Types of allergens and allergen control

The most common allergens reach you through outdoor and indoor air. Those airborne particles include:

• pollen: trees, grasses, weeds, or flowers;
• molds;
• house dust;
• pet dander: flakes of dog or cat skin, their dried saliva and urine; much less often it is pet fur;

The best way to avoid many allergies is to control the airborne allergens. How effectively this can be done depends on the allergen type. For example, you can keep pollen, mold spores, dust mites, and various types of house dust under control with regular vacuuming and a carefully chosen air purifier. As for dogs and cats, experience shows that you can not do much about cat and dog allergens except removing the allergy source. For example, you can try reptiles or fish as pets instead.

Indoor air dust and how it eats your health
Dust in the indoor air comes from many household sources. Dust can disable or kill people via heart attack and lung diseases. Dust control is an important part of health care.