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