Controlling indoor allergens

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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1. It is useful to try to control allergens in your home because:

1. Reducing the allergens may help reduce your allergy symptoms.
2. You may be able to take fewer allergy medicines.

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Author:	Debby Golonka, MPH Ralph Poore	Last Updated: September 27, 2007
Medical Review:	Caroline S. Rhoads, MD - Internal Medicine Harold S. Nelson, MD - Allergy and Immunology Donald Sproule, MD, CM, CCFP, FCFP - Family Medicine
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