PILLOWS FOR ALLERGY SUFFERERS
from the article "What’s the Right Pillow for You?"
By Bonnie McCarthy, Special to Lifescript
Published January 30, 2011
Allergy Sufferers
Choose synthetic fibers if you have asthma or allergies.
“Feather pillows can worsen allergies and make you cough or wheeze at night,” says Ronald Kotler, M.D., medical director of the Pennsylvania Hospital Sleep Disorders Center in Philadelphia and author of 365 Ways to Get a Good Night’s Sleep (Adams Media).
Other allergens that might be hiding in your pillow: pollen, pet dander and dust mites – plus their fecal matter. To keep these away from your head, use an anti-allergy pillow cover (on its own or under a regular pillowcase).
In addition to helping you sleep through the night, these pillows could make you look better when you wake up. These irritants often lead to morning facial swelling and puffiness, according to Mehmet Oz, M.D., co-author of YOU: The Owner’s Manual (Collins).
Down alternatives, such as lamb’s wool or silk, are natural dust-mite repellants, so they can also provide relief. Memory foam and water pillows are hypoallergenic too.
MY THOUGHTS
if you don't have this allergy, consider yourself really lucky. my nephew is so sensitive to dust, mites, insects. everything has to be hypoallergenic. quite expensive to maintain.
from the article "What’s the Right Pillow for You?"
By Bonnie McCarthy, Special to Lifescript
Published January 30, 2011
Allergy Sufferers
Choose synthetic fibers if you have asthma or allergies.
“Feather pillows can worsen allergies and make you cough or wheeze at night,” says Ronald Kotler, M.D., medical director of the Pennsylvania Hospital Sleep Disorders Center in Philadelphia and author of 365 Ways to Get a Good Night’s Sleep (Adams Media).
Other allergens that might be hiding in your pillow: pollen, pet dander and dust mites – plus their fecal matter. To keep these away from your head, use an anti-allergy pillow cover (on its own or under a regular pillowcase).
In addition to helping you sleep through the night, these pillows could make you look better when you wake up. These irritants often lead to morning facial swelling and puffiness, according to Mehmet Oz, M.D., co-author of YOU: The Owner’s Manual (Collins).
Down alternatives, such as lamb’s wool or silk, are natural dust-mite repellants, so they can also provide relief. Memory foam and water pillows are hypoallergenic too.
MY THOUGHTS
if you don't have this allergy, consider yourself really lucky. my nephew is so sensitive to dust, mites, insects. everything has to be hypoallergenic. quite expensive to maintain.
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