Asthma triggers: Are hard flooring surfaces better than carpet? Asthma treatment generally involves avoiding asthma triggers and taking one or more asthma medications. If your daughter has a sensitivity to dust mites, replacing carpeting with hard flooring surfaces — such as vinyl, tile or wood — may be a helpful part of her asthma treatment plan.
Carpeting can be a reservoir for dust, dust mites, and other potential allergy and asthma triggers. Hard flooring surfaces are much easier to keep free of dust and dust mites. For a person who has asthma, hard flooring surfaces in the bedroom — which eliminate continuous exposure to carpet dust throughout the night — might be particularly beneficial. Regularly steam cleaning any carpeting in the house can help reduce the presence of dust mites, as well.
Don't replace your carpeting immediately, however. First...
