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We moved into a mid-70s house in Austin and from the moment we moved in I've been exceptionally tired with sinus issues and extremely dry, red, yucky eyes that are sealed when I wake up in the morning. We are going on 4 weeks now and nothing has changed. I don't think this is from normal allergies as I'm getting shots and was fine until we moved in. I understand that physical issues like this are common among those that move into to houses built in this era. Anyone has experience with something similar and if so, what did you do?
Can you try some simple experiments, like sleeping one night at neighbor's house - unless what's making you allergic is common to their house too? Other cheap experiments? Process of elimination?
Could be mold, dust mites, dirty air filters, dirty air ducts, old carpeting, air pollution, many things to check out.
Have you been tested recently since your move to see if your allergies have elevated to something different in your newly acquired environment?
I think you should look into the mold issue. I have worked with asthmatics that move to a new place then start having increased asthma attacks and more often then not it has been that mold has been found in the new home sometimes it is in the walls and you are not seeing it. Good luck
Another thing--new carpeting. It will off gas nasty chemicals for a few years.
And with carpeting, if it has been cleaned with something you are sensitive to. I know someone who got sick from having their carpeting professionally cleaned.
I also knew some people who had to leave their new house because the new carpeting made them both sick. You couldn't actually smell it but some of the books they rescued from that house and put into a closed room really smelled horrible from it. They ended up throwing everything out that had been in that house.
If it's anything to do with the carpeting, you probably shouldn't be there. People with allergies shouldn't have carpeting anyway, they should have wood or tile floors that they can sweep clean of dust. Really, if there is wall to wall carpeting in the house, you shouldn't be there.
Yes, carpeting can be a big problem.
If you pay a little bit more you an get carpeting that has been off-gassed.
In fact there ought to be law that says they must off-gas all carpeting.
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