re: Synthetic Pillows May be Worse for Allergies

Connected1 — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 07:21:35 GMT

I don't feel this article is clearly indicating that synthetic pillows would trigger allergies more than natural feather pillows would. This article seems unclear and poorly written over all.

There's no information about the percentage of allergy sufferers who are allergic to dust mites and the percentage allergic to feathers. There's no explanation of why the amount and type of animal dander that embeds itself into a synthetic verses a feather pillow is relevant information.

Finding out that synthetic pillows trap more animal dander, should tell pet owners who suffer from allergies to switch to feather pillows. However, if they are allergic to their own pet's dander, they should consider not owning a pet. Also if they are allergic to one type of pet dander, that makes it more likely they'd be allergic to feathers as well.

The health care professionals I've seen for assistance with my allergies, tell me I have the worst allergies they've ever encountered. If I sleep with a feather pillow I wake up with a sever headache, throat irritation, completely blocked nasal passages, and swollen, red, inflamed, sometimes crusted eyes. I have none of those symptoms sleeping on a synthetic pillow. I also sleep fine with buckwheat hull pillows, which is odd because I react to similar plants if ingested or environmentally, especially when in bloom.

My opinion is this is a useless article and I'm guessing that if a person reacts to animal dander, they should avoid feather pillows and pets.