Are You Inhaling Dust Mite Feces?
When dust mite droppings are repeatedly inhaled they can be the cause of skin and other problems with people who have atopic illnesses. If not inhaled, their effect becomes that much less of an issue. The question is, how does a person make sure that they are not inhaling this source of aggravation?
The first suggestion is obvious even to you if you had thought about it. You can live inside an iron lung. The good thing is dust mites are an indoor problem so when you go outside you can leave the lung alone until you go indoors again.
You may find it more feasible to treat your pillows for dust mites though. When you are sleeping if your bedding is not covered for dust mites your pillow will be loaded with dust mite feces and enzymes, and you will inhale the particles. Lets say you decided to use a mask to cover your nose and mouth when asleep. To that I say good try. But if the pores on your mask are more than 3 microns wide, it will be permeated by the dust mites’ allergic droppings.
You will want to get rid of all visible dust that is in air condition filters. When the air conditioner comes on, dust will likely be blown around the room. Keeping the filters fresh is one way of keeping mite allergens to a minimum.
Vacuum cleaners are something like the air conditioner. Use special filters (hepa filters) when vacuuming. If it is not a hepa filter, use one that will localize the amount of dust that it emits into the atmosphere. Something with a more durable bag will do. Also do not change or empty the dirt bags or containers indoors.
You already know that the mites like humid environments that have a lot of food for them. So what you can do is control the humidity in the rooms where you frequent. When the humidity drops below 50% the dust mite begins to find someplace else to go.
You also want to treat your bedding with coverings designed to produce an environment that is hostile to dust mites.
Ever recognized that whenever we think about sterilizing an environment we always think that bleach will kill what we want dead. Well not this time. Give bleach to dust mites and they will think that they are at the beach. Bleach and other cleaning chemicals will not kill dust mites.
Whenever possible, the item that you want to get the mites out of can be put in the sun. Dust mites do not like direct sunlight, and if the subject to be treated is thin like a piece of clothing or a rug then the sun may be able to get rid of the mites, but if it is something larger that the mite can burrow deeper into, that is what it will do until it is safe to come out onto the surface again.
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