| Do you enjoy the outdoors? Do you love
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| | are in every home. They survive on skin
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| pets? What if you had to choose between
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| | flakes and usually live in mattresses,
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| these things and your ability to breathe?
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| | pillows, carpets, upholstered furniture,
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| Unfortunately, for many asthma sufferers,
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| | bedcovers, clothes, stuffed toys and
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| that choice is one they make every day.
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| | other fabric-covered items.
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| Asthma affects millions of Americans,
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| | To keep dust mites at bay, wash sheets,
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| many of them children. Asthma is a
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| | bedcovers and blankets at least once a
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| serious condition that restricts airways
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| | week in hot water; cover mattresses and
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| and causes breathing difficulties which
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| | pillows in dust-proof covers and maintain
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| result in approximately 5,000 deaths
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| | low indoor humidity.
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| annually.
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| | Pets. To keep pets around and avoid
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| So, how can asthma sufferers do the
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| | asthma problems, pets should be kept out
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| things they love without suffering?
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| | of bedrooms and any other areas where
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| Knowing asthma triggers and how to manage
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| | people sleep. They should also be kept
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| them are the first steps to a fuller,
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| | away from fabric-covered surfaces, which
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| happier life.
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| | can collect hair.
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| Here are a few asthma triggers and ways
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| | Mold. Mold can grow on wood, paper,
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| to manage them, as recommended by the
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| | carpet and foods. Mold can best be
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| Consumer Federation of America:
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| | controlled by controlling moisture in
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| - Secondhand smoke. Tobacco smoke,
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| | your home. To do so, fix leaks in pipes
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| whether exhaled by a smoker or emitted
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| | and make sure moisture-filled areas, like
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| from the end of a burning tobacco
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| | kitchens and bathrooms, are well
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| product, irritates air passageways.
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| | ventilated.
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| To keep secondhand smoke from triggering
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| | Cockroaches. Droppings or body parts of
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| an asthma attack, asthmatics should
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| | cockroaches can be asthma triggers. To
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| politely ask friends and guests in their
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| | manage them, free your home of places for
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| home to refrain from smoking.
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| | them to hide and be sure not to leave out
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| Parents with asthmatic children should
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| | food or garbage.
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| prohibit smoking in their homes and
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| | Eddy's website is about Asthma Trigger.
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| automobiles.
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| - Dust mites. These microscopic animals
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