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