Allergy Bedding

Keeping Healthy When You're Couped Up Inside – The beginning of a new year offers fresh chances for change, self-improvement, and updated self-care routines. And let's face it, working from home, learning from home, and entertaining from home are commonplace situations now, even when the temperatures warm up. This is why, at National Allergy, we believe it's the best time...

Begin In The Bedroom For the biggest bang for your buck and your time, the bedroom is the best place to begin allergy proofing. This is true simply because you spend such a large percentage of your time in your bedroom. Most people sleep 7 to 8 hours a night. Then, add the time spent watching TV, reading, or getting...

Pore Size & Encasing Efficiency In 1999 a team of researchers at the University of Virginia published a study entitled "Evaluation of materials used for allergy bedding: Effect of pore size in blocking cat and dust mite allergen." The stated purpose of this study was "to develop a method for testing encasement materials made of breathable fabrics." A new testing...

Why Doctors Recommend Allergen-Proof Encasings About 20 years ago, researchers began to wonder what could be done in the home environment to help control the allergen triggers that cause asthmatic and allergic reactions. Because we spend one-third of our lives in our bedroom, it seems like the natural environment in which to focus. Tests were done in which one group got zippered allergen-proof bedding encasings, while the control group had no encasings. The results of even such simple tests were dramatic. Continue reading →