Dust allergy? But only at home?

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Anyone have a dust allergy but only at home? One of my adult dcs only has a sniffy nose and sneezing at home. Says doesn't happen anyone else

I regularly hoover and dust but still this happens. Should they get tested? Any other suggestions or things that have helped other people other than damp cloth wiping all surfaces?
This has been going on all year so not seasonal and antihistamines don't seem to work.

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Sensitive to a cleaning product you use ? Air freshener, diffuser or scented candle?
Any animals?

Sorry, meant to say, I find Flash products irritate my asthma; generally ok with Method. Too much Purdue & Figg clogs my sinuses.

Do you have a wood burning stove?

I always get terribly sneezy at my PILs, and their wood burning stove is my top suspect as they use the same cleaning products that we do at home.

If antihistamines don't work, is it actually an allergic reaction? Test this out by trying the OTC Piriton and see if that helps. I used to have this exact same afflication and had a steroid nasal spray as well as an asthma pump, but when my eyes started going only Piriton would help. Since we got the ULEZ (ultra low emission zone), it has completely cleared up. It was the diesel fumes that were my trigger.

This happened to me as a teen and the only thing that helped was leaving home.

my parents had a very dusty house though

I wouldn't assume dust allergy automatically, have a look at everything.

What chemicals do you use at home?

None of these!

I don't really use any esp in the living room where it seems worse. A spray in the kitchen and bathroom but they aren't used anywhere else. I did consider fragrances things but I don't use any so don't get it?🤷‍♀️

My husband has a dust allergy, never really thought is it at home and other places, but I run hepa air purifiers/filters, which knocks it on the head.

places where dust collects would be soft furnishings, sofas, under sofas,under beds, mattresses, fabric window coverings, pillows etc.

i also have two wood burning stoves, obvs they only are run in winter, but they make no difference really he always had it , although now i have the air filters in any way the air quality is always excellent.

my surprise is always the bedroom, the filters always need cleaning much more often than anywhere else in the house.

I'll get them to try Piriton thanks. It's awful seeing someone suffering. I get hay fever and that can miserable when it's bad.

Op, I have these in the main rooms and they do an excellent job, if they detect dust they increase fan speed, and then decrease when the air quality is excellent and they tell me the air quality and also when to clean or change the filter. The rooms never have dust on any surface now; I’d recommend.

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I bought an air purifier for my dcs bedroom (and they keep it pristine and vacuums it regularly)but not downstairs. Any particular make you'd recommend please? We bought a Blueair one from Argos for a £100 so wasn't cheap but thought it worth it if it'd worked as thought the problem was the bedroom originally.

Actually just spoke to dc who said it was in their bedroom too but the air purifier helps so maybe I just need to bite the bullet and buy another one.

Yes i posted a link to mine, they do make a difference. And no not cheap sadly.i also bought a smaller one for the spare room but I wouldn’t recommend if you’re going to get one ger a powerful one, they do do the job much better.

It’s also the mattress and the pillows, I replaced both in ours.

If the problem is mainly in the living room I would guess the problem would be your settee/chairs and carpets if you have them.
If dust has gone into the furniture over time, it will puff out every time someone sits down.
Or, if furniture has fire retardant, she could be allergic to that.

Oh thank you. They're expensive but if it works then that overrides health needs. Can you use it without Alexa though?

We have leather sofas so don't think it's that. Oh just realised that the chair they sit in is fabric. Think I need to do a reshuffle. Hadn't occurred to me and it's always where that chair is that it's particularly bad!🤦‍♀️

Replaced the mattress, pillows and duvet itself with anti allergy already but there isn't a problem in the bedroom now but appreciate that so thank you.

Air purifier filter fans help my DH. He has very severe allergies to dust and a number of other things. He went to the allergy clinic and had tests. He is on stronger allergy tablets - basically 3x regular allergy tablet dose.

He is also allergic to some of the ingredients in cleaning products and these set him off worse than the dust. It's a matter of looking on the back of cleaning products for ingredients. Anything with anti mould and mildew is out apart from bleach. Almost all furniture polishes. We are only able to use certain brands. I know we can no longer use fabulosa, certain flash products, astonish, cif (apart from the cream cleaner), method, star drops. Every time something advertises a new formula I have to check the ingredients.

Yes, they work with Alexa, and can be voice controlled.

To be honest op mine are set to automatic and on all the time, so they just keep the air quality at excellent, and they increase speed if they detect poor air, clean it up, then go back to low. All I do is clean the pre filter monthly or when it tells me and them change the main filter every year.

I meant can they work WITHOUT Alexa?🤣