Anti allergy bedding is an important step to controlling certain types of allergies.

Your bed is a perfect mite breeding ground. Your body head and moisture provide mites with perfect living conditions. And the skin you cast off while in bed gives them all the food they need.

This is unfortunate if you are allergic to mites. For most people, it is the mite dung that causes the trouble.

I have to admit that I've not been feeling great the past few weeks, and I've been blaming my allergies. More specifically, I've been blaming my symptoms on my wheat allergy.

The symptoms that were bothering me most were fatigue, insomnia, and waking up feeling very unrested. Also $brain_fog$, but that could have been due to lack of sleep, or it could have been allergy symptoms.

As usual, I suspected wheat. But something about my symptoms did not seem to match my usual reaction to this allergen.

Dust

When it comes to allergies, dust really means house dust. House dust consists of the shed skin of humans (i.e. tiny bits of skin that fell off off the body of you, your firends and your family), yeast, dust mites, dust mite droppings, hair, and other little bits and pieces that most people would rather not think of.

OK, don't think of it. But do get rid of it!

Dust is a major allergen, and is generally unhealthy when inhaled.

I am one week into a three week stay, house-sitting for a friend of mine. The air quality is not what I am used to.

Here is one secret to feeling great and having lots of energy: manage the air quality of where you live and where you work.

Air conditioners can be excellent mold breading grounds. dust gets deposited on the cooling fins, then becomes damp because air conditioners condense water out of the air. Damp dust is a pretty good medium for growing mold. The mold may not grow all that well when the air conditioner is running and cold, but between cycles, and during longer periods when the air conditioner is not needed, the mold can have a real field day.

One of the quickest and easiest ways to reduce dust, mold, pollen and other allergy-causing particles that cause indoor allergy problems, is to run a HEPA air purifier in rooms where you spend a lot of time.

You still have to vacuum to remove dust, do everything possible to reduce mold growth, and otherwise control the source of allergens as much as you can. It is impossible to completely eliminate all dust by vacuuming, and mold can be very hard to entirely remove. A HEPA air filter will greatly reduce the amount of allergens floating around in the air.

Some types of allergies are best controlled by avoiding the allergen. Food is an excellent example of this. If you are allergic to wheat, don't eat it!

Other types of allergen are much more difficult to suppress. Air-borne allergies are a good example of this. You can vacuum every day, but you will never be able to eliminate all dust or dust mites from your house (unless you live in the mountains).

Dust mites are the major reason why people are allergic to dust. When people complain of a dust allergy, most of the time it is the dust mites that are at fault.

That said, controlling dust is 95% of the battle when it comes to controlling dust mites.

This article covers several tips for controlling dust.

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Dusting the house always seemed like something you had to do, because if you didn't your house was dirty. That was about it. If you are busy and don't care about a "dirty" house, you can let the dusting slide, right? After all, dust just consists of tiny particles, how can something so small be bad? I have better things to do!

Unfortunately, there are solid health-based reasons for dusting, as any asthmatic will tell you. Can you therefore ignore the dusting if you aren't asthmatic, and not about to become one any time soon?

Dust is bad for everyone. If you have allergies, then it is very definitely bad for you.