do dust mites bite people?

Question

do dust mites kill people?
what color are dust mites?

Answer 1

Dust mites are translucent with a slight beige tinge and do not bite people. They do eat mostly shed human skin amongst other things. There are other types of mites, including the itch mite, which will bite people. Dust mites do not kill people.

Dust mites do produce a nasty potent allergen called guanine. Guanine is an enzyme that is produced in the dust mite digestive system to break down hard to digest foods. Dust mites practice coprophagia, meaning that in lean times (and another reason why they produce guanine) dust mites will eat their own fecal pellets. Because of the potent digestive qualities, guanine is known to break down and kill living tissue.

Besides fecal pellets, guanine is also present in dust mite secretions, eggs, larva, molted shells (they molt each time they pass through 1 of 6 stages of life) and in dead dust mite body pieces. These allergenic particles are so tiny (20 microns or less) that they easily become airborne and float about a home for up to 2 hours before settling on EVERYTHING in the home, including dust mite-proof mattress pads and bedding. When these particles are inhaled the guanine protein attaches itself to the living cells lining the walls of the lungs effectively suffocating healthy cells and ultimately destroying the healthy cells.

Costly mattress pads contain ADULT dust mites that range from 300 microns (males) to 400 microns (females) in size. But the mattress pads do nothing but serve as a "landing pad" for all the other airborne allergens. Table-top air purifiers are a complete rip-off and in most cases actually cause more harm than good...especially for persons (allergy sufferers, asthmatics, the chronically ill) who are "sold" on the "benefits" through aggressive advertising campaigns.

The EPA, this year 2007, has a new website (www.noattacks.org) to inform the U.S. public of the harm of indoor air pollution which is now the #1 concern of the agency...more so that outdoor air pollution. The cause for alarm is the increase in asthma, asthma deaths (especially among children) and respiratory diseases that have increased each year since 1980.

Over 95% of the homes in the U.S. harbor dust mites and of those 50% are infested.

Indoor air pollution is 2 to 5 times higher (some cases 100 to 500 times) than outdoor air pollution.

Those who can least afford breathing polluted indoor air are the very same persons who spend over 90% of their lives indoors such as; infants, toddlers, pre-schoolers, the elderly, and the chronically ill.

The American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI) has suggested that 50% of ALL ILLNESSES are caused by, or further aggravated by, indoor air pollution.

Dust is the #1 source of indoor air pollution and dust mite allergens (DMA's) are the worst offender.

Pollen is the #1 outdoor allergen.

Within a home, bedrooms contain the most allergens. These are transported into our homes on our clothing, coats, hats, shoes, and hair. Mattresses are the ideal miniature ecosystem that allows dust mites to live, thrive and breed. Also in our mattresses is pollen (transported indoors), mold, mildew, fungal spores, pet dander, insect pieces, bacteria, viruses, and of course, shed human skin.

Dust mites (and bed bugs...altogether different critters) have been in the news constantly over the last 15 months. Billions of dollars are spent on specialty products marketed by self-serving manufacturers' each claiming to have the product that is the "cure all" to the problem of dust mites. But the truth is that these products are only "band aids" or "cover-ups" and do not attack the source.

Through knowledge and education the general public will recognize the need to attack the source through housekeeping practices that include Home Indoor Allergen Control.

Start in the bedroom, specifically, begin sleeping on hygienic mattresses to improve the quality of your life.


For much much more info on dust mites and indoor allergens visit:
http://www.sterilmattress.com/index_mattress_cleaning.html

Answer 2

Do Dust Mites Bite

Answer 3

Yes, they do bite people. Not only that but they get in through your eyes, ears, nose, mouth, basically any opening. Then they go to work on your internal organs. They go after all the mucous producing membranes and dry them up. They cause autoimmune diseases, cancer, diabetes, liver/pancreatic/kidney disease, basically any inflammation disease like RA, they suppress your immune system working with bacteria and viruses to weaken you. "Allergies" are actually mites from whatever you're supposed to be allergic to. Everything from plants, trees, fruit/vegetables, fish, mammals, reptiles, amphibians all have mites. Most animals are preventively treated for heartworms caused by mites. Fish have ich treatment. People used to have defenses against them because of other parasites in the body. Worms, etc all kept each other in check. However when the US went hog wild with DDT they created a SUPER BUG, Big Pharma got RICH & we got screwed! Worm treatment for autoimmune, FDA won't approve it!

Answer 4

They feed on dead skin.

Definition from Answers.com Firefox Plugin:
n.
Either of two mites, Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus or D. farinae, that feed on shed skin cells and produce excrement that is a common household allergen associated especially with asthma and respiratory allergies.

Answer 5

Do dust mites bite? No they don't!

Dust mites are physically incapable of biting. We can sometimes react to dust mite allergens by getting small red itchy spots on our skin that look like bites but are caused by skin contact with the allergens when we do something to expose ourselves like lay on an infested bed or sit in an infested chair. Skin contact with the allergens also happens from surrounding ourselves in a cloud of allergens from vacuuming or again lying on an infested bed or sitting in an infested chair (the air escaping the padding takes the allergens with it).

Dust mites feed on mould and bacteria that grows on dead skin scales shed by us in our beds, furniture, carpets, etc. This mould and bacteria also grows on the bodies of dead mites too.

They can mulitply rapidy with up to 2 million live dust mites in an average mattress and an average 6 year old pillow can attribute up to 10% of its weight to live and dead dust mites, dust mite excrement and mould & bacteria.

They need a warm, humid environment to live so mattresses are ideal breeding grounds because of our body heat and sweat. Dust mite numbers generally increase in winter as the relative humidity is higher and people tend to leave heating on and even leave electric blankets turned on all day giving the beasts a perfect environment.

Humans are not allergic to the dust mites directly, rather we are allergic to dust mite excrement, specifically a substance called guanine which can cause all sorts of effcts in humans such as asthma, eczema, psoriasis, dermatitis, rhinitis (hay fever), sinusitis, post nasal drip, snoring, runny nose & sinus headache. Studies in the UK have shown that up to 20% of asthma and allergies developed by infants is caused by contact with dust mite allergens and that these allergens can actually pass from mothers to unborn children.

Do dust mites kill people?
Indirectly, dust mites probably contribute to some deaths as people can die from asthma attacks and dust mites are proven to be a major cause of asthma in children and adults.

What colour are dust mites?
They are transparent with a yellow/brown tinge but are not visible to the naked eye.


Posted by Jon Symonds, owner of www.HealthyHomesOnline.com.au

Answer 6

Dust mites do not bite or kill people. They just make our allergies erupt. I don't know what color they are. Perhaps brown or gray.

Answer 7

Dust mites feed on the flakes of skin that people shed daily. In other words, they eat the dead skin. I don't know what color they are, but they're microscopic in size.

Answer 8

If you want to be really grossed out, go to GOOGLE, type in dust mites, hit images, hit search, then look at these things really close up. I can't believe we sleep with these creatures.

Answer 9

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Answer 10

no
they eat the dead skin that falls off your body.
alot of people are alergic to their poo though, so thats why u have a reaction