ChrisT70 Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 my missus has been advised she may have an allergy/sensitivity to house dust/mites which are apparently alive and well in all normal carpets/bedding etc etc. a few suggestions have been made as to hardwood flooring as opposed to carpets in bedroom and the like and a more specialised /efficient vacuum cleaner (she currently uses an older dyson). any suggestions as to make/brand or if that makes any difference to sufferers? symptoms are hayfever like /sinus like sneezing/irritated eyes. thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yummymummy88 Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 My OH is also sensitive to dust mites its quite common. We have to have the hypoallergenic pillows and duvets. We have also been advised to regularly hoover our mattress which may seem strange to some but does help. As long as the suction on your dyson is still strong and its emptied regularly and the filter cleaned it should be ok. You can get special hoovers that are supposed to help allergy sufferers and we payed a fair amount for one but we still end up using our old dyson (dc04) as it seems to work better tbh. I hope you find something that helps with her allergies it can be a real pain in the butt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willman Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 I'm sure loads of people will have differing advice but for me. 1.change to hypoallergenic pillows 2.vacuum the mattress 3.replaced 90% of carpetting in the house(we didi that as we changed the house periodically) 4.we buy a new vacuum every year almost, i always get a pet/hypo allergenic one. The current one is a Morphy and far better than most others we have tried including Dyson. We also did away completely with quilts on the bed,that has had a beneficial effect but we didn't do it just for that at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisT70 Posted September 6, 2011 Author Share Posted September 6, 2011 thats very helpful thanks. 90% of the carpets are brand new anyway since we moved in we replaced them, but the bedroom carpet isnt and shes been advised hardwood flooring will help in there (not a fan myself as its cold on the feet!) we have a dyson dc04 ourselves which is a bit well worn so might invest in a newer vac, and she was advised to hoover the mattress and pillows regularly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willman Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 Mine was classified as perennial rhinitus which resulted in an operation to cauterise something or other up the old nose. The things didn't have massive sudden impact but they have helped and i can tell the difference when we stay in hotels etc . We don't hoover the pillows i have to admit,i changed to the hypo ones and buy new every 3-6 months. The OH still uses feather ones which don't affect me surprisingly enough. We have laminate flooring and big mats on "walking" areas. Again we change them every year probably (to suit decor etc),they are also more beneficial than carpet because you can hoover under them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisT70 Posted September 6, 2011 Author Share Posted September 6, 2011 Mine was classified as perennial rhinitus which resulted in an operation to cauterise something or other up the old nose. The things didn't have massive sudden impact but they have helped and i can tell the difference when we stay in hotels etc . We don't hoover the pillows i have to admit,i changed to the hypo ones and buy new every 3-6 months. The OH still uses feather ones which don't affect me surprisingly enough. We have laminate flooring and big mats on "walking" areas. Again we change them every year probably (to suit decor etc),they are also more beneficial than carpet because you can hoover under them. did you have persistent snoring/blocked nose symptoms at night as well with that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karis Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 1. Get light washable bedding and wash it on a regular basis. 2. Get a plastic sheet to put over mattress (or buy a water bed). 3. Get a really powerful air purifier (mine's an industrial one). 4. Get rid of carpets and curtains and replace with blinds. Clean clean clean! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medusa Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 Rather than changing things regularly you can also kill dust mites by using a decent steam cleaner of the sort which operates with high pressure steam. Vacuum your mattress to remove the dust mite droppings and then steam the mattress for a good few minutes to kill the mites themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medusa Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 Oh, and BTW, lots of studies have found that changing over to hard floors from carpets doesn't do that much for allergies because carpet is very good at trapping whatever allergens there are within its fibres, whereas with hard floors there may only be 5% of the dustmite droppings that there would have been with carpets, but all of those droppings are whizzing around because they're not trapped in the carpet fibres. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willman Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 did you have persistent snoring/blocked nose symptoms at night as well with that? I did - night time was worse. I had to do an Elephant Man some nights and sleep sat up or i couldn't get any sleep at all. Day time was just like having a cold, sense of smell disappeared,taste was ruined, some days if it kicked off bad i had a nose like a dripping tap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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