Millions of people suffer from allergies, especially during the summer months. Pollen and other airborne allergens fill the air, making many people wheeze, sneeze and walk around with puffy eyes. According to WedMD.com, one of the best ways to reduce allergy symptoms is to reduce your exposure to these outdoor allergens. You can do that by sitting back and enjoying your air conditioned home.
Using Air Conditioning To Reduce Allergens
If you suffer from outdoor allergies, you need a place that is free from these antagonizing elements that are making you ill. Make your home a place to relax and enjoy some refuge from sneezing and wheezing by keeping pollen and other outdoor allergens out of your home. WedMD offers some of the following suggestions, including using your air conditioning:
- Keep doors and windows shut to keep out allergens
- Use your air conditioning unit to keep your home cool and filter out allergens
- Wash clothes and bedding in hot water to kill dust mites
- Have your air conditioning ducts cleaned and filters changed before summer
While you cannot stay in your home all the time, by making it as allergen-free as possible, you can at least have several hours a day of relief. This is especially important at night, when you need to get a good nights rest to tackle the next day.
Since your air conditioning unit is so important in creating an allergen-free home, make sure it is ready for the summer season by having regular HVAC maintenance performed. Call your local HVAC specialist to have your unit serviced, including changing any air filters and cleaning your ducts if needed.
Posted on behalf of James Smith, ClimateSmith LLC
