Carpet Cleaning - The Health Dangers Lurking In Your Home or Workplace

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The House Dust Mites are miniscule creatures (up to 0.3 mm long) related to ticks and spiders.

The mites are turtle like things with eight legs and are they cannot be seen with the human eye.

They feed on the dead skin flakes in house dust - skin that we shed every time we move or scratch etc.

There is hardly a house in the USA or Europe that does not have them.

The interesting thing is the amount can vary greatly between houses in the same road, some containing huge numbers and others hardly any.

The Mites' survival does not only depend on the amount of dust, but very much on how humid the house is.

They must have high humidity just to keep living.

When they find these optimal circumstances, Dust Mites can to thrive for anywhere up to 3-4 months.

With females laying as many as 25 to 50 eggs, with a new generation born every three weeks!

Incredibly, it is not the Mite itself that we become allergic to.

It is their droppings that are the problem. They need help (an enzyme) to break down the discarded skin before it can be digested.

This is the problem (or rather what happens when the digestion is finished). The chemical along with the waste skin passes into the droppings.

Bear in mind that the mite is so incredibly small and its droppings will be much smaller yet. One mite will produce maybe twenty droppings every day. Any of these droppings holds around 10-12 groups of sub pellets that are about 2-10 micron in size and contain their left over enzymes

Once disturbed, by a gust of wind or someone walking through a room, these droppings become airborne. They are so light that they can stay up in the air for ages.

Unfortunately, this is right where your nostrils are pulling in their air from.As we breathe, we also inhale the mite droppings. Unfortunately, these contain those powerful protein enzymes that digest our skin.

The trouble is that these enzymes cannot differentiate between live or dead skin.

These enzymes start to attack the linings of your nose and bronchial tubes (what you use to breath and stay alive!

Over time this goes on unnoticed until you become "sensitised". By this time the linings have become inflamed and reduced in size. You are about to have an attack

These can be set off by various things such as... pollen, pollution, car fumes, paint, VOCs (volatile organic compounds).

This is when the body reacts to it and starts off an allergic reaction.

How can we prevent this?

First and foremost, they can only survive in relatively high humidity. Make sure your house is well ventilated. Open the windows whenever you can.

Keep you house as clean and dust free as you can. Make sure your vacuum cleaner has clean filters and if appropriate, change the bag when it is less than half full.

If you can, use a water filtration vacuum cleaner. They pass the dust over a container full of water. The dust and dirt gets captured by the water and is not sent back up in the atmosphere like it is with some systems.

Use a professional carpet cleaner. They will remove the mites without leaving your carpets soggy. This is vital as a damp carpet can quickly become heaven for dust mites (remember, they love warm moist conditions).

Ask them to use mite killer and then apply an anti mite protector. This way you'll have twelve month protection.

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