Household cleaning products may not only be harsh on your hands, but could be a cause of asthma in adults. Even if you use a spray just once a week it could be enough to trigger asthmatic symptoms.

A study which recruited 3,500 people from 10 European countries reckons that one in seven cases of adult asthma, could be caused by household cleaning sprays. Even occasional use of sprays resulted in a 6% increase in asthma.  It should come as no surprise then that the risk increased with usage and people who used them every other day or so increased their risk by a further 50 per cent.

The worst offenders were cleaning sprays, air fresheners, and furniture and glass cleaners.*

Plus, if you have eczema, psoriasis or sensitive/allergic skin that affects your hands, you will know only too well the pain and discomfort that can arise from simply trying to clean your house!

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* (Source: American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2007; 176: 735-74)