● Instead of feather pillows and duvets, it is required to use those plastic ones withplastic covers, as well, which do not cause allergic reaction
● Frequent changing and washing of clothes is necessary. Animal allergens often settlein there and can cause irritations even outside the place, where the animal is
.● It is necessary to wipe the floor and the furniture with a damp cloth. For vacuumcleaning only the vacuum cleaner with HEPA (high efficiency particulate arresting)filter is suitable.
The one being allergic should not come into the contact with vacuumcleaning. If he/she has to clean with the vacuum cleaner, he should use the maskprotecting himself from the dust. The air disposal plant is appropriate; it is able tofilter almost all flying dust, though it does not remove all allergens.We have to be aware of the important fact that: although all these activities reduce theamountof allergens in the family surroundings, they can not be substituted for the removal of theanimal. Even the removal itself without a special cleaning of the house means that you willlive in the environment surrounded by clinical important amount of allergens.All mentioned allergens can be, of course, found in dust. The dust by itself is formed by smallgrains of inorganic material - silica, together with other inorganic and organic matters andmentioned organic matters.
The home dust of particular households or working places varies according to the way a houseor working place is furnished.Therefore the diagnosis is made with individual allergens. The term “allergic to dust” does notindicate our actual reactions, therefore has been ceased to be used.The life of allergic people is getting worse even by other harmful substances, which donot start the actual allergic process, but get worse its development.
Pollen information service
The most frequent factor, which causes and starts the allergic reaction, is pollen. Thepollen count in the air directly influences the clinical symptoms, whereas there is a directrelationship between the amounts of pollen in the air and the seriousness of the symptoms. The seasons, when the flowers are in bloom and hence the pollen count is higher, can bepredicted approximately according to the usual duration of blooming time of the particularflower, which is stated in all botanic guidelines.However, the pollen calendars do not always correspond to the real time a flower is in bloom.The real bloom period can differ from the assumption even in several weeks. Moreover thelevel of the air pollen is noticeably influenced by meteorological conditions (rain, wind, coldheat,etc).
The up-to-date information about the situation i.e. what is the amount of pollen grainsand what kind of pollen grains are in the air, are necessary for the doctor and the patient, aswell.Within the information as a part of diagnosis the important anamnestic information –worsening or bettering of the patient’s health within a particular period, follows.Even more important is this information for the planning and conduction of the medicaltreatment.
While the air contains “our” particular allergen in the sufficient amount, the clinicalsymptoms arise.This can be prevented by taking the medicine on time. Its advantage lies in the fact, that in“our” season we can adjust our daily schedule (less walks, travelling to clinically betterenvironment and so on).The pollen count started to be examined already in 1873 by the English doctorBlackeley.
He suffered the allergy himself, and hence was interested in the possibleconnection between the amount of pollen in the air and the clinical seriousness of the allergy.He placed in different levels small glasses covered by glue, which caught the pollen.The need of exact information let to the gradual establishment of pollen stations,which measure the amount of pollen and other substances in the air. In 1930s first stationswere founded in Canada and USA.