Comments on: Dust Mites

By: Tasha

Tasha — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 02:11:56 +0000

Also, do you think they (the dust mites) could be the reason I am getting bites… mostly around my ankles? Scary! I don’t know where these bites are coming from… I have no pets, so I doubt they are fleas. HELP!

By: Tasha

Tasha — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 02:09:35 +0000

I just found out I am allergic to dust mites… and cockroaches… lol. Any way to rid your house of dust mites??? LOL!

By: Sally

Sally — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:18:59 +0000

I would love to know what the red bumps on my hand and no where else. I have just got off the night shift of where i work at 4 this morning. I did notice last night/early this morning that i had some bumps on my right and left hand and nothing more. I thought it was nothing.

Now the bumps kinda itchy but i am just more worried about what they are. My night job was taking inventory of all the tobacco products. Some were dusty. I am wondering if i have dust mites and what i can take medication wise to make the red bumps go away since i do have to back to work.

By: kerri

kerri — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:34:48 +0000

I woke up one night with bug bites too. At first I thought it was an allergic reaction. But I doubt that, because the bumps were all in groups. If it was only an allergic reaction, it would be evenly distributed like hives. Also my boyfriend who doesn’t have any allergies at all had some bites all in a row on his leg. I just wet vaccuumed my bedroom carpeting. Which I have never done before. And I added OxiClean to the water tank - which has hydrogen peroxide in it - to kill the dust mites, and disinfect the carpet. I hope this helps. Just have to wait for it to dry before I sleep in the room again.

By: George

George — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 12:47:50 +0000

A lot of wee mites crawling over our computer screen the smaller ones are off white and the bigger ones dark brown. I’ve included a picture below.

They say dust mites are invisible but I can see these clearly. the small ones are about 0.75mm and the larger ones 1.5mm. I can even see their legs and antennae!

Not sure what they are, I’ve cleaned out the keyboard and there was a lot of potential sustenance for bugs down there!

By: Philipe

Philipe — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 05:42:54 +0000

Eh, it seems that more people have problems than answers…Isn’t there one solution to stop the itching? What the heck are all the Dermatologist folks doing in life if they still have yet to find an answer to the problems we are having?

is there any antibiotics that we can take…any lotion we can put on…what is the CURE…not the prevention….?

By: vanessa

vanessa — Fri, 23 May 2008 23:02:41 +0000

yes, I have dust mites on my body and face, arm, that starts off like an scratch and then it turns red and swollen and itch. Do I have dust bites?

By: hollie

hollie — Wed, 21 May 2008 05:33:07 +0000

It helps to put your pillows in the dryer on high to kill the dust mites that may be living in them. Also replace the pillows once a year. Hope this helps.

By: Miteyman

Miteyman — Fri, 02 May 2008 12:25:01 +0000

For those of you who are being bitten, it is not dust mites as they don’t bite people but feed on cast off skin cells.

It may be scabies — check into that.

It may ALSO be bird or rat mites. Permethrins and pyrithrins are useless against these — not many insecticides will do anything against them except stir them up to bite more. That said, there are a BUNCH of effective things you can do. These include Epsom salt/water spray, windex with ammonia-d, rubbing alcohol, Cedarcide, ozone, etc. These each have pros and cons, and some have real warnings on how to use them safely (e.g., DON’T breath ozone).

By: Chrissy

Chrissy — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 01:36:42 +0000

Do Dust mites bite humans