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| Allergic symptoms range from mild to debilitating. Treatment & Prevention The best way to prevent allergies is to avoid the allergens that trigger your symptoms by making changes to your indoor environment, and by choosing your outdoor environment more carefully. The most common of the indoor allergens are house dust mites, cockroaches, indoor molds and animal dander. Their waste products and decaying bodies are a year-round problem. To reduce your exposure to dust mites, it is most important to focus on your bedroom. You spend more time in this room than any other in the house, so it is here that your efforts will have the greatest impact. It should preferably be done by someone other than the allergic individual and while he or she is not out of the room. If someone in your household is sensitive to cockroaches and roaches are present in your home, it is essential to eliminate them. The allergens from cockroaches are their waste product, decaying bodies and saliva. This is particularly important for those whose allergy triggers asthma. A simple method to remove mold is to clean surfaces with a solution of one part bleach to 10 parts water. |
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