Home allergies: how to properly organize your home routine

I constantly want to sneeze at home, my eyes water while cleaning. Does any of this sound familiar? You probably have a household allergy, also called a dust allergy. The incident is actually not scary at all. Now let’s solve it in order.

Cause of allergy

We will not bore you with scientific terms and will explain it briefly. Home allergies are actually often associated with dust. Despite its size, it consists of a large number of different particles: skin flakes and bacteria, fungal spores, animal dander, etc. It also includes dust mites: these are the main allergy triggers. These little spiders have always lived next to us and will live (unless, of course, a disaster occurs). But contact with them can be significantly reduced and, accordingly, make your life easier.

Things to consider

There is a global rule – do not clutter your apartment with dust collectors. These include everything: a pile of plush toys, plush blankets, carpets in every room, countless armies of figurines and figurines on the shelves of cabinets, indoor plants with large leaves. Even furniture is a dust collector. This is where dust mites usually live: They like a warm, moist environment, and they like skin particles in food.

Does this mean you have to get rid of everything and live like a hermit on a bare wooden floor? Of course not! All kinds of small things, such as figurines and books, can be placed on glass shelves; This way they collect less dust. Plant leaves should be wiped at least a few times a week. Bedspreads and carpets should be washed or sent to dry cleaning; the first more often, the second less often. Choose furniture made of wood or metal with plastic, vinyl or leather coverings. And buy pillows and blankets made of special synthetic material that allows you to wash at high temperatures.

Not even a gram of dust

It already becomes clear from what has been written above: you cannot change the “interiors” of your apartment if you treat cleaning in general a little more carefully. Let’s skip the obvious tips: There are a few very useful life hacks that allergy sufferers should know. First of all, you need a comprehensive approach to cleaning. The operating time of the new powerful upright vacuum cleaners LG CordZero A9K is up to 120 minutes (two removable batteries for 60 minutes each). Thanks to waste pressing technology, it is easy to clean its container without a dust cloud.

one. HEPA and water filters

Many older model vacuum cleaners did not actually remove dust, but instead pushed it around the room. While the surfaces appeared clean, particles too small to be seen were floating in the air. Thus, contact with the allergen increased even more. But this is no longer a problem: HEPA filters and washable filters minimize air pollution. For example, LG’s CordZero™ A9K vacuum cleaners. Thanks to the five-stage Axial Turbo Cyclone™ filtration system, they remove (rather than levitate!) up to 99.97% of dust as small as 0.3 microns (spoiler: it’s super small). It also uses a HEPA filter and removable, washable filters to keep the air clean.

2. Furniture needs to be vacuumed too

Furniture (especially those covered in fabric) collects unimaginable amounts of trash. Yes, even if it looks completely clean. So the living room couch has food crumbs, clothing threads, pet hair, and more. The perfect breeding ground for dust mites! Therefore, we recommend that you take a few extra minutes to vacuum not only the floor but also the furniture. Don’t forget the ceilings! CordZero A9K upright cordless vacuum cleaners are very powerful (200 W). It also has a variety of attachments for different types of surfaces. By the way, they have an excellent telescopic handle – it is easy to reach the farthest corners (even if you live in the “Stalin” building).

3. wet cleaning

This is the cleaning step that most of us skip. Because I really don’t want to waste time on this. And you need it so bad! Here you either crawl on the floor with a rag and bucket, or clean puddles behind the vacuum cleaner. The latter is a common problem. But LG is not like that: Power Drive Mop heads and automatic water supply allow you to combine dry and wet cleaning, after which you do not need to clean anything manually. And if suddenly something remains, the water supply can be adjusted.

4. protective masks

After the pandemic, everyone probably has it at home. Use these when cleaning! You still have to come into contact with the powder more than usual during the process.

It’s not just dust

It would be wrong to overlook the fact that it is not just dust that causes allergies. Household chemicals are also a possible trigger. But there is no universal advice here. Unless you look for products marked “hypoallergenic” on the packaging. The risk of developing allergies still remains, but has decreased somewhat. And the last thing we can recommend: If you have a reaction to something unknown, consult a doctor to get tested. This way you will know exactly what causes the allergy and get rid of the triggers.