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We have all heard about some of the unfortunate people who suffer from extreme allergies. This condition is called hypersensitivity. Sometimes, these people have to take extreme measures to eliminate the source of their sensitivity from their lives—and in doing so, frequently turn their attention to carpet.

Carpet is found in virtually every hospital in this country. If it were a health threat, it would be banned in hospitals instead of being used in them. That does not rule out carpet as a possible problem. Carpets are constructed from several components. It's rare, but a person could become allergic to one of a carpet's components. For example; if a person develops an allergy to wool and they have wool carpet, the carpet would have to go.

However, if the sensitivity is to airborne irritants, carpet can actually help. When gravity is combined with carpet, a healthy benefit is born.

Why? The dust and spores that cause allergies in most people tend to settle to the floor. People who study indoor environment call carpet a sink. They use that term because carpet tends to trap the dust and soils which settle on it. Carpet filters them from the air. If the carpet is vacuumed and cleaned on a regular basis, it becomes a valuable ally in the war against indoor dust and pollens. That is one of the reasons why it is used in so many health facilities.

So, if a person has a rare hypersensitivity to something in a carpet, that carpet (and everything else in the home or office with the same content) should be removed. But, more often than not, carpet is part of the solution to allergies. Clean carpet contributes to good health.

Norm Koenighaus is with Perfection Floor Care and can be reached at 770-892-5656.