5 Ways San Diego Maids Can Help Combat Dust Mite Allergies
Posted by Vicki Zerbee on Mon, Jul 11, 2011 @ 06:56 PM
Allergy sufferers already know what they are allergic to and how badly. One of the major irritants to an allergy sufferer is dust mites. Dust mites are microscopic creatures that take great delight in making their residence in your home, and challenge your housekeeping in San Diego.
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Dust mites, unlike other pests, are not fussy about the type of house or the social-economic environment they infiltrate. They simply want to live and reproduce within a warm, humid home that they can call their own. Your home looks absolutely perfect to them.
Once we started to build homes and refurbish existing properties to be better insulated against the outside elements, we set up the perfect habitat for these pesky little critters. The relative warmth and humidity which now is typical for most all houses has managed to increase an allergy sufferer’s complaints.
Dust mites hide in your furniture, bedding, carpeting, and window treatments. They are happy to take up residence in your pillows, on your countertops, under the furniture, and in your clothing. If you could take a microscope or a very powerful magnifying glass and inspect these areas, you would be quite surprised at how many little creatures have come to visit.
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Clean for Dust Mites
It's important to remove as many of these dust mites from your home as possible to reduce the allergies of your family members who suffer from them. Here are some easy tips to help send these little fellows packing.
1) Wash bedding weekly
2) Wash throw rugs weekly
3) Keep countertops wiped clean and dry
4) Damp cloth dust all surfaces weekly
5) Vacuum with either a double-bag unit or one which has a good HEPA filter
The actual process of cleaning your home can stir up quite a bit of dust and other allergens that can instigate an allergic reaction in susceptible people. Care must be taken when doing your housework. Dusting surfaces with a damp cloth is a better way than spraying a dusting product (an allergen) where just the force of the spray will send dust flying.
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People with allergies have found that they can reduce their allergic reactions by having a maid service or house cleaning service in San Diego do the weekly house cleaning for them. The staff of a maid service is well trained in how to properly clean a house, how to efficiently clean a house, and how to remove the typical causes of allergies in a home.
San Diego Maids
While a San Diego maid service can keep up with the regular house cleaning chores, and thereby keep the dust down to a bare minimum, you will find you have extra time to handle some of the other projects you need to do.
One thing you can do to help remove allergens and dust mites, is to toss your throw rugs, your comforters or bedspreads, and your pillows into the dryer on the high heat setting and tumble them for 15 to 20 minutes. The heat and the circulation in the dryer will release the dust mites, which will then be carried outside through the vent of the dryer. Do this on a regular basis and you will find the allergy attacks reduced.