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factors in a house |
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| Walls |
- Walls
of the house should be water proof so as to
avoid dampness during rainy season. Lime
plaster falls after some years . Use cement
plaster.
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| Humidity |
- Keep humidity
levels low in the house.
- Plants should not be kept inside the house.
- Bathroom and kitchen are main source of humidity in the
house hence these should be provided with
exhaust fan to remove water vapours.
- Avoid over humidification of house: Coolers are main
source of humidity in hot summers. If coolers
is essential then use one which is placed
outside instead of inside the room.
- Air
conditioners can prevent high heat and
humidity hence useful.
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| Pets |
- Should not be allowed to enter in the bed room and
preferably not
inside the house.
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| Carpet |
- Avoid
carpet, rug or mats on the floor. Use smooth
stone floor.
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| Curtains
and excess fabric |
- Avoid
thick curtains. Upholstery can store a lot of
dust mite therefore one should not keep excess
of fabric.
- Avoid
venetion blinds.
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| Furniture |
- Avoid
furniture with carving and grooves which
collects dust.
- Avoid
leather or cloth furniture . Use wooden and
plastic furniture.
- Avoid
thick cotton covers of sofa. Use thin
polyester cloth cover.
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| Jute
bags and Mat |
- Avoid
jute or paper bags . Use plastic bag or steel
container.
- Avoid
jute foot-mats. Use rubber foot-mats.
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| Garbage |
- Avoid
excess collection of newspaper and books . Use
a computer floppy.
- Dispose
extra things in the house quickly.
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| Fumes
and Perfumes |
- Avoid
household chemicals with strong odours such as
hair spray, perfumes, glues and paints.
- Cleaning
products with strong odour should not be used.
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| Cots |
- Avoid
Niwar or Jute cots. Use wooden base cot.
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| Pillows
and Mattresses |
- Avoid
cotton pillows and mattresses . Use foam
pillows and mattresses in dry places. However,
molds grow over foam and hence it should not
be used in places with high level of humidity.
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ideally be enclosed in the plastic case but
these make creecky sound during sleep hence
they are not very comfortable. For cotton
pillow and mattresses, please ensure that
stitching is good and intact.
- Avoid
open almirhas, keep doors of closets closed to
minimize dust.
- Clean
drawers, and closets with wet cloth.
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| Toys |
- Removing
dust catching toys and bring plastic,
inflatable vinyl toys or metal toys.
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| Decorations |
- Use
easily cleanable decorations such framed
pictures instead of wall hanging, cotton rugs
and dried flower arrangements.
- Keep
home smoke free.
- Avoid
smoking or use an ioniser or exhaust fan in
the room.
- Avoid
Agarbatti or use an exhaust fan in that room.
- Avoid
Hawan or use exhaust system in the area.
- Avoid
Mosquito repellant or use one with least
pungent fumes or a mosquito net.
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| Feathers
and dust |
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house dust mite is a microscopic organism to
which causes allergy in 90% of the patients of
allergic asthma. It survives on animals and
human shedding of skin, feather, and the
dander from furry animals. Cattle and horse
hair found in blankets, foot pads, upholstered
furniture also provide food to mite. Therefore
one should avoid or minimize these things in
the house.
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| Clothing |
- Keep
clothing in a closet with door shut.
- Clothing
should not have fur, or dust catching.
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| House |
- Location:
It should be located away from a main
road, factory, or market.
- Design:
Should be designed in such a way as to
avoid dampness and devoid of dark ill
ventilated areas in the house.
- Ventilation:
Doors and windows should be airtight so as
to make house compact and airtight as to check
pollen entry on the days of pollination
season. There should be enough open able windows as to allow fresh air and light when
desired. All doors or windows should be
provided with wire mesh barrier or additional wire mesh
door. It will check the entry of
insects such as mosquitoes, flies and lizard,
snot to enter house.
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| Playing
in dark and damp places in the house |
- If
you designing a new house, try to minimize
dark ill ventilated space.
- If
your house has such places, please try to
restrict the entry of an asthmatic child to
such places.
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