Today’s allergies are more common, with up to 10-20% of them. Allergic symptoms interfere with daily life, sleep, and affect the mood and performance.
What are The Symptoms of Allergy?
Distinctive symptoms of allergy occur when exposed by the allergens or during in the morning which includes itching or sneezing; feeling itchy around the eyes or nose and also face nasal congestion. Sometimes patients may make a scratch around their noses. However, the congestion happens to both sides of the nose along moreover, 5-10 times of sneezing may happen together with runny nose.
Diagnosis for Allergy Symptoms
Having the mentioned symptoms , a doctor will examine the nasal cavity, physical body condition including, skin allergy test and blood tests that used to detect the allergens, the most common allergen found is the dust mites.
What is Dust Mite? Why We Need to Pay Attention to It?
Dust Mites; The Most common Allergens
Are Home Dust Mites and General Dust Mite The Same?
The dust mite is one of species considered as living thing. It has 8 legs with 0.1-1 mm size. Dandruff and skin debris are its food. The dust mite would grow well in temperatures of 25 ° C and prefers living in moist air.
What Parts of The Dust Mite Cause The Allergy ?
We can be allergic to every part of the dust mites , but the most triggered one is its waste.
Where We Can Find The Dust Mite?
We can mostly find them in pillows, mattress, bed, fabric doll etc.
How to Prevent and Avoid The Dust Mites ?
• Home Area
- Sofa should not be made of fabric, in addition avoid the fabric curtain as well, however, you should replace it with sunblind curtain.
• Bedroom
- All of sleeping tools should be washed by hot water over 55 ° C. If a laundry machine has no this function, you can soak them in a basin with hot water around 15-30 minutes before handing them for drying.
- Using dryer machine with temperatures above 55 ° C more than 10 minutes.
- Dry Cleaning cannot Destroy Dust Mites Completely .
- Taking mattress for sun exposing may partially help reduce moisture as it is unable to destroy all of the dust mites in it.
- All Beddings should be Covered With Fabric that Prevent You from The Dust Mites
What is ANTI-MITE FABRIC? And What are Its Function?
Good Anti-Mite Fabric must be made of knit fabric. The size of its hole is very small the dust mite then cannot be spread. The bedding should be washed ever 2 weeks but for this anti dust mite fabric you may only do it once a month. Washing the fabric often may loose its textile fibers. We recommend you to cover all the beddings with it as well.
o Does Vacuuming of Carpet or Mattress Help?
Vacuum cleaning can reduces dust mites some allergens partially we recommend you to do it with other methods as well.
Vacuum cleaning can reduces dust mites some allergens partially we recommend you to do it with other methods as well.
o Does Air Cleaner Help?
The air cleaner is definitely can reduce the allergens spread for example, allergen from fur or grass.
The air cleaner is definitely can reduce the allergens spread for example, allergen from fur or grass.
o Does Disinfectant Help?
There are several types of chemicals that can kill mites, but there is no research confirms effectiveness and safety using them.
There are several types of chemicals that can kill mites, but there is no research confirms effectiveness and safety using them.
o The major trigger is fabric doll which should be kept in plastic bag.
o Avoid jumping on the couch or mattress including pillow fighting.
DR.SIRAPASSORN SORNPHIPHATPHONG
Pediatrician
Allergy Center
Phyathai 3 Hospital
