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5 Tips to Relieve Allergies

Published: Aug 23, 2014 by Ashley Phipps · 1000 words. · About 5 minutes to read this article. · 15 Comments · This post may contain affiliate links · This blog generates income via ads and sponsored posts · This blog uses cookies · See our privacy policy for more info Filed Under: Cleaning, Sponsored Post

Today I am getting a little personal...not too personal (don't run away!) just a little personal!  My whole family has allergies.  I suffer the least with mild seasonal allergies.  I don't usually take medicine, but some months I just grin and bear it.  Then my daughter is next with just a few more seasonal allergies.  My son has allergies too but he typically has asthma flare ups to go along with it.  So when allergies hit him, he is stuffed and coughing for a long time.  And then there is my husband.  My sweet, dear husband.  Poor guy can barely breath most of the time.  He is on several medications which help but don't eliminate the problem, we keep the house as dust-free as possible (he is allergic to dust, mold and something nearly every season too) but the poor guy wakes up nearly every morning completely and totally stuffed up.  The poor guy just can't breath.  So I am always looking for ways to relieve allergies, diminish allergy triggers or do anything to help my family just feel better!

5 Tips to Relieve Allergies

5 Tips to Relieve Allergies

So today I am excited to share with you our 5 (none-medical) tricks to help relieve allergies!  These won't cure them, but they have really helped the allergy suffering in our house.  (Thanks Honeywell for making this post possible today!)

Deep Clean Often

Deep Clean Often

One of the many things my husband is allergic to is dust.  So we make sure to deep clean our house often.  Dust gets everywhere so it is important to clean things like the tops of lights, baseboards, blinds etc. as well as the rest of your home often.

Download a great cleaning checklist here and here.

sinus rinse

 

(photo from Amazon)

Sinus Rinse

My husband takes daily prescription medicine to help alleviate his sinus issues.  He also uses a Sinus Rinse twice daily and that seems to help a lot.  In fact, on days when he is suffering really badly, he will rinse a third time!  Just be sure to follow all the instructions carefully and use the salt packets.  But this has helped him a lot!

Replace Air Filter

Replace Air Filters Often

This is such a simple thing, but it is easy to forget to replace your house air filters!  So set an alarm on your phone and remember to change it once a month (or according to package instructions).  If you can afford it, pick up HEPA filters instead!  They do an even better job at filtering out allergens.

Shut The Front Door

Shut The Front Door

During the spring and fall months it is tempting to open up all of our windows and doors, however, spring and fall tend to be high allergy times for my family.  And I know if I open the doors, along with the beautiful fresh air, I also let in many allergens for my family.  So despite my desires for an open house, I tend to keep my windows and doors shut as much as possible.

BlueTooth Enabled Air Purifier

Air Purifier

When I was at Haven blog conference a couple of months ago I had the pleasure of getting to know more about Honeywell and their really amazing air purifiers!  I knew Honeywell made thermostats, but I did not know that they also have an amazing line of air purifiers too!  Due to my entire family suffering at some point throughout the year with allergies, they recommended that we try a blue tooth enabled air purifier in our bedroom.  I was so grateful that Honeywell sent me an air purifier for our own use and for the purposes of this review!  (All opinions are mine though!)

Honeywell Air Purifier

Despite his medication and sinus rinses, my sweet husband still wakes up stuffed every single morning.  And the fact that we are doing a major master bathroom renovation right now makes it every worse for him.

At this point, I felt that no one thing could make a big difference in my husband's life, but we were still really excited to try the Honeywell Bluetooth Enabled Console Air Purifier to see if it helped at all!  So as soon as it arrived, we turned it on and let it get to work!  We placed it in our bedroom and let it run all night long.

Air Purifier

And when we woke up, I noticed that for the first time in weeks, I was not congested.  At all!

So I hesitantly asked my husband how he felt and if he was congested.  He said that he felt great and that he wasn't congested at all!  Seriously!!  My husband who wakes up every day, stuffed, had no congestion at all.  Holy cow.  We were both so excited!

But just to be sure it wasn't a fluke, we have used it every night since and myself and my husband feel so much better!  My husband even noted that the air in our room smells cleaner to!  And he wakes up every day without a stuffy nose!

