Where do they live?
They live in
mattresses, pillows,
bolsters, quilts,
carpets, fabric
upholstery and
clothing (especially
woolen)
FACTS:
• We shed 10, 000
million scales of bacteria
laden skin each day, most
end up in our mattresses.
• Dust mites produce
200 times its body weight in
excrement during their
normal life span.
• Dust mites feast for
up to 170 days on our shed
skin.
• Dust mites spread
rapidly. A female dust mite
lays 300 eggs.
• They can live without
food for up to a year.
They live in
mattresses, pillows,
bolsters, quilts,
carpets, fabric
upholstery and
clothing (especially
woolen)
FACTS:
• We shed 10, 000
million scales of bacteria
laden skin each day, most
end up in our mattresses.
• Dust mites produce
200 times its body weight in
excrement during their
normal life span.
• Dust mites feast for
up to 170 days on our shed
skin.
• Dust mites spread
rapidly. A female dust mite
lays 300 eggs.
• They can live without
food for up to a year.
Mites can double in numbers in less than 10 hours, and
produce between 10 and 20 pieces of feces per day. That is
100,000 dead bodies, and 30 million pieces of feces added to
your home each and every day!
No home is immune.
Microscopic mite feces and corpses are small enough to be
airborne and get into your lungs. 80% of the 11 million
Americans who suffer from allergies are allergic to airborne
mite refuse. How bad is it? Well, one tenth of the weight of a 2
year old pillow is dust mite feces. Your home is a dust mite
nursery, and you could be swimming in their unhealthy mire.
They blow in from the outside, thrive on dead skin cells and
moisture from our breathing and perspiration They love
bedrooms
* A gram of house dust (approximately half of a teaspoon)
contains as many as 1,000 dust mites. That same gram of dust
holds 250,000 of their fecal pellets.
* House dust mites are arachnids, not insects they are related
to spiders. They are microscopic, eight legged creatures, 0.3
mm in length, and invisible to the human eye.
* House dust mites are found in virtually all homes, no matter
how clean. They live in the dust that accumulates in carpets,
fabrics, furniture and bedding.
* A Primary source of dust mite exposure in the home is in the
bedroom, which provides the best conditions of warmth,
humidity, and food for their growth. They are present in
mattresses, pillows, blankets, carpets, upholstered furniture,
curtains, and similar fabrics. The average bedroom can be
infested by millions of microscopic dust mites. We spend
around one third of our lives in the bedroom so we are in close
and prolonged contact with dust mites.
* The house dust mite survive by eating our dead skin cells,
which make up to 80% of house dust. They also live off water
vapor, which we provide for them through perspiring and
breathing approximately one pint per person per night.
* A dust mite will produce 20 fecal pellets per day that is 200
times its own body weight in feces during its short lifetime. With
millions of dust mites living in one bed this means there are
vast amounts of droppings there. These levels mean that
virtually all dust mite sensitive people will experience problems
as a direct result of the dust mites and their droppings in their
mattress, pillow and duvet.
* Research shows that during one nights sleep most people
toss and turn up to 60 or 70 times meaning the dust mite
droppings are frequently expelled into the air from bedding.
Researchers have also discovered that the allergens can then
stay in the air for up to 2 hours. Once airborne, dried dust mite
droppings are easily inhaled into our airways thus causing
allergic reactions in asthmatics. These allergens can cause
wheezing, coughs, itchy eyes, sniffles and, in more serious
cases, asthma, eczema, and allergic rhinitis.
* The development of the house dust mite from an egg to an
adult takes just three to four weeks. Adults live for about six
weeks, during which time the females produce forty to eighty
eggs.
* It is not the dust mite themselves that causes the problems.
The allergen which causes asthma attacks, allergies and
eczema is actually a protein found in their droppings and their
carcasses.
produce between 10 and 20 pieces of feces per day. That is
100,000 dead bodies, and 30 million pieces of feces added to
your home each and every day!
No home is immune.
Microscopic mite feces and corpses are small enough to be
airborne and get into your lungs. 80% of the 11 million
Americans who suffer from allergies are allergic to airborne
mite refuse. How bad is it? Well, one tenth of the weight of a 2
year old pillow is dust mite feces. Your home is a dust mite
nursery, and you could be swimming in their unhealthy mire.
They blow in from the outside, thrive on dead skin cells and
moisture from our breathing and perspiration They love
bedrooms
* A gram of house dust (approximately half of a teaspoon)
contains as many as 1,000 dust mites. That same gram of dust
holds 250,000 of their fecal pellets.
* House dust mites are arachnids, not insects they are related
to spiders. They are microscopic, eight legged creatures, 0.3
mm in length, and invisible to the human eye.
* House dust mites are found in virtually all homes, no matter
how clean. They live in the dust that accumulates in carpets,
fabrics, furniture and bedding.
* A Primary source of dust mite exposure in the home is in the
bedroom, which provides the best conditions of warmth,
humidity, and food for their growth. They are present in
mattresses, pillows, blankets, carpets, upholstered furniture,
curtains, and similar fabrics. The average bedroom can be
infested by millions of microscopic dust mites. We spend
around one third of our lives in the bedroom so we are in close
and prolonged contact with dust mites.
* The house dust mite survive by eating our dead skin cells,
which make up to 80% of house dust. They also live off water
vapor, which we provide for them through perspiring and
breathing approximately one pint per person per night.
* A dust mite will produce 20 fecal pellets per day that is 200
times its own body weight in feces during its short lifetime. With
millions of dust mites living in one bed this means there are
vast amounts of droppings there. These levels mean that
virtually all dust mite sensitive people will experience problems
as a direct result of the dust mites and their droppings in their
mattress, pillow and duvet.
* Research shows that during one nights sleep most people
toss and turn up to 60 or 70 times meaning the dust mite
droppings are frequently expelled into the air from bedding.
Researchers have also discovered that the allergens can then
stay in the air for up to 2 hours. Once airborne, dried dust mite
droppings are easily inhaled into our airways thus causing
allergic reactions in asthmatics. These allergens can cause
wheezing, coughs, itchy eyes, sniffles and, in more serious
cases, asthma, eczema, and allergic rhinitis.
* The development of the house dust mite from an egg to an
adult takes just three to four weeks. Adults live for about six
weeks, during which time the females produce forty to eighty
eggs.
* It is not the dust mite themselves that causes the problems.
The allergen which causes asthma attacks, allergies and
eczema is actually a protein found in their droppings and their
carcasses.
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