The Best Air Purifiers for Smoke

Many homes encounter smoke one way or another, from tobacco products to burnt food and wood-burning fireplaces. Of all of the contenders, smoke from tobacco products like cigarettes and cigars tend to be the greatest cause of smoke in a…

The Best Air Purifiers for Asthma

For those with asthma, the air in a home should be particularly clean in order to help reduce the risk of an asthma attack. Attacks can be brought on by a variety of irritants, particularly if someone with asthma happens…

Mold Allergy Symptoms

While many people think of various types of pollen when they think of airborne related allergies, mold is one of the most common airborne allergies out there. In fact, while you may think that a pollen allergy is causing your…

Hypertonic vs. Hypotonic: What You Need to Know

From allergies to seasonal illnesses like the cold or flu, nasal problems can be an issue that hounds many people. The inflammation and congestion that sets in within the nasal passages and sinuses cause a great deal of discomfort, and,…

How to Clean Your Sinuses

From colds and the flu to allergies, our sinuses can take quite a beating. No matter if your nose is stuffed up or your sinuses are draining away like Niagara Falls, either situation is going to be uncomfortable. One of…

Do Seasons Affect Allergies?

Ever heard the term allergy season? While the word season in this case refers to the particular stretch of time in which certain allergies flare up, different allergy seasons do correspond with different seasons of the year. Each season brings its…

Cool Mist vs Warm Mist Humidifiers

A humidifier may seem like a rather simple piece of equipment, but these little machines not only come in a variety of capacity sizes but also perform their functions based on different humidifying processes. Each has its own benefits as…

What Size Dehumidifier Should I Use?

Humidity isn’t always something you want in your home, especially if you have certain allergies that are exacerbated by moist air.  Controlling the humidity in your home can turn into a hassle, sometimes, particularly if you live in an area where…

What Is Hypertonic: Everything You Need to Know

Allergies are a common issue for many people, whether they deal with permanent or seasonal allergy issues. There are, of course, a wide variety of ways that allergies can be either overcome or treated, with one effective way being cleaning…

The Differences Between Evaporative and Ultrasonic Humidifiers

In the midst of winter and all throughout the year in hot, dry climates, humidifiers help to make our living spaces more comfortable. Of course, with the benefits of humidifiers being so clear, it’s no wonder that so many different…

What Is Pet Dander and How to Fix It

There are a lot of misconceptions concerning pet allergies, particularly in terms of what happens to be the trigger for an allergic reaction.  For most allergy sufferers, the trigger for their symptoms is pet dander.  A variety of household pets…

The Top 5 Air Purifiers on the Market

Even if you don’t have allergies, it’s not hard to appreciate the desire to have clean air inside your home. In fact, poor air quality could lead to people who had no previous health problems eventually developing respiratory or sinus…

How to Stress Less: Food Related Anxiety and Kids

  Having kids can be the most wonderful thing ever to happen to you. Parenthood brings unbelievable heights of love and wonder into your life; it can also be indescribably terrifying. Even if you have a kid without a life…

10 Ways to Allergy-Proof Your Home

Allergies affect millions of Americans, and for these allergy sufferers dealing with the symptoms their allergies create can be a real nightmare. Medications can cause grogginess or keep you up at night, while nasal and sinus issues can make day-to-day…

Why Miele Vacuum Cleaners Are Top HEPA Rated

When choosing a vacuum, it is important to first decide what your needs are in your home. Do you have a lot of carpet? Is there more than one pet in the house? How about kids? Does anyone have serious…

Utilizing Vacuum Attachments to Remove Pet Dander and Hair

There is nothing better than coming home from a long day at work and being greeted by a wagging tail and smiling puppy face, similar to the ones on the labrador retriever breeders in Alberta, or the purr of a…

Safe Methods to Eradicate Dust Mites

Dust mites are one of the most common causes of allergies, and a prime trigger for asthma in those who are prone to it. They are minuscule, maddening, irritating, and everywhere. If you have a dust mite allergy, it may…

