Asthma and Children - Protecting Your Children With Allergies With These Simple Tips

Allergens are one of the main causes of asthma triggers. Protecting your children from allergens goes a long way in giving your children a normal life.

So let's start with the children's room first. Cover all pillows and mattress in specially made zippered protective covering. Enclose all bed springs with plastic. This will prevent dust mites from hanging around.

Make to wash your bed sheets and pillow cases weekly. Put them in hot water at around 60 degrees Celsius or 130 degrees Fahrenheit. You might also consider tumble drying them at the same temperature for around 30 minutes to kill the dust mites.

I'm sorry but your child simply cannot have stuffed toys around. They are simply a great collector of dust and even regular washing will remove their allergy properties

If you have installed a humidifier in your children's room, make sure that you clean it daily for these devices collect dust and molds easily.

For your children's closet, you need to remove clothing that is more than a year old. Put any shoes into shoe boxes. Add mothballs to the closet. Make sure that you check the corners and walls for any mold that might have grown there.

When it comes to around the house, make sure you vacuum once a week or more often if you can. When you use a vacuum cleaner, make sure to buy the ones that has microfiltration bag. This is to make sure the allergens are trapped and the allergens won't spread to other people's room. Make sure to clean your air conditioner and humidifier often.

If you want to keep a pet at home, make sure that your child undergoes skin testing to make sure he or she is not allergic. You need to understand that the allergens do not come from the fur but rather from dander or dead skins your pets shed.

You may want to give your pet another home that is outside of the house. This is because dander can be a difficult allergen to remove. If you really must keep them inside, you may choose to restrict them to a part of a house. Restrict them from going near objects that trap dander easily like carpets and or pillow covers. Regularly wash your pets, preferably once a week. Changing your pet's diet to a correct one will also minimize hair loss, which can reduce dander.

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