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Mites, Silent but deadly

There are many kinds of Mite. Both human’s mite. For example, Demodex. And animals’ mite. For example, Dermanyssus gallinae from birds or rat. Mite that can be found in household called “House dust mite”. The dung from these mite contained protein that has Allergen, that can cause human’s allergy.

The characteristic of Mites. Mite is the animal in Phylum Arthropoda same as bugs, has 4 legs and oval shape body, but a lot smaller than bugs. Their size is only 0.1-0.3 millimeters can’t be seen with bare eyes. Their body are white like dust.

Where do Mite likes to lives?
Mite lives in the area within 25-30 degree Celsius with around 60-70% humidity. They doesn’t like brightness, so we often see them in the bedroom, deep inside the mattress, pillow, blanket, carpet or even upholstery equipment.

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House dust mites (Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus). Scale : mite length = 0.3 mm Technical settings : – focus stack of 67 images – microscope objective (Nikon achromatic 10x 160/0.25) on bellow

How does mite causing allergy?

Mites can cause allergy from the mite itself or mite’s carcass but mainly from it’s dung. Mite’s dung contained protein that can stimulate human body to increase the substance that causing Hypersensitivity. Leads to allergy symptom such as cough, sneeze, eyes itching when inhaling mite’s dung from bedroom or from the house. Especially for people who tend to have allergy will easier got allergy symptoms.

“Mite don’t bite, but if the skin feels itchy,
there might be because of irritation from allergens or from other reason, such as mosquito or ant bite. “

Mites , The No.1 cause of allergy

“Mites” is the most important cause of allergy in Thailand and in almost every country world-wide.”

statistics of cause of allergy patients

  • Dust mite allergy 60-80%
  • Cockroach allergy more than 40%
  • Animal fur allergy 10%
  • Pollen allergy 10%
  • Mold allergy 2-10%
  • Food allergy 1-5%

Mite, villain in the bedroom

“We spend 1 in 3 of our time in the bedroom.
So that the bedroom should be the place that is save to live, the place that we can rest and sleep worry-free. Every night the we sleep, we never know that there are tiny villain hiding in the bed with us.”

“Bedroom is the place that mites secretly live with us everyday and we unaware of them. The study shows the results below.”

  • “In 1 gram of cushion mattress, found average 63 mites.”
  • “In 1 gram of synthetic fiber sponge mattress, found average 34 mites.”
  • “In 1 gram of coconut fiber mattress, found average 10 mites.”

Bed life time and the quantity of mite.

  • “The bed with 9 years of usage, In 1 gram found average 83 mites.”
  • “The bed with 7-9 years of usage, In 1 gram found average 41 mites.”
  • “The bed with 4-6 years of usage, In 1 gram found average 26 mites.”
  • “The bed with 0-3 years of usage, In 1 gram found average 41 mites.”

Even the brand new bed, still have mites?

The research reported that, the new bed that has been used for 4-6 months. Can still found allergens from mite more than international standards.

“What kind of allergy can mite lead to?”

  • Allergic rhinitis
  • Asthma
  • Allergic conjunctivitis
  • Atopic dermatitis

Important symptoms from allergy

  • Common symptoms from allergy – Common symptom are coughs, sneeze, runny nose, stuffed nose, or rash.
  • Symptoms of rhinitis patients – There will be stuffed nose, runny nose, caused by nasal cavity inflammation, can lead to nasal swelling.
  • Symptoms of asthma patients – Doctor will be able to detect abnormal whizzing sound from patient’s lung.
  • Dermatitis symptoms from allergy – Beside coughing, sneezing, runny nose, there are often itching and blisters appear on the skin.

what should be done when having allergy?

when knowing that there is an allergy or what causing allergens, we can try to avoid those allergens, but dust mites, which are the most difficult to avoid and difficult to eliminate allergens. Therefore, its can cause allergy easily. When there is a mild allergy, we may be able to consult the pharmacist, buy some antihistamines medicine to help relieve initials allergies.

Dust mite sanitizing.

De Hygienique’s Mattress Sanitizing System is designed and patented internationally in Germany with ability to eliminate dust mites.

Step 1 the system will creates and send high-frequency vibrations into the mattress to loosen the dirt and grime inside the mattress.

Step 2 Use industrial-grade vacuum system that have been developed and adapted specially for mattresses, and irradiate UV-C to eliminate dirt, grime and small livings

Step 3 For long-term protection, we apply world-class Potema® spray onto the surface to protect the mattress from small livings and the spreading of dust mites.

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Contact one-stop cleaning and sanitizing service from De Hygienique. Tel: 02-281-7103,02-628-2652. Line Official Account: @dh-thailand  (with @ sign in front). IG: dhthailand, and www.dh-thailand.com. We operate daily from 10.00 am to 07.00 pm.

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