Explore dust mites, household dust and allergens in Australian homes. Learn where allergens accumulate, how they can affect indoor environments, and practical ways to reduce exposure through cleaning, bedding care, ventilation and everyday healthy home habits.
Microscopic house dust mites are a major problem for allergy sufferers causing runny, stuffy noses; red, itchy, watery eyes and sneezing. In many homes, dust mites trigger severe wheezing, coughing attacks, shortness of breath and bring on asthma. Dust mites are invisible to the naked eye, so how does such a microscopic creature cause so […]
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If you are one of millions of people worldwide that suffer from allergies, asthma or other respiratory conditions, you may want to consider checking out the accommodation facilities at the Hilton O’Hare, Chicago USA. In 2005, it was one of the first hotels of it’s kind in the US to take it’s indoor air quality
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Eczema, also referred to as dermatitis, is a common skin condition that can cause substantial discomfort and disability to affected sufferers. An inflammation of the skin, eczema is an itchy, reddening, swelling, weeping, scaly skin condition, from mild to quite severe presentation. National Eczema Association (n.d.) Mainly affects babies and children, but can persist into adult
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House dust mites have long been considered a trigger factor for asthma sufferers. Yet for many years, it has not been acknowledged that people with eczema could also be affected by dustmite until recent research showed eczema flare ups may be triggered by them. Here are some quick tips to killing dust mites and how
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For allergy sufferers, skin prick tests may be as unappealing as allergy symptoms – uncomfortable, irritating and even painful. A home allergy test, however, is an inexpensive and more pleasant way of determining what it is in your environment that may trigger these unpleasant reactions. You may consider a home allergy test kit if you
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The Dust Mite A creepy little specimen that causes continual woe for asthma and allergy sufferers. Here are some fast facts to get to know your worst enemy better: 50 of them can live on the head of a pin and up to 2 million can live in your mattress. They thrive in warm, dark,
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Dust Mites May Be Sharing Your Bed Talking about bedtime, have you thought about who is sharing your bed tonight? I hope it’s not our least favourite bed mate, the dust mite. Most of us know a little about them, maybe you’ve heard that they can cause allergies and asthma. Well, I’d like to tell
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An average queen-sized mattress hosts around 2 million dust mites, feeding on your flaked skin cells, excreting 20 to 30 faecal pellets, 15 microns in size, twice their body weight, every day. A 6 year old pillow can hold up to a tenth of it’s weight in dustmite bodies and faecal matter. Just consider, each
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In your home, the major reservoir of dust mite allergens is your mattress. See what a house dust mite looks like with our dust mites pictures. The depth and complex construction of the mattress means that no amount of vacuuming or dust mite killer sprays or powders will render it free from house dust mite
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How do you become allergic to dust mites? An allergy is an over reaction of your immune system to a normally harmless substance called an allergen. If you are allergic to dustmite, you are sensitive to a very common inhaled allergen trigger – house dustmite and its faeces. On your first exposure, the inhaled allergen
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