Relax Up Here

For healthy individuals, dust mites are not a problem for allergy sufferers, however, often the trigger sleepless nights. Coughing, sneezing and shortness of breath rob them of sleep and run, if the house dust mite allergy is not treated in time, lead to chronic respiratory diseases.

An estimated 6-12% of the population suffering from house dust allergy. Strictly speaking, the allergic reactions are directed not against the "dust", but against the faeces of the mites that live in this (thus: house dust mite allergy). The mites are among the arachnids and are at a size of 0.1 to 0.5 mm with the naked eye is not visible. Yet they come (regardless of the health conditions!) In large numbers - in one gram of dust can be found up to 4,000 of these animals.

Arachnids are available in every household

Dust mites feed mainly on human and animal skin flakes and hair. This will find them sufficiently, for example, in our beds, upholstered furniture, rugs, stuffed animals, hair, and even eyelashes and eyebrows. They feel especially comfortable in temperatures around 25 ° C, with a relative humidity of around 70 percent. No wonder then that our bed is her favorite places. Finally, is there mite abundance of food, our body heat makes it pretty cozy there, and our sweat, from the night we lose about 500 ml, pleasantly moist. Man loses about 1.5 grams per day dander - daily ration for 1.5 million mites. Up to 10 million of the creatures populating our mattress - whether it is made of natural or synthetic fibers.

In the cold season, many allergy sufferers have to fight very hard: the dry heated air is distributed in the interior of the dust very well, and with it the allergy-causing substances, such as the Hausstaubmilbenkot. This is then thoroughly inhaled.