How Steam Cleaners Sanitize and Clean

A clean house is a universally admired thing. Even those of us who might scoff at perfectly kept homes still secretly wish ours were as tidy. We all want a showcase home. A clean home isn’t just a delight to…

How Irrigators Help Alleviate Sinus and Allergy Symptoms

Using nasal irrigation can seem intimidating, but it is a simple way to change your life for the better. Starting with irrigators like nasal sprays can help you to work your way up to methods like using neti pots. Now,…

Pillows for Those with Down Feather Allergies

If you suffer from down feather allergies, then you’re probably familiar with a variety of factors that trigger your allergy symptoms, as well as some effective ways of dealing with these factors and your symptoms.

The Best Air Purifiers to Get Rid of Smoke

Whether you’re a smoker or you live with one, the gases emitted from cigarettes and cigars creates an unpleasant odor. They also put a lot of unhealthy particles and fumes into the air of a home. Moreover, neither your home’s…

Top Vacuum Cleaners for Pet Hair

Pets make for great companions and for most people they’re just like another member of the family.  Cleaning up after them, though, can be somewhat of a handful, especially if they happen to shed a lot or you’ve got a…

How to Sleep Better During Allergy Season

When you’re prone to allergies, getting a restful night’s sleep can feel like a repeating battle that you never seem to win. In fact, allergy symptoms will often get worse at night, making it even less likely that you’ll simply…

How to Reduce Ragweed Allergy Symptoms

Fall weather may bring with it much anticipated relief from the sweltering heat of summer, but for those with a ragweed allergy the end of summer is just when ragweed season is revving up. Ragweed is incredibly prolific throughout North…

The Top Anti-Allergen Laundry Detergents

Laundry detergent is something we use all the time, but often the ingredients in these detergents can lead to a host of problems in children and adults. Some problems include contact dermatitis, rashes, headaches, irritated eyes, stuffy noses, and dry…

The Top Air Purifiers for Pet Allergy Sufferers

Pets bring so much into our lives, it’s hard to imagine life without them. They give us a friend to walk with and cheer us up during our darker moments. Unfortunately, in some cases, they also bring out the worst…

Back to School: How to Handle Food Allergies

Back to School: How to Handle Food Allergies from AchooAllergy.com Food allergies can really throw a kink into your life, no matter how old you are, but for parents whose kids go to school, it can be especially complicated. Fortunately,…

The Difference Between Normal and Anti-Allergy Pillow Covers

A good night’s sleep should be a part of everyone’s daily routine, but it’s far too rare for most people. As an allergy sufferer, you know how it feels to have trouble falling asleep, and to wake up in the…

How to Select the Right Dehumidifier For You

  Indoor allergies can feel like something of a trick. When we’re in our homes, we expect to be free of allergic triggers like pollen, ragweed, and grass; because of this, we sometimes treat our homes as refuge from these…

How Air Purifiers Remove Dust Mites

Dust mites are invisible to the naked eye, but the problems they cause are not. They occur naturally and are found in nearly all homes, so eradicating them from your house is an uphill battle. That may not sound very…

How Dehumidifiers Work

Heavy air, sticky skin, frizzy hair … all signs that mean high humidity. If you live near the equator or near the ocean, you probably deal with your fair share of damp air. Humidity not only makes everything feel weighty,…

The Best Vacuum for Pet Hair Allergies

“Warm and fuzzy” should describe the feelings our pets give us, not the look they give to our homes. Yet pet owners often find their houses full of animals’ warm fuzzies. In addition to being a nuisance and aesthetically unsightly,…

The Benefits of Anti-Allergy Mattresses

Here at Achoo Allergy, we’re of the belief that your battle with your allergies should stop when you head to bed at night. There are few things worse than heading to bed with a sinus headache and itchy eyes, and…

On the Go: Asthma Care for the Summer

The recycled air of planes, the faint smell of smoke in a hotel room, pollen at a national park: All of these factors mean something different when traveling with an asthmatic, but these worries can be managed once you know…

