01/31/2015
Flu shots for everyone in family. Allow fresh air to enter your home. Avoid using aerosols, floor polish/wax, insecticides, pesticides, and other chemical solutions. Use biologically-based housecleaners and pesticides. Up to 80% of children with asthma are allergic to one or more of the following: pollen, dust mites, mold, pet dander. According to Dr. Doris Rapp (M.D., I.A.A.A., I.A.A.P.), author of the best seller Is This Your Child, every sufferer of asthma and allergies should have at least one environmentally-safe room, which would include an air cleaner, while incorporating many of the tips listed on this page. Create a school asthma care management team for your child, if your child has asthma. Asthma is the leading cause of school absenteeism. Plus, school is one of the harshest environments for children with asthma. Include teachers, counselors, etc. on this team. Meet with them and explain your child’s condition. Describe your child’smedications along with its side effects. Provide them with phone numbers where you and other guardians can be reached. You and other asthma care mgmt. team members should collaborate to help your child avoid environments with inadequate ventilation, animals, chemicals. Rigorous exercise may also want to be avoided as much as possible. Use perfumes, candles, nail care products, and sprain medications moderately, if at all. Keep your basement dry and clean. Basements are prime breeding grounds for molds and fungi. check.JPG Wash rugs and furniture often. )Discard moldy and mildewey items. Do not use wood burning stoves or fireplaces. Vacuum frequently. Replace pillows (havens for dust mites) with 100% cotton pillowcases stuffed with 100% cotton towels. Definitely do not use feather-stuffed pillows. Use 100% cotton or wool bedding and 100% cotton curtains. Enclose bookcases and toy boxes. Only bring stuffed animals that are 100% cotton into your home. Avoid synthetic toys. check. Close and seal heating ducts with heavy-duty aluminum foil. Avoid odors and chemicals from photography, ceramic glazes, and oil painting. check.JPG (2839 bytes) If possible, replace carpet with vinyl, hardwood, or tile flooring. Avoid mattresses and furniture made from foam rubber or polyurethane. Use 100% cotton mattresses. )Replace or remove moldy and dusty wallpaper, buy solid wood furniture instead of plastic furniture, and wipe walls and hard floors with a damp cloth regularly.)Install air conditioning in your home if you haven’t already, and keep windows closed during high pollen season. But do have windows that open since outdoor air can refreshen the air in your home. check.JPG (2839 bytes)One way to decrease your child’s odds of contracting asthma is to breastfeed he or she for at least the first 4 months. According to the American Lung Association, this will substantially reduce their risk of getting asthma. check.JPG (2839 bytes)When outside in the cold air, keep a scarf wrapped around your mouth and nose. This will warm up the air you breath. )Eat foods high in magnesium. Eat onions. They reduce inflammation. Drink lots of water. Monitor the Relative Humidity in the home with a moisture meter: Relative-Humidity-Sensor.com Use an air purifier, since you will probably find removing all the sources of asthma and allergy triggers from your home to be impossible. Let's see what the pa03 can do for you 😀
