My 2 1/2 year old daughter has terrible allergies, she has been suffering since she was 5 months old. She had 12 sinus infections and 3 ear infections in her first 2 years alone. We started her on Flonase 6 months ago, which really helped teh infections, but since September 1st she has had a lot of congestion again, and has been coughing for at least 2 hours each night due to drainage. We had a Sharper Image UV air purifier, but it has broken 2 weeks ago and we are getting it replaced, not having the unit may be making her allergies worse, we are not sure. We tried Claritin syrup for the past 2 weeks but it does not agree with her stomach. Would a portable UV lamp wand help with some of her symptoms? Has anyone tried the UV wands for dust mites, bacteria, and viruses? The one I see on-line costs nearly 0, would a small aquarium UV light work in the same way for a lot less? (?) What is your opinion on UV light alleviating dust mite allergies, do you think it is worth it?
I thought that insect lights attracted insects, then the electric shock killed them!! Anyway, thinking more about it, my daughter's allergis are more seasonal, probably not dust related so much, since all summer she was 100% fine, it really kicked up first week in September as it has when she was 5 months old (she was born April 3) and 18 months old, she is now 30 months old-my doctor (who I just called) agreed it was seasonal for her. I did not know that the HEPA filters are better I will look into those for her too, that is a better idea for her. She does not have asthma though thank goodness, and she is mostly ok during the day, night time is worse for her. Our house is 15 years old and I know the ducts are very dusty also. I jsut thought the idea of the UV light wand was very interesting.

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