My twins’ asthma is regularly recurring. And unfortunately, I cannot pinpoint the attacks to one trigger. It can be due to cold air, dust, dust mites and even mould.
We wash our curtains every three months, clean our air-conditioner every half a year, clean the walls, kept our air-con temperature at 26°C when we sleep, but it never seems to suffice. Asthma keeps coming back.
Is My Mattress A Source of The Asthma Problem Too?
If you have young kids like us, you probably sleep on dirty mattresses daily. So many wet accidents have happened over the years – accumulated stains and dirt from spilt milk, vomit, mucus, etc. These are part and parcel of a life with young children, and I am sure these don’t surprise you.
But accumulated dirt on mattresses means a fertile environment for moulds, bacteria and dust mites to prosper. These are threats that pose a significant risk to our children and us!
NUS did a study on dust mites in mattresses in 2015. Their analysis confirmed that beds are one of the best havens for dust mites, moulds, bacteria and allergens that often cause issues such as rashes and asthma. Worse still, dust mites in the tropical zones tend to feature a more diverse ecosystem than in temperate zones.
Since we are a family of asthmatic kids and an asthmatic mum, breathing in clean air, playing and sleeping on clean mattresses without any allergens are paramount to us.
By the way, we do not have any sofa at home to give my kids more play space in the living room. Otherwise, my couch will be of great concern too.
EcoGenie Solutions
I chanced upon EcoGenie Solutions on Instagram and was happy to know that the company focuses on deep cleaning my home using chemical-free products!
I believe with kids or not, effective, chemical-free cleaning solutions are for everyone. This is especially so with regards to mattress cleaning because most of us will spend at least a quarter of our lives. Assuming a person sleeps 6 hours a day, he would have spent at least 10,000 hours on his bed over five years.
And you may already know that conventional cleaners contain chemicals that are harmful to us.
Many of these cleaning products are likely to contain perchloroethylene (used in dry cleaning), naphthalene and ammonium hydroxide. These chemicals can cause cancer and liver damage and cause dizziness, sleepiness, nausea, loss of appetite, and disorientation.
So imagine yourself sleeping on these harmful chemicals for years, especially mattress shampoo, which generally cannot be rinsed off.
Chemical-Free Solutions
EcoGenie has a couple of cleaning services using natural and eco-friendly solutions that will do all of us good.
Steam and Deep Shampoo Extraction
Their Steam Cleaning / Deep Shampoo Extraction on upholstery and mattress use chemical-free pH12.5 Purified Ionized Alkaline Water made with advanced Japanese technology.
The Ionized Alkaline Water is colourless and odourless. Unlike soap, no foam is generated while shampooing with no soapy residue left on the upholstery and mattress.
The alkaline ionised water used for deep cleaning is simply water formed through electrolysis and has the same cleaning power as chemical detergents. It can remove grease, deodorise, kill dust mites and sterilise surfaces at home!
Best of all, no rinsing is required after use. Knowing that we are not sleeping on residue left by cleaning agents made from harmful chemicals helps me sleep peacefully at night.
The alkaline water can even remove relatively fresh stains! Not for mine, though, as the dirt has been accumulated there for years. I am not even sharing the picture here.
The mattress in the video below belongs to my daughter. It is only a couple of years old, and we have been treating it with care.
Nonetheless, you will see from the video that the vacuum machine has extracted a pail of filthy water.
Kevin, the founder of EcoGenie, first sprayed the ionised alkaline water over three mattresses. Next, he used the vacuum machine to extract all the liquid with years of filth. 🤮
ShieldPro Disinfection of Surface
On top of deep cleaning my mattresses, Kevin added a layer of antimicrobial solution that will seep deep into the beds, kill 99.9% of bacteria and viruses, and shield my mattresses for up to 180 days.
According to EcoGenie Solutions, the antimicrobial solution used here has been approved by EPA (the United States Environmental Protection Agency) & MOH. Furthermore, it is non-toxic, eco-friendly, and safe for children and pets.
Last, Kevin instructed me to leave the mattresses to air for another couple of hours so that the antimicrobial solution could fully dry up. He also gave me more housekeeping tips to keep my pillows and mattresses fresh for a more extended period.
Anti-Mould Treatment / Coating Solutions
With a glance at my wall, Kevin can easily spot where the moulds are residing. Mould spores are so fine that non-professionals cannot see them easily. But it doesn’t mean they are harmless. Inhaling mould spores can result in asthma. Sleeping on beds with moulds residing can cause skin issues. Worse still, mould can adversely impact our immunity and cause mould poisoning or mycotoxicosis.
EcoGenie will be able to help you get rid of moulds by applying an anti-mould treatment, giving your wall a fresh coat of anti-mould paint and removing moulds that have migrated to your upholstery curtains and mattresses.
Want to get help from EcoGenie Solutions too?
You can reach EcoGenie Solution through the followings:
https://www.instagram.com/ecogeniesolutions/
ECOgenie Solutions – Home | Facebook
Whatsapp: 8820 8263
EcoGenie Solutions is now running a IG giveaway campaign that will end on 28th July 2022. Click onto this link for more details.
Want to know more about how harmful mould is? Check out this super informative episode from CNA Insider.
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