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 Who are You Sleeping with Tonight?...
The average mattress contains 2 million dust mites!
Many people blame pollen or animal dander for their asthma and allergy
problems, when in reality, dust mites are recognized to be the main
cause for asthma, chronic Rhinitis (hay fever) and other allergies.
85% of
people with asthma (that's 4.3 million in the UK ) are sensitive to house dust mites.
Latest statistics
visit:
www.asthma.org.uk
 You cannot see them with the naked eye...but
they are there! They
are so small six of them will fit on
the end of a pin. They thrive in warm humid conditions. Their favourite spot is
your mattress, your pillow, and your bedding...where they feed on dead skin cells and body fluids you excrete
when you sleep. They are DUST MITES,
tiny relatives of ticks and spiders.
Your mattress may contain as many as
2 MILLION
of the tiny scavengers at one time!
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All About Dust Mites
Dust mites are about 1/4-1/3 mm long. Male
dust mites are slightly smaller than females. They are whitish in colour and
thus can only be seen in dust samples when they are moving on a dark
background, or when suspended in the air in a ray of light. They have 8
legs, no eyes, no developed respiratory structures and by volume
are mainly a walking stomach and respiratory system
(Mites and Allergens, MADD 1, 1993).
There are three types of dust mites
commonly found in homes. These include Storage Mites (Tyrophagus
putrescentiae) which are found in food products, grain, and old books,
and the Predatory Mites (Cheyletidae) which are larger and predate on
domestic mites.
The house dust mites found in bedding,
carpets, upholstery, stuffed toys, and clothes are the European house dust mite (D. pteronyssinus), and also the American
house dust mite (Dermatophagoides farinae), their names literally
mean "skin-eating mites."
Mites are found in places in houses which
provide a source of food and shelter with adequate humidity. Traditional
innerspring mattresses are perfect for their needs!
The fibrous and cellular structure of these environments allows mites to
cluster and reduce water loss. Dust mites live around
three to four months each, and females lay 25 to 50 eggs every three weeks.
 Dust
Mites Cause Major Health Problems
Many people blame pollen or animal dander for
their asthma and allergy problems, when in reality,
dust mites are recognized to be the main cause for Asthma, chronic Rhinitis
("Hay Fever") and other allergies. When dust mites grow, they shed
their skin. The shedded skin and feces are small enough to be easily
breathed in by humans, and are what cause the allergic reactions.
Allergic reactions range from itchy noses
and eyes to severe asthma attacks. The droppings of these mites are the most
common trigger of reoccurring allergy and asthma symptoms, especially in
humid regions where dust mites tend to thrive. Each mite produces
approximately 20 fecal pellets each day, which means approximately 2000
during its lifetime. The dust mite can get nourishment from its own
droppings and may eat them up to three times over.
Besides asthma, rhinitis, and other
respiratory ailments, dust mites can be the cause of other serious health
problems such as eczema, rashes, itchy skin or eyes, "glue ear" (a
condition which often causes hearing loss), bronchitis, and chronic
dermatitis.
Facts about Asthma:
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Over 5.5 million people in the UK (17 million in the USA)
suffer from asthma.
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There are 18,000 first or new episodes
of asthma presented each week to GPs in the UK.
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Respiratory disease now
kills more people than coronary heart disease that's one in four people
in the UK.
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On average, 1,500 people
die from asthma each year in the UK. This equates to four people per day,
or one person every six hours.
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There are four times as
many people with asthma in the UK than with diabetes.
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One in eight children
has asthma and this figure has increased six-fold in the last 25 years.
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Up to 85% of people
with asthma are sensitive to house-dust mites. |
Asthma help line at:
www.asthma.org.uk
Facts About Dust Mites:
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unusually free of the constraints that most animals experience, having
available to them almost limitless amounts of food (human skin scale), and
space ( a double mattress is the size of London to them), combined with an
absence of predators.
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The average mattress
contains 2 million dust
mites
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25% of the weight of your pillow
consists of dead
and living dust mites
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Research
shows that 45% of all homes (12 million in the UK) have a very
serious dust mite problem.
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At best, vacuuming removes only 5 - 10%
of dust mite populations. And remember, dust mites can escape from
ordinary filtered vacuums!
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Your body sheds millions of dead skin
flakes and you perspire 75 ml of fluid while sleeping. A perfect diet for
the hungry dust mite!
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Dust mites love the humidity, warmth,
and the safety mattresses bring. |
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