Few homeowners value cleanliness. But they like to keep the house clean . Hence the real need for regular cleaning.

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With "regularly" you don't have to brush every day. It's just impossible with today's hectic and hectic life. But at least give your house a deep cleaning every week. In addition, a monthly deep cleaning is also highly recommended, either on your own or by hiring the services of professional cleaners.

3. Pay special attention to your bed and bedding.

Unbeknownst to you, your bed can be the biggest producer of allergens in your home. When was the last time you cleaned, steamed or vacuumed your bed? Dust mites can multiply if you haven't exposed your bed to them in a while, or never. Instead of doing its job of restoring your health while you sleep, your bed can now make you sick.

If you have a handheld vacuum and a steamer, that's usually more than enough. If you don't do this, schedule cleaners to take care of all your mattresses and even your couches at least quarterly. Next, you should change your linens weekly.

4. Leave allergens at the door

Many homes have a walk-in closet or mud bench. It refers to the small corner in front of the main entrance of the house where dirty and muddy shoes are left. Before you bring these shoes, they must be washed and dried.

If you don't have a dressing room, it's best to get in the habit of leaving your shoes outside. Don't bring them in until they're cleaned. Don't walk around your house with them.

Also, vacuum your driveway at least once a day. Then you have an outdoor rug to clean your shoes on before going inside.

The same principle applies to all dirty laundry. You are probably used to layering your clothes during the winter season. Please remove these layers before entering your home. If you have kids, you have a handy basket to throw away dirty soccer gear, laundry and other dirty items and take them straight to the laundry.

5. vacuum regularly

There are places in your home that you may need to vacuum every day. This includes high-traffic areas like the kitchen and dining room. Since it feeds here, expect lots of fine dust everywhere.

However, vacuum other parts of your home twice a week. This is enough to prevent all the dust from settling in your house.

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If you or someone in your household suffers from allergies, you want to be able to keep your home in the cleanest possible condition. Otherwise, it may be the main culprit or contributor to your allergies. Cleaning can seem like a daunting task, but not when you know how and when to do it. The above tips should give you more confidence in caring for your home as allergens no longer have to call your home their own.

 

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