HEPA and Carbon Filters copy

The Honeywell Bluetooth Enables Console Air Purifier actually helps remove VOC's and toxins from the air and purifies the air with a HEPA and carbon filtration system that captures up to 99.97% of microscopic allergens as small as .3 microns in size.  It removes germs too!

Bluetooth Enabled App

I also LOVE that it is Bluetooth enabled so if I forget to turn it on before bed, I can just open up my iPhone app and turn it on from the comfort of my couch!

I did not expect the air purifier to make such a big difference in my family's health, but my husband and I have both woken up feeling so much better and not at all congested, which is saying a lot!

You can learn more about this and other air purifier options on Honeywell's site HERE.

And be sure to follow Honeywell on Facebook HERE.

 

One more (expensive) idea to help with allergies is to Rid Your Home of Carpet and install wood flooring (see how we did ours here) or tile (see here, here and here).

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Comments

  1. Kimber

    August 23, 2014 at 6:17 pm

    Wow! That is pretty impressive results! We find that moving to different parts of the country we are sensitive to diffferent things everywhere. This sounds like it might help!

    Reply
    • Ashley Phipps

      August 23, 2014 at 6:39 pm

      Kimber we are the same way!! Being in the mid-west is the worst I've had allergies in a long time 🙁 It's no fun. But I am amazed at how much the purifier has helped us! Thanks for stopping by!

      Reply
  2. Nikki @ Tikkido

    August 23, 2014 at 7:50 pm

    I'm one of thsoe like your husband, who seems to be allergic to something ALL the time. But especially in the spring here in Arizona. Every little bit helps! I should really be better about the dusting bit, though. 😉

    Reply
    • Ashley Phipps

      August 24, 2014 at 10:23 pm

      Hahaha! I bet you get a lot of dust in AZ though!! Thanks for stopping by!

      Reply
  3. Debbie

    August 24, 2014 at 12:16 pm

    Great tips! I'm suffering with sinus issues right now! We need an air purifier!
    Debbie

    Reply
    • Ashley Phipps

      August 24, 2014 at 10:19 pm

      You definitely do Debbie! Thanks for stopping by!

      Reply
  4. Laura

    August 25, 2014 at 11:15 am

    Great tips! We have not tried an air purifier yet, however we probably should. Both kids and I have seasonal allergies. It is so hard to keep the windows closed when it finally cools off in the fall, but we usually have to!

    Reply
    • Ashley Phipps

      August 25, 2014 at 5:50 pm

      Laura we are the same way! I hate keeping the windows closed in nice weather but we have to too 🙁 I am looking forward to testing it out this fall once the weather cools off! Thanks for stopping by!

      Reply
  5. [email protected]

    August 25, 2014 at 12:07 pm

    That air purifier sounds awesome!! I so need to get one for our crazy Texas allergies!

    Reply
    • Ashley Phipps

      August 25, 2014 at 5:49 pm

      Kristi, oh man I hear allergies are the worst in Texas! Thanks for stopping by!

      Reply
  6. Ginger

    August 25, 2014 at 4:37 pm

    Allergies are the pits! I love our air purifier - it does wonders. Thanks for these great tips!

    Reply
    • Ashley Phipps

      August 25, 2014 at 5:48 pm

      You're welcome! I'm glad to hear you like your purifier too! And thanks for stopping by!

      Reply
  7. Julie V.

    August 28, 2014 at 12:21 am

    Thanks for the great advice.
    I'm the allergy sufferer, but I'm also the one who cleans, and so I get exposed to dust. One thing that helps is to wear a mask (like a surgeon's mask) when I'm dusting and vacuuming. I get them at Dollar Tree and it can really help me not breathe in dust while cleaning. On some days I even wear goggles too so dust doesn't get in my eyes. I really hope my neighbors don't think I'm crazy when I'm emptying the bagless chamber of my vacuum with a mask and goggles on! But better crazy than an itchy face.

    Reply
    • Ashley Phipps

      August 28, 2014 at 12:43 am

      That's a really good idea Julie!! Thanks for sharing!

      Reply
  8. Kristina @ My Own Home Blog

    September 02, 2014 at 1:41 pm

    I really need to get one of those air purifiers!! Thanks for sharing these tips, hopefully these will help my allergies 🙂 Pinned 🙂

    Reply

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