I believe I have dust mites… got scabies

Can take 4-6 weeks to have symptoms

If your dermatologist denies it, demand that he check, also get a 2nd opinion

my brother went 6 months with scabies because the first 2 doctors didn’t recognize it

also if you’ve had scabies before its way easier to get it again, so if you get a reoccurring rash, the doesn’t go away in a day or 2, seriously look in to scabies possibilities

you described my situation to the T.

there is no logical explanation

however for me, I believe I’ve gotten scabies because i have developed a rash in a scabies place.

I believe that it’s dust mites, and the reason others don’t feel them is because we are more sensitive than they are.

You might be the same and not have recognized it, but I’ve always been way more in touch with my body then others, not cause religion or something abstract, an example is I can tell when my body is lacking things like iron and potassium from the cravings I get.

May sound crazy but a lot of things do before they are proven.

Every person who comes in here and says mites don’t bite obviously have never felt it, but let me ask you this… why has not one single person posted either something that solved it completely or what they figured out it is 100%.

better recognize

It almost drives you insane because a lot of times other people don’t feel it.

I think that I have dust mites. I’m positive I can see them… not bed bugs. What I see when I look at the air above the carpet by sort of defocusing my eyes. I see tiny little trajectories. Nothing visible. It just looks like a tiny little tracer with a trajectory.

I’m 99% sure I have scabies as well. I have a derm appt tomorrow. Scabies is mites in your pores and often shows up as a rash in these locations… armpits, under breasts, between webbings of fingers and toes, writs and for me… abdomen.

Thought it was an allergic reaction to my belt at first but I’ve had this belt for 3 years. I hope it’s just scabies but I can feel them jumping on my legs. I moved out of a place I was getting bitten with an old mattress. I don’t feel like I’m getting bitten anymore but I can feel them hitting my legs.

The crazy thing is, is that it goes from around 2-5 am. It’s not bed bugs even though that’s a bed bug thing.

I just find it ridiculous that all these people who are obviously being affected by mites, are still being passed off as delusional. At some point someone important will look at these hundred and thousands of posts on the web and realize, if 50,000 people are all crazy about the same thing, maybe they are not crazy.

Definitely try and rule things out. For bed bugs, contact paper over night near the legs of the bed. Mites… I just don’t know at this point just like everyone else but I’m going to try some of the things listed on this forum.

Lastly… if someone here who thinks they have mites, figures out what to do… don’t just walk away. Spread the word. So many people are suffering.

…and please don’t let other people’s disbelief drive you to do something extreme. All this people are proof that you are not crazy. I know it’s hard to eliminate bias after something like this, but I think a lot of us wouldn’t believe it either, especially if it was contrary to all scientific evidence.

Stay strong people, and don’t give up. Reading all these people who are in a similar desparate position has given me hope.

I bought an allergen mattress cover that works for dust mites, bed bugs, everything… Since I have put it on my bed, I’ve not had ONE SINGLE BITE. I feel this further confirms my belief that my bites were coming from dust mites and NOT bed bugs. Bed Bugs can hide in lots of places besides your mattress. Even while I was putting on the allergen cover, I did not find a single bed bug, feces, or ANY other tell-tale signs of bed bugs. Had they been living in my mattress, surely I’d have seen signs of them on the box spring. Nothing. And, if they were living elsewhere, I’d still be getting bites. Nothing. Not a single bite since I put the allergen mattress cover on.

Just sayin’…

My thought? I think she starved the little buggers the 6 week she was out, and they came back with vengeance. I believe it could be possible that they had eaten up all the dead skin in her mattress, and that they were crawling out of the mattress to pull skin off her directly. This might feel like a bite, but they are leaving no marks.

Good luck to all of you out there!

In my situation, I am waking up in the morning with dozens of mosquito-like bites which itch like all Hades. My husband (and sometimes my young children) sleep in the same bed and get NO BITES. To me, this rules out bed bugs because we’d ALL be getting bit if it were bed bugs. Same thing can be said about scabies which is HIGHLY contagious. What’s more, my bug bite problem seems to only occur or exacerbated in the summer time. I live in the southern US – prime hot & humid season which would make ideal breeding conditions for dust mites.

Finally, for those people who are saying dust mites don’t bite because they feed on dead skin… Well, I hate to disappoint you but our skin is loaded with dead skin cells which slough off regularly. It doesn’t take a leap of imagination to figure out that a dust mite can feed off dead skin cells that haven’t naturally fallen off the body yet. Why do you think the beauty industry sells loofahs, creams, and lotions that are meant to remove dead skin cells?

I am getting bit in places that are under clothing, even tight clothing, and I KNOW aren’t exposed to the occasional, possible mosquito that may be in my house. Places like my behind, insides of my thighs, my stomach, etc… It seems to me that there is a lot of misinformation and opinions based upon myth and not fact. The point is that there are many of us who are suffering from SOMETHING. In my case, bed bugs, scabies, mosquitoes, etc… just don’t fit the facts. Maybe that doesn’t necessarily make the culprit dust mites but they seem to be the most likely contender based upon what I know.

Would be nice if some professionals stopped by on this subject