Spring is well-known for being peak allergy season. New plants bloom, pollen is plentiful, and runny noses are everywhere you turn. However, autumn runs a close second, with its heavy potential for allergens. During this colorful season, the ragweed plant releases enormous amounts of lightweight pollen that can travel hundreds of miles in the wind. The pollen is so irritating that 75 percent of people who are allergic to spring plants also have allergic reactions to ragweed.
No matter your efforts, pollen is sure to circulate in Boulder’s beautiful green space, and that’s just one of your concerns if you suffer from environmental allergies. High levels of both pollen and dust are easily trapped in apartments of any size, which means you get no reprieve.
That’s why it’s important to learn all of the available tips and tricks for controlling fall allergens in your apartment. Fortunately, keeping allergens at bay in your Boulder home is easy if you take a few simple precautions.
Minimize Fabrics
Ragweed pollen is light enough that it clings to your clothes every time you venture outside. This means you will bring pollen into your apartment.
Purchase leather or wooden furniture to prevent ragweed pollen from clinging to fabric surfaces. Also wash all towels and blankets regularly, as they are apt to trap residual pollen from your clothing.
Always try to limit pollen contact with any fabrics to help contain allergens.
Take Frequent Showers
Pollen clings to your hair and skin almost as much as your clothing. Make it a point to take showers every day after work and after every outing. This will help prevent allergy-related symptoms from developing overnight due to pollen in sleeping areas.
Close Your Windows
This tip only works if you’re already following our previous suggestions. Most people have the notion that opening windows will air out their house, and while that is true for dust, open windows also give ragweed pollen a direct route into your home.
Air Filtration Systems
Sometimes allergies are unavoidable with even the most diligent prevention techniques. No amount of dusting and showering can prevent tiny allergens from floating through the air.
Luckily, we have the technology to combat this. Air filtration systems are excellent at reducing dust particles and allergens from your apartment’s air supply, even when conventional techniques aren’t helping.
The filters are available on a room by room, or entire home, basis. You can save money purchasing a smaller unit for rooms with carpeting or large amounts of other fabric.
As we mentioned earlier, however, it is nearly impossible to eliminate pollen entirely. Opening windows simply invites outdoor allergens into your home. Fall allergies are a fact of life in natural areas like Boulder, but are always manageable.
If you’re looking for an apartment in Boulder, contact us. Come see how our rental community combines the beauty of our natural surroundings and every modern convenience a renter could ask for.