Hello,

I am relatively 'new' to asthma but have had 3 serious attacks this year,
two of which resulted in ambulance journeys to A&E.

Over the last 6 months I have learned a lot about all the various triggers -
what a nightmare! I'm convinced mine has something to do with dust or damp
but cannot yet be sure. I now have an Allergy Dyson, no curtains, wooden
floors and no pets or cuddly toys! I work much harder trying to keep dust
down but still my peak flow is very low (150), especially when I wake in the
morning.

I am considering purchasing Astex covers for my mattress, pillows and duvets
from www.acpsolutions.co.uk and note these are approved by Allergy UK (
http://www.allergyuk.org ) but, apart from publicity materials published by
Astex I have been unable to find any endorsements of these products. Which
Magazine have no information and I can find no independent endorsement
online. My doctor was not convinced these products make much difference.

Can anybody here tell me whether these products have made a noticeable
difference (or not) to them or to their friends or family?

I'd be very interested to know before I spent the £200, which is a lot of
money to me but I would gladly spend it if I knew that for some folk these
products really did improve their quality of life.

Many thanks for any information you can provide.

Sincerely,

Ralph Martin.