Anti-allergy bedding pretty useless
Bedding designed so that the mites do not seem to hay fever and asthma symptoms, reduce, two studies concluded on Wednesday. The ceiling, which sell for $ 50 to $ 100 in the United States, the display of the mites and their products, while at the same time to circulate the air. Sold as a sensible way to help people reduce the risk of allergic reactions. is the obvious conclusion from these studies that the mattress as part of routine treatment of asthma are not worth the price, said Thomas Platt Mills University of Virginia, on it in a commentary Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine, where the two studies suggest.Studies show that the covers have little effect, at least by themselves, the symptoms of people, apparently, because there are many other sources of
dust. In a one-year trial of 1,122 adults with asthma, British doctors found that volunteers who used bedding was no real improvement in symptoms than those using standard beds. The second, smaller population, conducted by researchers in the Netherlands revealed that the symptoms of hay fever has not improved among the 114 people using bedding covers miteproof compared to the 118 who did not .Platt Mills said patients who want to avoid the allergens that must be much more aggressive at removing other sources of dust and mites. The studies focused on bedding covers because it is easy to use and readily available, and because the removal of anti-allergic strategies as difficult as removing carpets, most of the furniture in a bedroom while strict periodic cleaning may beimpractical.