your child with asthma is your home asthma friendly

1. Dust mites, hoovering each room daily, changing sheets on bedding at least weekly and hoover the matress one a month.

2. Keeping the house as dust free as possible ie polishing,keeping windows open for a while during the day helps with eliminating of bacteria too.

3.Pets check with your doctor to see if cats etc are the cause and is so remove the cause.

4. central heating, keep a glass of water in each room ,asthma is aggravated by a dry atmoshere especially at bedtime in your childs room.

5.Teddy bears… have the bare minimal  too many can bring on an asthmas attack dust  stays on the teddy bears.  wash them too if the toy allows it.

6. certain foods again check with your doctor to see if there is an allergy and if you can avoid giving your child a certain food.

7. Also did you know that sometimes excema can also follow a child with asthma and may effect legs and arms on the joints, you can get cream which will help to ease the irritation from your doctor.

8. Children can be frustrated with the itching so cotton clothes at bedtime is the best option with cotton bedding.

9. if your child is starting nursery or school ask the doctor for a spare inhaler, the nursery will need to know if your child as asthma so you can fill it in on the application form and gives them permission to administer medication as well as the school.

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