Eliminating dust from your home is a boring but necessary task, especially if you have a dust allergy.<\/p>\n

I was reminded of this fact recently when I moved into my sister\u2019s place for a month to do some house sitting.<\/p>\n

My sister is not known for her diligent housekeeping skills; on the contrary, if I were ever to enter her house and find everything spic and span, I\u2019d be shocked and a bit worried.<\/p>\n

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My first night here was not that great. I didn\u2019t sleep well, and had a headache for all of the next day.\u00a0 My allergies were playing up on me, and I was concerned that I may not be able to live up to my house-sitting obligations.<\/p>\n

Mold Allergy, Could That Be It?<\/h2>\n

I also worried about mold.\u00a0 A mold allergy is one of the nastier allergies you can have because it is quite hard to avoid in certain houses.\u00a0 If the basement is damp or there is a leak in the plumbing under the bathtub, you\u2019re stuck with it unless and until you can get major work done to fix the problem.<\/p>\n

My sister worries about these things a little bit, but the chances of her spending big bucks to fix a problem that she doesn\u2019t perceive as really effecting her are close to nil.<\/p>\n

Not that I\u2019m much better.\u00a0 I know the compost is festering under the sink and I still haven\u2019t emptied it.<\/p>\n

Gluten Allergy, a Long Shot<\/h2>\n

Of course I always worry about my gluten allergy\/wheat allergy.\u00a0 I worry about it because it is the worst allergy I have.\u00a0 Once effected by my gluten allergy, it takes weeks to clear, and I\u2019m pretty much useless for seven or eight days.<\/p>\n

The fact is though that I avoided any food in the cupboard or fridge that might be contaminated by double dipping, and I didn\u2019t see a single crumb on the counter where I was preparing food.<\/p>\n

I even took the precaution of washing one of the pots that had something stuck to the bottom of it \u2013 probably harmless but you never know if it was pasta residue or some such thing.<\/p>\n

Dust Allergy, Thank God!<\/h2>\n

The dust bunnies were small and well camouflaged by the floor, which was several shades darker than its natural colour.\u00a0 That might be a clue.<\/p>\n

Come to think of it, those are definitely rafts of dust floating in the corners.\u00a0 No telling how long they\u2019ve been there for.<\/p>\n

One thing my sister does have is an excellent vacuum cleaner with build-in HEPA filter.\u00a0 Its in good shape because it hardly gets used.<\/p>\n

I vacuumed just part of the house \u2013 the bedroom and the office, sucking up pounds of dust and lightening the colour of the floor and carpets by several shades.<\/p>\n

Normally, dusting makes me worse before it makes me better, from stirring up the dust.<\/p>\n

Not this time.\u00a0 I suppose I was about as bad as I can be from a dust allergy.<\/p>\n

I slept much better that night and have felt fine ever since, and better after dusting more of the house.<\/p>\n

Dusting is necessary, and perhaps not so evil after all!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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