The Secret To Living With Allergies Part 7

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For Allergy Relief, Learn How Dust Mites Cause Allergy Symptoms
If you have indoor allergies, your allergy symptoms are likely caused by dust mite allergens, mold allergens and pet dander. While it may be easy to understand how molds and pets contribute to allergy symptoms, dust and dust mite allergens may be more difficult. Although there are many components in house dust to which people may be allergic, the biggest culprit is the dust mite. Dust mites are microscopic and because they cannot be seen, you may not know how to combat this virtually ‘invisible' allergen source. Many allergic people have dust mite allergies, and to find allergy relief, it is important to learn how dust mites cause allergy symptoms. With this edition of the Allergy Control Products series on The Secret to Living with Allergies, you'll find basic facts about dust mites in order to understand how they are affecting your health.

What are Dust Mites?

Dust mites are eight-legged arachnids and are relatives of spiders and ticks. The dust mite is microscopic and, unlike bed bugs, cannot be seen by the human eye. S `ince ...
... dust mites cannot be seen, it may be startling to learn that over one million dust mites can live in a single bed. Adult dust mites live for two to three months, during which time the female can lay 25 to 50 eggs every three weeks. Each dust mite produces approximately 20 waste particles a day, and more than 100,000 of these waste particles can be present in only a gram of dust.

To see a video of dust mites under microscope, visit the Allergy Learning Center at www.allergycontrol.com. Here, you have a rare opportunity to see these tiny allergy-causing mites up close.

What is Dust Mite Allergen?

Allergies are not caused by the dust mite being inhaled, but instead, allergy symptoms stem from a combination of waste particles from dust mites as well as their dead body fragments. These particles are called dust mite allergens, as they are the parts of the dust mite that actually cause allergy symptoms. To compound the allergy-causing ability of the dust mite, waste particles and dead body fragments remain allergenic even after the mite that produced them has died.

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