Q: Animal hair, dander, and other allergens gather and hide on soft surfaces and are more difficult to remove. Replace carpets with hard surface flooring such as wood, tile and linoleum where possible. Vacuum carpets at least once a day and steam clean them every other week if you cannot remove them, or keep your pets out of all carpeted rooms. Use throw rugs instead of carpet. Wool is the best choice for allergy sufferers. Limit your use of curtains and other window dressings. Cover windows with hard surface blinds or shutters instead. Cover soft-surface furniture with machine-washable covers, and mattresses and pillows with specially designed allergy covers. This is especially important for any furniture you allow your pet on. If your allergies are extreme, this cleaning may need be done by someone else. Vacuum all soft surfaces including rugs, furniture, throw pillows, drapes, etc. You may want to purchase a sealed filter allergy vacuum that filters and traps dust, dander and allergens. Use pet hair removal rollers in between vacuuming to keep surfaces hair-free. Both the disposable and the sticky washable type are available in many department and pet supply stores. Sweep or vacuum all hard surface floors, then wash with hot water and appropriate cleaners. Follow manufacturer washing instructions and use water as hot as the material can withstand. Keep your pets out of your bed.
A: Remove as many soft surfaces in your home as possible. Surface clean all rooms of your home that your pet uses daily. Wash throw rugs, curtains, furniture covers and other washable soft surfaces once a week. Limit your pet's access to your bedroom and other rooms in your house that you spend a lot of time in to decrease your exposure to the allergen.

Q: Allow your ice cubes to sit in the freezer until they fully freeze. If you don't freeze freshly squeezed lemon juice, it can go bad in two to four days. Keeping your lemon juice frozen in ice cubes will allow you to keep the lemon juice fresh for a longer period. If you need to use your ice trays, you can transfer the lemon juice cubes to a zip lock bag.
A: Place ice cubes in the freezer and allow them to freeze.

Q: A massive pulmonary embolism (blood clot in the lungs) may be a cause of obstructive shock. It presents with sudden onset chest pain, shortness of breath, and the ensuing signs of shock. A massive PE can be investigated for by getting a TEE (transesophageal echocardiogram) or CT angio of the chest.. This is the fastest way to determine whether one is present and, if so, its exact location. A tension pneumothorax is another possible cause of obstructive shock. It presents with decreased breath sounds on the affected side, a trachea (windpipe) that has deviated from the midline, chest pain and problems breathing. It most commonly occurs in younger individuals following an accident or trauma. However, it can occur in anyone, often after a change in pressure such as an airplane trip. A tension pneumothorax can generally be diagnosed clinically, and treated immediately when it is suspected as the cause of obstructive shock. A cardiac tamponade is when blood pools around the heart, causing a buildup of pressure and a subsequent inability for the heart to effectively pump blood around the body. The more blood that pools, the less effective circulation becomes, which is what leads to the signs and symptoms of shock. A cardiac tamponade often presents with anxiety, sudden chest pain that gets worse with deep breathing or coughing, trouble breathing, lightheadedness and/or fainting, and pale/grey/bluish skin that results from poor circulation. Constrictive pericarditis occurs when the sac around the heart (called the pericardium) becomes inflamed and tightens with scar tissue over time. This, in turn, puts stress on the heart by causing the space in which the heart beats to become more and more enclosed. "Bacterial pericarditis" (an infection of the pericardium - the sac around the heart) may also cause obstructive shock by a similar mechanism. Constrictive pericarditis often presents with trouble breathing, a swollen abdomen as well as swollen legs and ankles (due to the back-up of blood that has trouble getting back into the heart), and chest pain, as well as possible signs of obstructive shock in more severe cases. Aortic stenosis is when the valve that allows blood to exit the heart becomes tightened, blocked, or otherwise compressed, leading to a reduced amount of blood that can effectively leave the heart with each heartbeat. When aortic stenosis becomes very severe, it can lead to obstructive shock by significantly reducing the amount of blood that can exit the heart, and thus reducing blood flow to the body's vital organs. Aortic stenosis often presents with chest pain, lightheadedness and/or fainting, a gradual decrease in exercise tolerance over time, palpitations (the feeling of unusual heartbeats), and a heart murmur that can be heard through a stethoscope. It is a condition that gradually gets worse with time and, in the most severe cases, may lead to the signs and symptoms of obstructive shock.
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Examine for signs of a massive pulmonary embolism. Evaluate for a possible tension pneumothorax. Watch for symptoms of a cardiac tamponade. Look for "constrictive pericarditis" as a possible cause of obstructive shock. Evaluate for aortic stenosis as a possible cause of obstructive shock.