How our washing habits could be aggravating our seasonal allergies.
Summer seems to be upon us with a heatwave promised for the next few weeks, but with the summer comes the inevitable seasonal allergies.
It’s thought that up to 25% of UK adults suffer from hay fever, and with climate change ramping up, we could be experiencing a hay fever season that is both more severe and extending well into September or October.
Pollen tends to stick to softer fabrics meaning that small habits around washing and drying our clothing could be working to worsen our seasonal allergies.
With this in mind, we spoke to Professor Adam Fox, a Paediatric Allergist working at a leading London teaching hospital and the President of British Society for Allergy & Clinical Immunology to learn about what changes we can make around our day-to-day clothes washing and drying habits that can help alleviate the itch.
