Sinus Relief from an Allergy Free Bedroom

Allergy free bedroom tips for sinus and allergy sufferers

Ok, it is allergy season and you want to sleep in a dust free, allergy free bedroom to prevent sinus flare-ups. What can you do to clean your bedroom? Where is the best place to start? Give your sinuses a rest and do not make them work so hard on your behalf.

Clear out your bedroom of all surplus objects. Aim for that "Spartan" bare look.
Eliminate all the dust with a good quality Hepa Vacuum Cleaner. This means using special tools to get into those hard to reach places such as tops of pictures, door headers, corners, blinds, lampshades, underneath the bed or furniture. Use the vacuum twice weekly. Do not use a cloth dusting rag, it just redistributes the dust and aggravates your allergies.
Take out as much carpeting and as many draperies as you can possibly stand, they are a prime harbinger of dust mites.
Wash your bedclothes weekly in 140° degree water (turn up your water heater setting) so it kills dust mites.
Use a fine filtration material at point of entry to your bedroom for force air heating systems.
Have your duct work professionally cleaned.
Don’t forget to change the filters for your portable Air conditioner.
Change the filters on your furnace once per month. Use the pleated disposable kind or better Electrostatic Furnace Filters.
Close your closet door.
Cover your bed with Dust Mite Covers, and vacuum the bedding on a weekly basis.
Use a Vapor Steam Cleaner on your bedding to assist in killing dust mites between washes.
Use a high quality Hepa Air Filter to filter out allergens. Find one that will do the job at low frequency so that you do not have to live with noise of a filter at high speed.

For a more extensive discussion of the "allergy free bedroom" look out for the next issue of Allergy Consumer Review.

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