Allergies: Avoiding indoor triggers
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Why should I control allergens in my home?
By avoiding or reducing your contact with indoor allergens, you may be able to:
- Reduce your allergy symptoms and feel much better.
- Manage your allergy symptoms without medicine or with fewer medicines.
- Reduce your risk of developing complications of long-term (chronic) allergic rhinitis, such as sinusitis.
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It is useful to try to control allergens in your home because:
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Reducing allergens can help reduce your allergy symptoms. This may make it easier for you to manage your allergy symptoms without medicine or with fewer medicines.
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Reducing allergens can help reduce your allergy symptoms. This may make it easier for you to manage your allergy symptoms without medicine or with fewer medicines.
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Allergies: Avoiding indoor triggers
Last Updated:
August 8, 2007- Author:
- Debby Golonka, MPH
- Medical Review:
- Caroline S. Rhoads, MD - Internal Medicine
Harold S. Nelson, MD - Allergy and Immunology
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