How to Reduce Smoke Odors in Your Home

When it comes to clear triggers for allergy sufferers, there are few more pervasive and polarizing than cigarette smoke. For decades now, cigarettes and the smoke they invite into our homes has been not just a nuisance, but also dangerous.…

How the HEPA Air Filter Works

The fight against indoor allergies has a powerful ally in the HEPA filter. Among the latest buzzwords to hit the vacuum and air purifier industry, these high-powered filters can drastically improve your quality of life when used in concert with…

Uncommon Signs You Have an Allergy

Clearly you would know if you had an allergy, of course. It’s all runny noses, blurry vision, and constant itching, right? Well, no. Here are a few signs you may not have noticed ¦ or, more likely, noticed but didn’t…

You’re Never Too Old for New Allergies

Surprise! You Have New Allergies! Wow, you may be thinking, How on Earth did that happen? You were fine with pollen/cats/shellfish all your life, and now they’re a huge problem. You’re not alone. Lots of people develop new allergies in…

Got Pets? Keeping Dander Down at Home

Fido, Fluffy, and Max stole your heart as puppies and kittens, going home with you and completing the  family. Their sweet, fluffy cuteness enchanted everyone, even your teenage daughter who seems more interested in her phone than engaging with you.…

Tame Allergy Triggers

Every allergy sufferer wishes nothing more than relief from the arduous symptoms their triggers cause. While there is no cure as of yet, there are many ways to tame your allergies. However, the most important step is know what allergies…

Grumpy or Stuffy? How Your Allergies Affect Your Everyday Life

Not all allergic reactions are immediate and severe.  Exposure to allergens over a long period of time can affect our lives in such subtle ways, we sometimes don’t recognize them for what they are. Have you ever been guilty of…

Memorial Day Sale Extended!

Celebrate Memorial Day & Save 10% at AchooAllergy.com! Use Code: MEMORIAL16 at Checkout Through June 15th Enjoy Free Shipping on Orders Over $79 When Shipping Ground Within the Contiguous U.S. *Some exclusions may apply. Some products cannot be discounted according to the…

Allergy Proof Your Bedroom – Step 1: Encase Your Bedding

Allergies, asthma, COPD. These three common respiratory problems can all cause problems while we sleep. While these conditions in an of themselves are the mechanism, the actual culprit triggering them is often found in your bedding – dust mites. These…

AchooAllergy White Sale 2016 – Save 20% on Allergy Bedding

It’s February, and you know what that means? It’s time for the Annual AchooAllergy.com White Sale! For a limited time, take 20% off ALL allergy bedding products. If you’re not currently looking for allergy bedding, replace your pillows, blankets, comforters,…

Can Prenatal Vitamin D Reduce Asthma?

Vitamin D has long been a part of prenatal care. Often administered in supplements, vitamin D is critical in maintaining the health of the unborn child and mother. A 2011 study showed only positive benefits of taking up to 4000…

Mask Breathability and Heat While Exercising

We field a pretty wide variety of fitness information, regularly, but there are two I wanted to go over today. The first is, do cold weather masks help? The second question generally revolves around face mask breathability, particularly with regard…

Miele C2 and C1 Annual Kits Now Available

Last week we rolled out several of the new Miele vacuum cleaner annual maintenance kits. This week, we’ve finished all kits and have them available on the site. In addition to C3 (premium canister) and U1 (upright) vacuum kits, there…

Early Detection of Allergies – It’s In the Blood

Solving any good mystery is a bit like a pulling a string. You begin to pull and more and more string follows, but the goal is always the same, to find the beginning. Allergy research is a lot like this.…

Woods Donates to Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Asthma Initiatives

In the past we’ve mentioned how former NFL running back Ickey Woods & asthma are linked by the tragic story of his son, Jovante Woods. Since that time, Ickey has spent much of his energy raising money for asthma awareness…

New – Miele Vacuum Annual FilterBag Kits

If you own a Miele vacuum cleaner, it’s not hard to forget that they do require some regular maintenance. With some of the longest lasting parts (belts, hoses, housing, and motor) around, “regular” maintenance is often less… regular than you…