Allergy-Proofing Your Home

We have wood floors but I still have to take shots. I make sure to dust ceiling fans and try to remember to dust the blinds....I honestly forget though. What do you use to spray the stuffed animals? Would love to know. We hate taking unnecessary meds if we don't have to. - 4/28/2013 10:06:36 AM

Haha this type of articles always make me chuckle. I'm severely allergic to dust but can only afford to live in a dumpy carpeted apartment. And vacuum every day? No normal person who works has that amount of time. Ah well. - 11/16/2012 2:12:08 PM

I'm surprised they didn't mention not to have windows open late in the day. That's pollen counts are usually highest, until dew has a chance to pull pollen down out of the air. - 10/21/2011 10:40:10 PM

How about instead of leaving your pet outside more, you get tested to see if your pet is causing allergy issues and then get shots if that will help? A family pet is exactly that, a part of the family. I have terrible allergies because of my animals, but I made a commitment to them, and that commitment should be honored. - 10/21/2011 11:30:25 AM

We took up the "plush" carpeting (what was I thinking when I selected it when our house was being built?) We then had hardwood installed in the master bedroom - last fall - at the advice of my allergist.

What a huge difference! I thought I had it vacuumed really well - should have seen the dust flying when the installers pulled it up! Not only does it look better - I do not have the congestion when I wake in the morning. Our next home will be all hardwood flooring.
- 10/21/2011 7:24:42 AM

We're in the process of removing all carpeting in the house and replacing it with tile - I live in the Southwest and hardwood floors aren't good here. The humidity is too low. I once thought that moving from the humid & pollen-filled Northeast to a drier environment would help my allergies. It did for a while, but I developed allergies to the local flora. They aren't as bad, but I'm not allergy free. - 7/16/2011 2:00:24 PM

I am wondering if the mold isn't what is causing me to rash out and my face swell. Very interesting article. - 2/18/2011 11:49:48 AM

I already do some of the things to keep reactions to a minimum and they work!!! - 12/25/2010 11:17:36 PM

We found some great things along the journey to getting our daughter healthy and it doesn't involve hot water which seems to shrink everything and costs a fortune to use. We use products that are safer for the environment and for us. We still have plastic on the mattress but we spray her bedding and stuffed animals with a spray that dustmites don't like but we do. Great stuff. We've also done different things to avoid destroying her immune system while building it up using healthy foods and supplements. She is completely off her expensive, side-effect filled drugs.

It was a long and painful journey but what a blessing to have a healthy little girl again.

Allergies can be so tough! But at least there is hope. - 1/31/2010 9:40:56 AM

great - 4/2/2008 10:36:17 PM