Is Your Home Sweet Home Making You Sick?

Are you and your family constantly sick? Does it seem that you have more the your share of respiratory problems? Your house could be the culprit.

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Your home isn’t so sweet when it’s making your family miserable with asthma or other respiratory issues . Our sedentary lifestyles, air pollution and more time spent indoors where air can’t circulate are partly to blame.
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Your home actually traps airborne allergens, sometimes leading to a life-threatening condition called allergic asthma. The culprits are usually things that invade your home, like dust mites, mold spores, animal dander and insect droppings, says Kelly Stone, M.D., a staff clinician at National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
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You can take preventative steps to keep allergens at bay.

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The old adage, “Cleanliness is next to godliness” has more of a meaning than what you may think. A clean home can reduce your susceptibility to many illnesses.

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Dust mites live in upholstery and carpeting and feed on organic debris - your shedding skin for example. These microscopic creatures thrive in humid, warm conditions and furniture and carpeting is one of their favorite places to hang out.
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Getting on a regular cleaning and vacuuming schedule not only makes your house more welcoming and inviting, but will help greatly in your fight against illness.