With so many people working from home along with having children at home doing remote learning chances are you are spending 90% of your time at home... indoors.
That is a huge amount of time to be shut inside even in the most comfortable spaces! Is it possible that the root of your allergy issues can be found in your own home?
When we think about air pollution, most of us think of car emissions, smoke from fires, and pollution from industrial factories. We are all aware of the link between breathing polluted air and increased respiratory symptoms, but what most people are not aware of is that indoor air can be up to five times more polluted than the air outside. Indoor air pollutants are the leading causes of asthma and breathing problems.
Understanding and controlling common indoor pollutants can help reduce the risk of indoor health concerns. Dust mites, mold and pet urine can cause you to have specific allergic reactions. Fortunately, you can remove these things from your home and improve your health by having your carpets and furniture professionally cleaned.
Many factors contribute to indoor air pollution. The air in our home is heavily contaminated with particles such as pollen, food, dust mites, bacteria, and dead skin cells. All these pollutants get trapped around the home in items such as fabrics, linen, and carpets and can cause serious health problems, especially for children, the elderly and those already at risk of respiratory conditions.
These particles float around the air in your home and seriously aggravate allergies, irritate your throat, eyes, and nose, as well as weaken your immune system leading to further cold and cases of flu while leaving you feeling lethargic.
What are the benefits of having a clean carpet in your home?
It makes sense that most particles end up on the floor, those that do not find a home on a shelf or a ledge of some kind. A clean and well-maintained carpet can trap allergens and particles in its fibers to prevent them from escaping into the air and being inhaled.
Carpets act as air filters to trap dust, pollen, and potentially dangerous particles to improve indoor air quality and overall breathing. All sounds great, right? Sure, but like all filters, it would need emptying at some stage.
A professional carpet cleaning does just that. A clean carpet is the foundation of a cozy, comfortable home. However, a badly kept carpet can be the cause of untold health issues. Regular carpet cleaning, aside from improving the appearance of your home and extending the life of your carpets & rugs, has many health benefits, which include:
Carpet Cleaning Can Prevent and Reduce Dust Mites
After just a few days, you will notice a thin layer of dust on your furniture. Not only is this unsightly, but it also contributes to your allergies—in many ways. Dust is made up of the dead skin that you, your family members, and your pets naturally shed, is the main source of nutrients for dust mites.
The dust mites themselves do not pose a threat to your health; however, their fecal matter does. Each individual dust mite produces about 20 droppings a day. When you consider that there can be thousands (½ teaspoon of dust can hold 20,000 dust mites) of dust mites living in your furniture and your carpet on any given day, you can see how dust and dust mites threaten your well being.
Allergic reactions to dust and dust mites include:
Dusting regularly can reduce the number of dust mites in your home; however, just like dust is eventually inevitable, so too are dust mites. Having your carpet and furniture professionally cleaned exterminates the dust mites and cleans up the remains.
Carpet Cleaning Reduces odors
Whether you cook a lot, have children or pets, smoke or live nearby sources of 0dors, they are always a potential problem in the household. Bad smells do have a very unpleasant effect on your mood, thoughts, and behavior.
Unpleasant odors can leave you uncharacteristically, grumpy or irritable. Smells can be absorbed into your carpet and released when walking on them.
Carpet Cleaning Removes Mildew from Unattended Spills
Spills on your carpet and furniture are common. Typically, when spills occur, you are there to see it and take immediate action. However, there are times that you might not notice that a spill has occurred or that you may be cleaning spills up incorrectly. Eventually this excess moisture can eventually become mold. The carpet itself can disguise these dangerous bacteria pools and cause you to get sick without even realizing the source of your illness.
What to do?
Normal vacuuming is rarely enough as it only removes loose dirt from the top layer of your carpets, to obtain the
health benefits from having a carpet you should both vacuum and have your carpets cleaned and treated by a professional cleaner. Call today for a quote
413-323-7568.
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