Dust mites' droppings in your home air

Dust mites are one of the usual culprits behind many breathing problems. Based on a number of research studies, they are considered the most common cause of allergy in the United States.

Each mite excretes up to 20 droppings every day. The droppings are one of the main causes of allergies. These allergens float easily into the indoor air and get into your lungs.

They live even in the cleanest homes. You cannot see them, but they are there. Dust mites' favorite places are mattresses, bedding, fabric furniture, and carpeting. They also manage on the dead skin that all of us shed every day.

Even if you would kill all the dust mites in your home, within a month or so their population would be back, coming from other places in which people spend time, such as other people's homes or cars.

It is important not to underestimate the danger of dust mite allergy. Trigger the allergy long enough and you risk developing the so-called immune-mediated lung inflammation, better known as asthma.

Ideally, you would expect your vacuum cleaner to solve the problem. Many household vacuum cleaners will capture dust mites, but they won't kill them. A vacuum cleaner bag full of dirt and dust is the environment the mites thrive in. Especially if we use the same vacuum cleaner bag for a while.

Next time you do vacuuming, with many of normal vacuum cleaners, the microscopic allergen particles will be blown out of the cleaner through the bag pores into the indoor air. Quite an efficient factory of allergens.

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