Dust Mites?

Question

what do they do to you?

Answer 1

they leave their feces and you smell that or take it in somehow and that is how you get allergies.

Answer 2

They cause skin allergies and asthma. The house dust mite's partially digested food, and fecal matter, is one of the most significant sources of allergens, implicated in allergic asthma, rhinitis, conjunctivitis and dermatitis. One of the more important proteins responsible for the allergic reaction is DerP1, a protease digestive enzyme found in mite feces. Dust mites bodies, made of chitin, are also allergens. Immunotherapy or "allergy shots" have been helpful for sufferers of hay fever and asthma.

Answer 3

They feed off the skin that you shed and lay eggs, etc in your carpets and furniture. They can cause allergies and eczema reactions. They are "parasites" to the human body.

Answer 4

Do you, or your family members, suffer from these symptoms?

Recent clinical studies indicate these symptoms prominently appear directly after awakening from an expected, good night's sleep, in your supposedly, comfortable and cozy bed! Dust mites do not bite or sting but constant contact with the allergens they produce can trigger respiratory and dermatological complaints in humans.


Just some of the Symptoms, include:

itchy skin (little bumps and rashes),
stuffed up nasal cavities,
sneezing,
puffy, swollen or discolored eyelids,
irritated, watery, and reddish eyes,
wheezing
"tight" chest,
head or sinus aches, a raspy voice
dry, unproductive cough,
feelings of lethargy (no "get up and go"),
mental fatigue,
DEPRESSION, and MORE!
Continue below for a list of the WORST SYMPTOMS!

...all of the above have all been attributed to the #1 dominant home indoor air pollutant resulting in the cause of most allergies...the house dust mite, clinically known as HDM's.

BUT, the long-term ill-effects are truly much WORSE!

The above symptoms are just the mild, temporary ill-effects (temporary, if you want to call the first few hours, of each morning of your life...temporary!) associated with dust mites.

Permanent, life long, ill-effects include:

asthma,
bronchitis,
perennial rhinitis (hay fever),
eczema,
dermatitis,
sinus infections

and other serious health issues, affecting millions of people.

CHILDREN, especially newborns and those up to 5 years of age, are particularly susceptible to the health hazards by inhaling the allergens (especially the potent allergen "guanine") found in the fecal matter, secretions, shed (molted) skins, and the exoskeletons of dead dust mites.

Dust mites practice coprophagia, meaning, in lean times, they will use their own fecal pellets as a food source. Dust mite fecal pellets, which contain “guanine” and their digestive enzymes, are a major cause of allergies across the world. The powerful enzymes in the fecal pellets break down hard-to-digest food for later nourishment. It is these enzymes that cause and trigger allergies in humans by breaking down delicate living tissue.

A single dust mite can produce up to 20 to 30 fecal pellets per day (therefore, an average-sized colony of 2 million dust mites living within a mattress will produce 40 to 60 million fecal pellets per day). A single dust mite produces approximately 2000 to 3000 fecal pellets during its active lifetime of up to 3 or 4 months (that equates to a total of 4 trillion fecal pellets, in your mattress, produced by a single generation of an average-sized dust mite colony). These particles are so light-weight that they easily become airborne for up to 2 hours and circulate throughout the entire home before re-settling on top of EVERYTHING.

While airborne, the allergens are easily inhaled and attach to the living cells lining the "walls" of your lungs. Once attached, they suffocate and kill your healthy lung cells causing permanent damge.

These dust mites are living, thriving, and breeding by the millions, in your mattresses, pillows, upholstered furniture, draperies, fluffy stuffed toys, and to a lesser extent (only because, hopefully, it is frequently vacuumed) carpeting.

Pillows, alone, may gain 15-25% in weight over a two year span, from the accumulation of dust mite colonies, secretions, molted skins from the dust mites as they grow through 6 stages of life, decaying exoskeletons from dead dust mites...AND

the abundant amount of feces that these nasty eight-legged creatures produce!

There are other species of dust mite as well as predatory mites that share the same dusty environment. Dust mites live in a fine layer of minute dust particles that continually settle on household items. Dust mites have been known to be associated with allergies since the 1960’s and have in recent years become a focus for their involvement with respiratory ailments.

Dust mites are nocturnal, dislike strong light and will take refuge in the seams, ledges, cording and framework of furniture when exposed to light. Due to their microscopic size, dust mites can become airborne simply by fluffing a pillow as you attempt to fall asleep, or rolling over in bed, and of course during such activities as bed making. These are just a few activities that cause dust mites and the associated allergens to be distributed throughout the room or house.


There are very few professional "Home Indoor Allergen Control" business that use the dry-method of mattress cleaning to control the #1 source of dust mite colonies...your mattress and pillows.

Free info is available at the link below, to help homeowners remove or reduce indoor allergens from mattresses and homes.

http://www.sterilmattress.com/ebook_dust_mite_removal_tips.html

Answer 5

They bite