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Guide To Fall Allergy Season

Can you聽get聽allergies聽in the聽fall? You聽most definitely聽can! Allergens can聽widespread聽at any moment.聽Although聽spring allergies聽can聽be more聽prevalent, allergies in the fall are a聽significant聽problem for聽millions of聽people. Here, 天美传媒聽strives to聽help you聽recognize聽and聽overcome聽fall allergies.聽Sadly, the solution isn’t as聽simple聽as聽staying away from聽the pollen-filled world聽surrounding聽your home. Fall allergy season finds聽different聽ways into your home. By聽pinpointing聽what聽leads to聽fall allergies, you can聽recognize聽the best ways to聽minimize聽them.

How to聽Recognize聽Fall Allergy Symptoms

Recognizing聽your fall allergy symptoms can be聽trickier聽than it聽can聽seem. The symptoms of seasonal fall allergies are聽frequently聽subtle聽and mistaken for a聽minor聽cold. Coughing, sneezing and sinusitis聽are typical聽symptoms that聽show up聽in both fall allergies and the common cold. A聽healthcare professional聽is always the聽most reliable聽source for聽recognizing聽allergies. However,聽several聽common symptoms of fall allergies and sinusitis include:

  • Itchy or watery eyes
  • Sneezing
  • Coughing
  • Headache
  • Fatigue or tiredness

What聽Produces聽Fall Allergies?

When聽looking into聽what聽leads to聽fall allergies in your聽exact聽case, there are聽plenty of聽possible聽culprits. Dust mites and allergens can聽build up聽in聽different聽places聽within聽your home.聽Most聽of these sources of seasonal fall allergies can be聽controlled聽with聽professional air quality services聽like聽those聽offered聽by聽天美传媒 Heating, Air Conditioning & Plumbing.聽Having said that, the most聽likely聽sources of indoor fall allergies include:

  • Airborne pollen
  • Mold
  • Dust mites
  • Pets
  • Wall-to-wall carpet
  • Damp areas
  • Indoor plants
  • Stuffed toys
  • Mattresses and other聽soft聽furniture
  • Debris聽accumulation聽in聽your聽air ducts

Work-Arounds聽for Seasonal Fall Allergies

The Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America聽reports聽that homeowners聽managing聽fall allergies聽could聽improve聽their air quality in three ways. First, you聽could聽restrict聽your聽exposure to聽airborne allergens聽inside聽your home. This聽involves聽having聽a聽whole-house dehumidifier,聽air duct cleaning聽and聽preventing聽your home from getting too聽hot. Second, you聽must聽ventilate聽your home,聽ensuring聽that airborne聽particles don't聽accumulate聽in stagnant air. Third, you聽might聽consider聽installing an air cleaner to聽clear聽allergens from the air. Learn more about聽each of these solutions聽below.

Reduce聽Your Home’s Humidity with a Whole-House Dehumidifier

When the air in your home聽is different聽from the EPA’s聽recommended聽humidity levels (30[-40] humidity), it聽encourages聽a petri dish聽for mold, dust mites and聽many聽other sources of聽allergic attacks. With a whole-house dehumidifier, you have聽accurate聽control over the humidity levels聽in聽your entire home. These聽state-of-the-art聽dehumidifiers聽permit you to聽adjust聽the humidity聽in聽your home within 1% of the聽set聽levels,聽erasing聽the conditions for聽excess聽mold, dust mites, fungi, bacteria and other聽microbes.

Keep Your Air聽Healthy聽With Ultraviolet Germicidal Lights

Ultraviolet germicidal lights聽purify聽the air in your home before it聽moves聽through your ductwork. As the air聽flows out of聽your HVAC unit and enters聽the air ducts, it聽goes through聽a powerful聽ultraviolet light that聽kills聽contaminants before they can聽spread. This system聽answers聽the question, “What is the best air purifier for allergies?” This system聽can聽quickly make your air聽noticeably聽cleaner. UV lights have been聽shown聽to聽eradicate聽half of the concentrated bioaerosols within their聽initial聽45 minutes of use.

Trap聽Contaminants with HEPA Air Filters

When you聽want聽a聽high-efficiency聽air filter, you聽need聽a聽HEPA air filter聽that can聽remove聽99.97% of the聽contaminants聽in the air.聽Because of聽their聽unique聽design, these filters聽pull聽the most聽common聽causes聽of fall allergies from their air,聽such as聽ragweed, pollen and dust mites. HEPA air filters also聽remove聽contaminants聽like:

  • Tobacco smoke
  • Dirt particles
  • Pollen
  • Ragweed
  • Dust mites
  • Assorted聽odors and airborne chemicals

Regularly聽Clean Your HVAC System’s聽air ducts

Traditionally, HVAC systems have not always done聽well with聽eliminating聽contaminants聽from the air. This means that debris聽routinely聽circulates聽through ductwork for聽decades. Over time,聽large quantities聽of that debris聽may聽build up聽inside聽your聽ductwork. This is why聽some聽people聽suggest聽天美传媒 Heating, Air Conditioning & Plumbing聽and our duct cleaning services before聽switching on聽the heat for the first time in the fall.聽Doing so聽can聽eliminate聽one of the most聽significant聽sources of airborne聽debris聽inside聽your home.

The 10 Cities in the United States With the聽Most Severe聽Fall Allergy Seasons

Often, your location has a聽significant聽impact on the聽severity聽of your fall allergy symptoms. Fall allergies are聽identified聽to be聽more serious聽in聽some聽areas of the country聽than聽others.聽For example, ragweed (one of the most聽widespread聽sources of allergy-inducing pollen) is聽concentrated聽in the country’s eastern region聽along with聽the Midwest.聽Nonetheless, allergies can聽be聽a聽considerable聽problem聽despite聽where you live. Here are the 10聽toughest聽cities for those聽managing聽seasonal allergies.

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Getting聽Help聽From聽天美传媒 Heating, Air Conditioning & Plumbing

As you have now seen, the聽ideal聽strategy聽for dust mites and fall allergies聽involves聽an all-out assault on the pollutants and聽contaminants聽in the air聽within聽your home.聽Each聽home聽will need聽a聽specialized聽approach聽structured聽for that home’s聽unique聽makeup and layout. With air quality聽specialists聽all across聽the United States,天美传媒聽can聽help out in聽almost聽every corner聽of the country. If聽you're looking for聽one of our indoor air quality聽pros聽to help聽address as many sources of allergens as possible, call or fill out a contact form聽today.