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Manage a Child's Dust Allergies - Encase the mattress and pillow as well as the duvet cover or comforter. Encasings minimize the opportunity for dust mites to reproduce since they thrive in the dark, warm places such as your bed and bedding. See Resources for online vendors of encasement products.
Wash your child's bed linens every week in hot, not warm, water. Hot water will kill off any active dust mites. And, though dust mites live in every home, you need to work actively to kill them off. They live off of the human skin's shedding scales, so the bed is a key component to minimizing your child's allergies.
Remove any rugs from the bedroom. Rugs are again a haven for dust mites. If you have hardwood floors, make sure you have washable throw rugs in the room that you can wash weekly in hot water. For those with carpeted rooms, vacuum using a High Efficiency Particle Air (HEPA) vacuum to clean the carpet and avoid sending allergens into the air.
Store stuffed animals off the bed or, ideally, in another room. Stuffed animals, frequently stored on the bed by loving kids, are one of the greatest sources of morning sniffles and coughs. Dust mites thrive in these loved toys, so keep them off the bed at a minimum and in another room is ideal.
Run an air purifier with HEPA filters. High Efficiency Particle Air (HEPA) filter the air to remove dust mites that can cause allergic reactions. You may think that any air filter will be useful, but a HEPA filter is key to managing your child's dust allergy. See Resources for a discussion of air filters.
Dust allergies are very common in children. Though you can't control every environment that your child is in, you can control your home environment, particularly the bedroom. Dust allergy management requires minimizing dust mites in your child's bedroom and there are many products you can purchase, but some simple strategies that require no money can make life bearable for your child as well.
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Manage a Child's Dust Allergies
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