A growing number of children are affected by childhood Asthma and other allergies. It is predicted that by 2010, 1 in 3 children will suffer allergy-related symptoms. Anti-allergy bedding can help control the incidence of childhood Asthma and its symptoms in your child.
Asthma is a response to an irritant that suffers are sensitive to. One of the major irritants within the home is the dust mite allergen. Dust mite allergen is a major contributor to childhood Asthma.
Sensitisation to an irritant is normally caused by exposure to a high concentration of the irritant over a period of time. In the case of the dust mite allergen the critical concentration is 10 micrograms/g of household dust. If a baby/young child is exposed over time to this concentration (or greater) of dust mite allergen, there is an increased risk that they will become sensitive to that allergen, and develop childhood Asthma.
An asthma attack can then be triggered by exposure to a much lower concentration of the allergen, as low as 2 micrograms/g in fact. This means that only a small amount of dust mite allergen is required to trigger an ASthma attack in a child who is sensitive to dust mite allergen.
Anti-allergy bedding can play a significant role in reducing the concentration of dust mite allergen - therefore managing what is one of the main contributing fators to childhood asthma.
In view of this significant increase in childhood Asthma and research into its causes, Allersafe introduced a range of anti-allergy baby bedding that would help to protect your baby from breathing this high levels of dust mite allergen.
Like all Allersafe anti-allergy bedding, the baby anti-allergy bedding range will significantly reduce the amount of dust-mite allergen allowed to develop in the bedding. Used as part of an allergen reduction programme within the home, the Allersafe Anti-allergy bedding range helps to reduce the risk of sensitisation to dust mite allergen.
The Allersafe Anti-allergy bedding range is designed to help reduce the risk of sensitisation, rather than to help reduce the risk of an allergic response.
All Allersafe Anti-allergy bedding is safe, and meets the Okotex class 1 standards.
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