10 tips to minimize pollen problems

With cleaner indoor air and smart actions during and after outdoor activities, pollen-related allergy symptoms can be reduced. Here are 10 smart tips on what you can do today:

• When you have been outdoors – change clothes, pollen particles stick to textiles. Leave your outer clothes outside, or air/shake them before bringing them into the house or apartment.
• Get an air purifier. A good air purifier, such as the AL310 and AL310FC from Wood’s, removes a whopping 99.98% of all pollen particles from the air being filtered. This means that the air in an entire room can be up to 80% pollen-free, as the filtered air is constantly mixed with unclean air.
• Take a shower before going to bed, and rinse your hair. Rinsing off pollen stuck to your skin and hair will reduce your discomfort, especially when you go to sleep.
• Avoid over-ventilating, especially when it is hot and dry outside. Early morning and late evening are the best times to ventilate, as by then the dew has fallen and less pollen is flying around in the air. If you find it’s hot indoors and you want to avoid airing out the pollen, opt for a portable AC. Wood’s has several efficient models, here you can read more .
• Change bedding often, do not air them outdoors.
• Don’t buy potted plants that flower and emit a lot of pollen, ask at the flower shop!
• Clean more, but clean right: wet wipe rather than dust with a dry cloth. Invest in a vacuum cleaner with a good filter.
• Invest in a nasal irrigator and rinse your nose with water or saline solution, here are tips, facts and recipes.
• Keep an eye on pollen forecast so you know when there will be higher or lower pollen levels in the air. If you can avoid going out when it is at its highest, that’s good. If you have to go outside, a FFP2 mouth/breathing mask can help a lot.
• Don’t forget the pets, your furry friends are covered in pollen when they come inside. Simply wipe them down with a damp micro cloth and cuddle with a pollen-free friend indoors.

Don’t let pollen limit your life, take up the fight against pollen allergy today and have a wonderful spring and summer!