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Household allergies
Last reviewed: 05.07.2025
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[ What causes house allergies?
What household items can influence the development of allergies?
First of all, domestic allergies can be caused by secretions of special glands of domestic animals. It is for this reason that allergy sufferers should not keep pets, and if animals are still in the apartment, try to wash them more often, change their bedding, do not allow them to roam around all the rooms, wash with bleach the places where pets often stay, etc.
Houseplants and indoor allergies are two concepts that are very close to each other. Houseplants, especially flowering ones, can provoke an attack of allergy in adults and children. The most dangerous are aloe, dracaena, indoor maple, primrose, hydrangea. It is advisable not to keep these plants in the house. Other representatives of the flora are recommended to be wiped with a damp cloth at least once a week, trying not to break the stems and leaves. If there are children in the house, you need to make sure that the child does not pick leaves and flowers of plants and does not bite them.
Not only indoor flowers, but also various fertilizers, which are often used to fertilize the soil in pots, can cause allergies at home to any of the components in their composition. It is best to give preference to those fertilizers that require dissolution in water, and then application to the soil - this will allow the mixture to penetrate the soil faster and evaporate less.
You should also not fight plant pests in your apartment, because various chemicals are often used to eliminate parasites, which can easily provoke an allergic attack.
The smell of mold can easily become an allergen. Mold often appears in places where moisture accumulates, in books, in a wardrobe. When evaporating, the mold saturates the air in the room with its spores, which often cause allergies at home. To eliminate mold, it is necessary to ventilate the room as often as possible, not to place furniture close to the walls, not to curtain the windows from sunlight during the day, and once a week to wipe damp places with a solution of water and vinegar or water and baking soda.
Man, allergy, house dust – three inseparable, closely related factors, very often found among allergy sufferers. Even the most fastidious housewife is not able to create such order in her house that at least a small amount of dust is not present in it. Soft toys, bedspreads, carpets, curtains, furniture, books, clothes, walls and ceilings – household dust is contained on these items and not only on them. In order to get rid of this domestic “enemy” of allergy sufferers, it is necessary to do wet cleaning in the apartment every day, vacuum carpets and rugs, shake out soft toys, beat out rugs, vacuum walls and ceilings, often wash or vacuum curtains and drapes, wipe furniture and books. In winter, it is advisable to take carpets and other items outside, to the balcony, and let them lie there for some time - this will help destroy parasites that inhabit household items and cause household allergies.
During renovation, a child may develop an allergy to paint. To prevent this from happening, you can bring the baby into the apartment only about a month after the renovation has been done at home.
Household allergies are an unpleasant factor that can turn staying in your own apartment into a nightmare. To avoid this, you should follow the measures and rules described above.