| Allergies that stem from airborne triggers can flare | | | | detergent. |
| from both indoor and outdoor allergens or a | | | | One of the best ways to get rid of the smells is to |
| combination of both. The following are 5 of the most | | | | get rid of products you currently have that are |
| common airborne triggers and suggestion for the | | | | scented, and look for products with a more natural |
| best way to reduce their impact on you. | | | | and organic base. Opt for the unscented version of |
| Pet Dander--With a warm-blooded pet dander is a | | | | products. |
| fact of life. Dander is inescapable with any | | | | Locate a local organic grocer and take advantage of |
| warm-blooded pet whether it's a cat, dog, bird, ferret | | | | the wide variety of non-allergenic products available. |
| or other cutie. | | | | There are many products on the market that are |
| Most of us don't give it a second thought because of | | | | just as effective but do not contain the chemicals. |
| the love and affection our pets give in return. But if | | | | Then you can relax in your home where the only |
| you are allergic, the air thickens for you. | | | | scent is fresh air. |
| Consult your vet about bathing your pet to reduce | | | | Smoke--Thank goodness many public places are now |
| dander. Consider making your bedroom off limits to all | | | | smoke free environments that make fresh air |
| but two-legged creatures. Be sure to replace the | | | | available to all. However, this is probably not such |
| filters on your central air and heating systems even | | | | good news for those of you who are smokers |
| more frequently than is suggested. Use a portable air | | | | having a hard time quitting, or for those of you who |
| cleaner in your bedroom to allow your body to rest | | | | live with a smoker either in your home, or unwillingly |
| in a space that is virtually free of allergens. | | | | with someone in the apartment next to yours. |
| Pollen--Many think of pollen as only a spring time | | | | The next best thing to having the smoker stop |
| trigger. But those of you who suffer from hay fever | | | | smoking is to limit smoking to outdoors, and to take |
| know better. Pollens are easily blown from one place | | | | away any residual smoke indoors with a high |
| to another including outside your home to inside. It is | | | | efficiency particle arresting air purifier that is designed |
| virtually impossible limit pollen to the outdoors. | | | | to remove smoke. |
| By keeping windows closed at home and in the car, | | | | Dust Mites--These incredibly prolific little critters make |
| choosing to be outside later in the day rather than | | | | their home in your bed, and are renowned as an |
| early morning, and using HEPA filtration to remove | | | | allergy and asthma trigger. Even though you can |
| any pollen that gets in through doors, on clothes, | | | | successfully reduce the mite population, nothing will |
| shoes, and pets will allow you to get through all the | | | | eliminate all of them. But keeping the numbers down |
| pollen seasons with fewer flare ups. | | | | will definitely make your home a more comfortable |
| Household Chemicals--Most household products have | | | | place to be. |
| a scented option, and if you are at all sensitive to | | | | Wash bed linens weekly in hot water that is 140 |
| them, it can be bad news for your allergies. These | | | | degrees Fahrenheit or greater. Use dust mite covers |
| scents are seemingly everywhere-in cosmetics, | | | | on your pillows and mattresses to prevent an |
| deodorants, bath gels, soaps, and shampoos, candles, | | | | infestation of dust mites. Let your bed air daily, as |
| household cleaning supplies, and dish washing | | | | sunlight kills them. |