Easy Steps to Keep Dust Mites at Bay
Dr. Patrick Dean from the Mayo Foundation for Medi cal Education and Research offers from simple steps to keep dust mites away. Those steps include controlling the environment, focusing on the bedroom, and cleaning with a difference.
Posted: November 12, 2007 | Click here for the full story | 14 commentsComments
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My son has a severe dust mite skin reaction. At least we PRESUME it's from dust mites. However, he is not 'attacked' in bed, but while sitting at his computer. We have removed the carpet vacuumed and washed the floor numerous times. He continues to be affected ONLY in his bedroom in the area of the computer. There MUST be dust mites in the rest of the house, so I'm wondering why the problem only occurs in the vicinity of the computer. I'm wondering if the culprit is some other sort of mite which is not present in the rest of the house, but how do I find out?
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I read to spray the mattress with a solution of 1 part water to 5 parts vinegar to kill the dust mites. Of course, vacuum the mattress before and possbibly after to remove the loose particles.
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PLEASE HELP!
For the last month, I have been suffering from an allergic reaction rash. I found out that I have "carpet beetles" throughout my home, and ironically, the exterminator said luckily, I do not have any bed bugs...but.....QUESTION:
Besides bed bugs, can other smaller bugs live in your mattress to cause severe allergic reaction? I am ready to buy a brand new mattress. Will this help? Anyone? please respond. Thanks.
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Buy a Rainbow system. It will clean your air, freshen your air, and replace ANY vacuum cleaner you may have. Rid your home of dust mites forever!
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my son insists on bringing his mattress from school & I'm sure it's not very clean. Is there a chance I can sanitize it b4 he brings it in the house? Make sure there's no mites? I live in PA-we have a Wallmart, Home Depot-Lowes .... what do I buy?
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No matter how clean the home, all mattresses are prone to the same problem. When we sleep, we produce up to half a liter of sweat every night & shed about a gram of skin each day and although we wear night clothes, which we wash regularly, together with our bed linen, this is no protection against what happens to the mattress.
Very quickly the mattress will become host to a multitude of horrors, from bacteria to fungal spores and microscopic house dust mites which feed off dead flakes of skin. Is it any wonder that without cleaning a mattress, it could be the dirtiest item in your home? It is estimated that there are up to 2 million house dust mites living in a mattress
and in an average pillow, 10% of its weight is made up of dead skin and dust mites.
House dust mites find a mattress the perfect breeding ground. With warmth and moisture and no natural enemies, they will establish in a mattress within several months and it is their droppings which cause most problems. These have been medically proven
to trigger a whole host of allergic reactions, from Asthma, Eczema and Bronchitis, to Itchy Eyes and Sneezing.
Even protective bedding sheets have no effect in reducing problems like asthma, when they are the only measure taken.
(source: New England Journal of Medicine). Go to TheBedMed.com for more heath benefits
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I forgot to mention that this system is promoted by the american lung association
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There is a better idea. I use a system that instead of using a porous hepa filter I use a system that uses water instead so no dust mites escape instead they drown and then you dump it down the toilet. Also used for mattress cleaning and you can tell if there are any dust mites left by changing the water and trying again. No need for chemicals or spending money on bags. E-mail me at Hans_Espinoza@msn.com to comment at my solution.
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IS FOAM MATTRESS PADDING & TEMPURPEDIC
BEDDING PLACES WHERE DUST MITES LIVE?
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I live in Hackensack, New Jersey. Could you please tell me where I can find this un V light and spray to help get rid of dust mites. I would also like to clean all of my mattresses and furniture. Do you know of a company in my area I can call to do this job?
Thanks,
Elena Hillier
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How to Banish Dust Mites...the Secret Enemy You Sleep with Every Night
Dust mites love your mattress because it's the perfect environment for them. It's warm, tends to be moist, and what's more, it's replete with their favorite diet - human skin flakes. The Mayo Clinic estimates that you may be sharing you cozy bed with anywhere from 1 to 10 million of the critters. And though they're microscopic (500 could fit on the head of a pin), they may be causing you big problems.
The reason why these tiny creatures are so virulent is that they are a source of allergens. These allergens come from many sources including the dried body parts of the mites themselves and their fecal matter. The typical dust mite excretes 200 times its own weight in fecal matter.
One reason this is such a problem is that mites lack a stomach. So digestion occurs outside their bodies. The mites secrete enzymes and deposit the fungus Aspergillus Repens on dust particles. Then the fungus predigests the food for the mites. The dust mite's partially digested food, and fecal matter make up the most major sources of allergens.
The allergens then enter your body at night. As you shift in your sleep, the tiny allergen particles waft into the air and hence into your breathing passage, lungs and ultimately your bloodstream.
Perhaps you think you can clean your mattress or change your sheets and they're gone? Unfortunately this is not the case. Dust mites are tenacious creatures and they're very happy just where they are in your mattress or borrowed into any number of items in your home. Standard vacuuming doesn't work. Traditional household or commercial vacuum cleaners don't have the power to suck out the dust mites and their debris from deep in your mattress. Bleaches and strong soaps won't kill them either. So what will work? Fortunately, there are a few things that the mites hate.
Extreme temperatures, either high or low, are generally fatal to them. However they reproduce quickly and will soon return. They have life spans of about 30 days and the female lays up to 300 eggs during that period.
Then there's sunlight. Mites hate sunlight because it's a natural form of ultra-violet light, which is harmful to dust mites and their eggs. That's why they like to burrow deep into your mattress where they're safe.
Ultimately, to successfully rid your life of pesky dust mites, you have to apply a rigorous eradication system, and so you really need professional help.
Europeans are much more proactive on the dust mite front (and incidentally have far few allergy clinics that we do here in the US). As a result, they began developing effective mattress cleaning and sanitizing procedures using specialized equipment over 25-years ago. Now, a vastly improved system and procedure is available in the United States.
The most effective system for cleaning and sanitizing mattresses, as well as for use on any porous, allergen collecting surface is from the company The Bed Med of Sioux Falls, which offers a multi-pronged attack against dust mites, bacteria, mold and fungal spores, common virus and a long list of other contaminants that are found in most homes, as well as multi-bed facilities. First, we will go over your mattress with a device comprising a high powered suction device working in conjunction with an electronically regulated germicidal UV-C light. This is ultraviolet light of the C band, a type of highly compressed light which penetrates the surface and functions as a completely green, chemical-free and dry, all natural purification system.
After completing the cleaning and sanitizing process, an all natural, chemical and perfume free citrus spray is misted throughout the area in order to cleanse the air above and surrounding the treated surfaces.
The result is that any mattress, chair, sofa, carpet or drapery is purged of both the dust mites and their debris in a safe and effective manner. It's fast, too. The whole process takes only around 22-minutes minutes for a king-sized mattress. It's recommended you have this procedure done twice a year to keep down the allergens in your home. It makes sense to get rid of your unwanted sleeping partners and create a healthier home for you and your family.
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well depending where you leave ,there are spray that you can use to kill the dust mites in Europe they call it anti acariens... but you have to make sure you vacuum the area before and after you have sprayed. because dead or alive they are a problem.
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Is there a spray I can spray a mattress with to kill dust mites?
