Allergy Reaction

tawcat

tawcat

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Apr 14, 2007
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Lake Ouachita, Arkansas
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320 Sundancer
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6.1 V drives
Has anyone had a problem with allergens in the berth area. My poor wife is getting some kind of a reaction from something in the bed area on our 320. And no it's not me!!!!!!!

Poor girl uses an inhaler and whatever is in the, I think bumpers, is really affecting her badly. Last season she had a bad attack that had us walking the dock at 3 a.m. trying to get her some air. Yesterday the same thing happened. She is convinced it is something in the fabric or material that is in the bumpers.

Has anyone had them recovered? How difficult is it to have a slip cover made and installed for these? Or to remove them and have them totally redone?

Or is there a product that we can spray them with that might block out the allergen?

Thanks for any suggestions or advice.

Told her if we can't figure out what to do, we'd have to move up to maybe a 43, cuz I'm sure they use more expensive allergen free materials!!!!!
 
not that you aren't but make sure you take this seriously. In some situaitons, reactions can get progressively worse.

My son has had 3 instances where he had hives on his torso and angio edema (facial swelling). We thought maybe latex allergy but after testing that didn't appear to be the issue. We discarded his pillows and issue has yet to return. Thought was that allergens were in the pillow and when sleeping there was significant skin contact plus breathing in allergens. I would cosider a profession cleaning to see if that lessens the reaction. Have Benadryl and Epi-Pen on boat if you take the cleaning and retrial attempt.
 
Wish2Fish: Thanks. And yes, believe me we take this very seriously. Not fun to see a loved one gasping for air. I have found a couple of products that claim to be good. One is Clorox Anywhere Anti-Allergen Fabric Spray and one named Anti Allergen Solution.

I am going to find one of these and give it a whirl. Will post on the results if any.
 
you say she is already on inhaler. what for?

consider the cleaning where you suck out the allergens. I don't know what the Chlorox spray does but the allergen will still be there.

I see you live in arkansas. I assume spring is going strong. I would look for pollen as one of your issues. When did it happen last time?

Don't rule out mold. she could be more sensitive than you.
 
She is presently on the inhaler for allergy related asthma. And yes, the pollen right now is crazy. I have never experienced this bad before. I am considering taking my Dyson vacuum to the boat and doing a good vacuum job to start. You might be right about the mold issue, I have no idea how to attack that.
 
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000G2BESO



Mold is the huge issue we all fight on our vessels....
I always leave a heat source going and keep it between 55-60 degrees. I would strip everything out and wash it at home and then do a steam cleaner treatment in the stateroom. I would then heat the place up to over 70 degrees for a week at least and then buy the above unit. I have good luck with it.

PS: My bed has underside storage and access to the cruise-air unit... I would clean this would some good disenfectant....
 
My 7 year old daughter suffers from allergies and they get worse when she sleeps on the boat. She sleeps in the aft cabin.

I suspect mold. I had an unknown water problem in the vacuum cleaner compartment that I thought I took care of at the end of last year. I cleaned everything last year with a cleaner that contained bleach and left the cushions off over the winter. The compartment dried out over the winter.

The compartment was damp again this weekend and I don't know why. The water temp was 55 degrees and the temp inside the boat was 70. I am now wondering if it was caused by condensation.

We slept on the boat this past weekend and my daughter's allergies were acting up again.

I think I'm going to pour pure bleach in that area the next time I leave the boat for the week. Then I'm going to drill some holes in that compartment to try to get some air flow moving through it.

My daughter has been complaining about sleeping on the boat because of her allergies and now she doesn't want to wear a life preserver because it is too hot. She told me Sunday night that she doesn't like going to the boat. This is quickly becoming a problem.
 
Somebody had mentioned you can get a filter for A/c that is suppose to capture a lot of the allergens.
 
skolbe said:
Somebody had mentioned you can get a filter for A/c that is suppose to capture a lot of the allergens.
Click to expand...

Thought about this as well. I'll pursue all the avenues and see if we can conquer the problem. Anyone know offhand the dimensions of the air filter for the 320 a/c unit?
 
Just a thought, if she has a latex allergy, the mattress or the cushions on the benches may be one cause of her reaction.:huh:
 
Tawcat:

As the (ex) husband of a VERY allergic woman, I'd say the likely culprit is mold or mildew, as an earlier poster pointed out. We once rented a used RV that smelled just a little, and she was miserable all weekend. Another bedding possibility would be dust mites in the bedding. They feed on the dead skin we all shed constantly (ugh!) and if you're sensitive to them, you're miserable. I don't miss sleeping on a plastic-wrapped mattress with plastic wrapped pillows at all, but that was the only cure for our home bedding that actually worked.

The Epi-pen and Benadryl advice given earlier in the thread should not be overlooked either. Both are cheap insurance against a major, i.e. restricted breathing allergy event. I was a volunteer firefighter/first responder for a while, and I can't overstate the importance of being prepared for such a sudden devastating event.

Good luck in your search for a solution........

Cheers,

Bill
 
http://www.cruisair.com/airfilter.html

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I use these on my two units and there is a 2 for 1 coupon on their site too.....
 
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