How Do I Find Out If My Daughter's Bedroom Is Making Her Sick?

Have her sleep in your room for the night or camp out in the family room. See if she seems better. If so I think home improvement stores have mold detectors etc.
If you are the second owner of the home could the previous owner have left their cats or dogs in there? Perhaps get rid of the rug. Is her bed old? Dust mites can live in beds.

great great great advice so far.

I know i personally don't wash the comforters etc all that often, and i never think to do the spare pillows.

That would be the easiest to wash.
her curtains too

The carpet would probably be a likely cuprit but a huge pain to deal with.

i would go so far as to suggest that she sleep in another room for a few nights maybe over a weekend, long enough for you to really decide if it's teh room or not.

Not knowing anyting about your house coud neighbors be smoking outside the window, or is that where the trash sits or something

I had a roommate in college who had bad allergies, and she could not live (especially sleep) in any room with a carpet. (Apparently carpets are hot-spots for allergens (dust, mold, etc.) to collect.) Could the carpet in her room be the problem? Also, have you painted in her room recently? Do you have ductwork in the house (for heating/ac)? Could something be in between the outer wall and the sheetrock? (These are all possible causes, for various reasons.) Are there any signs of mold in the room? (Sometimes it's not outwardly visible, though.) Does it seem unusually damp in the room? Unusually dry? Until you find the source, I would keep the air purifier running (and air out the room by opening the window now & then.) Good luck....I hope you find the source of the problem soon.

I agree with the others to check for mold. There are companies that specifically check for mold and air quality. Call to see what all they can check for. If you haven't already, buy her new pillows and seal those + everything else in her room (mattress, box spring) in hypoallergenic covers. Stuffed animals have to go or be cleaned. Carpet and drapes should not be in her room if at all possible. Dust and wipe down every surface, walls included, with a little water and vinegar or an all natural/allergen free cleaning product. Wash all bed linens in hot water with vinegar and a dye/perfume free detergent. Clean her air ducts. Put in an air purifier and close the door. See if it makes any difference. Good luck.

If she has carpeting in her room instead of hardwood floors, there could be mold under the carpet.

There could be mold in her vent as well. You can have a mold testing team come in and test your home.

If she has serious allergies - strip her room bare - no curtains - NON-Material blinds...find a comforter that you can wash weekly....buy the Claritin or other allergy blockers for the pillows and mattresses.

Remove stuffed animals...

talk with your allergist and have her tested again for allergies... strongly suggest the shot(s) to help her and keep it as clean as possible...maybe even a filter over her vent to help stop more allergens from entering her room.

Good luck!!

If you haven't taken her to an allergist for extensive testing, I suggest that you do that. Tell the doctor your concern about her room. She can be tested for mold, dust mites, pollen, animal dander and anything else that might be present in her room.

I also agree that you could try having her sleep in another part of the house and see if that makes a difference. I find it odd that you and your husband just have increased coughing in that one room. Usually all rooms have had the same exposures. It could just be coincidental. Where did you sleep in the room? If you were sleeping on the floor I suggest that you were closer to dust then you would be in your own bed.

I also suggest that in my experience when I already have cough I do have increased coughing from time to time without having any different exposure. Internal differences also cause coughs.

So far everyone is giving great advice. I have a lot of the same allergies and get very sensitive this time of year. If you just started using the heat in your home, that can trigger sensitivities. I recently learned that the "burning" type smell you smell when you first turn on the heat is actually dust mites burning up. Yes, nasty!!!!
I remember a while back reading about being able to take your own air samples in your home to get tested. Might look into it, as it might be a little less expensive than calling in a company.
Hope everyone gets better.

I'm not sure how much this suggestion would cost, but some years back when we rented, we were asking the property manager to replace the carpet in the apartment we had lived in for 15 years. There was resistance to our request, so we went to the owner directly. The owner hired a company to do an air quality study in our apartment, because we had also had some water damage. We weren't privileged with knowledge of those results, but we were moved to another apartment for a week, movers were hired (at their expense) to move us out then back in and we finally got our new carpet. Anyway back to your question, the specialist that conducted the study pointed out a specific part of our apartment as having a distinct air than the rest of the apartment. Not coincidentally, it was in the hallway where the water damage had occurred.

Get an air purifier/filter for her room.

Or it could be dust mites. Which some people are allergic too.

Or is there any ducts that are in her room? Maybe there is mold in it?

And/or have her sleep in another room.
Sleeping like that every night will impact her sleep quality and she is probably not getting a good rested sleep in that room.

Hi, Mama:

Check the website of ELISA/ACT.
The website might give you a clue.

Another thing:
Put a filter in the ductwork with
Lavender Oil from Young Living.
Also you can run a vaporizer with Lavendar
oil in it.

Hope this helps.
D.