Are you using a vacuum with a HEPA filter?  Your allergies are acting up because you are circulating dust and other allergens that are normally on the floor and not in the air.  A HEPA filter will help to reduce allergens in the air.  You may also try opening windows to help air it out.  Hope that helps.

You are doing the right thing by using a vaccum with a HEPA filter, but you may want to look into a water filtered vacuum such as the Rainbow vacuum. It traps the contaminates in a water resovoir.

If you have allergies, you definately want to avoid carpet which traps dust mites and other particles. I would replace all of your carpet with hard surfaces such as tile or wood flooring. If you have done that already and have only hard flooring, then make sure the beater brush is turned off when you vacuum. The beater brush may stir up more dust into the air.

Here is a link to the rainbow vac. Good luck and let us know if you need anything else.

www.rainbowsystem.com/rainbowsyste...

Also, make be sure to look at our section on allergy friendly flooring:

www.findanyfloor.com/Allergies/All...

You are welcome.  I also think that the Rainbow system will work well for you.  Let us know if we can be of any more help!

 

Stacey