4/30/2008

Asthma is particular about laundry

Asthma is particular about laundry
The bedding in hot water or treated water cleaning, mattresses and pillows on the packaging bag, the dust evasion should be changed immediately reduce the level of 10 times. In addition, the bed and around the location of the original should be changed relatively small quantity. Dust mite is under the microscope to see, eight-legged arthropods no vision, the general survival in the indoor environment.
U.S. Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Society spokesman Dr. Michael Ruff, the former should be changed to reduce the number of allergy and asthma symptoms can reduce. 24 hours a day and night, people spent time in bed by 8 hours. If inhaled allergic material reduction in allergy and asthma in the lives of at least one-third of the time to improve. Note that laundry water must be at least 130 ° F evasion in order to kill insects. However, the lower the water temperature can also achieve the same effect. Materials were down and wool products are afraid of hot water, heated to their more appropriate. Use kill mites are the active ingredients containing benzyl benzoate additive effect is not bad.
According to the survey, 45 percent of U.S. households in the level of dust mites can cause allergic foot. Another 23 per cent of households in the dust evasion is widespread, enough to produce allergic to dust mites in patients with asthma condition deteriorated.
Dr. Ruff in helping patients deal with dust mites have years of experience, Below are his recommendations:
-- To change the original can not be loaded through the bag pillows and mattresses. The best materials, including a cotton polyester vinyl top and a bottom. This combination so that dust can not enter evasion, and not wrapped into the water.
-- With very hot water or containing insect-killing evasion of water once a week wash bedding.
-- The interior of the mat get small outdoor driveway, the back flip in the sun drying, deprived of dust mite for the survival of the humid environment. If it is noon, about one hour of time these insects would die.
-- The children on the plastic bags filled with animals, then in the refrigerator, a few hours after the dust had died evasion.

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