It is said that millions of dust mites may reside in our pillows or beds. Does that mean that our faces or skins are also covered with creeping dust mites?
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26 Feb
Posted by admin as Hypoallergenic Bedding
i have a huge allergy to dust mites and i have already bought dust-mite proof covers for my matress and pillows, but i heard your supposed to get them for you comforter also, but where? i really need to know……thanks in advance
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I’ve been suffering with terrible sinus problems for years. Last week I finally got to see a specialist surgeon who, to cut a long story short, told me there was nothing that could be done surgically – but an allergy test proved I was allergic to dust mites.
I’ve seen various products available, and although a [...]
I had a mild bed bug infestation that I thought was over a couple of months ago, but I found one on my comforter this morning. This situation started back in October. Since then…
-The exterminator has made 2 visits in October and November.
-I’ve washed all my bedding, clothes, and everything in my closets. Whatever items [...]
ok i’ve been dating this guy for a couple of months and he slept over last week and all of a sudden i’ve been getting bitten by something @ night. I have mosquito like bite marks on my hands, arms, and thighs and they itch . And yesterday when i came home i saw an [...]
I had been getting terrible itchy welts for a while before I spotted a bug and realized that what I had were bedbugs. I have vacuumed, washed bedding & curtains, sprinkled around diatomaceous earth (a natural substance which kills insects by drying them out) and I just purchased some neem oil. I also bought new [...]
We just moved from our apartment. It was a rundown place with carpets and old wood.
I have been bitten by bed bugs for the last month and a half. I didn’t know because I thought they were mosquito bites. I’ve had about 20 bites all together. When we went to move [...]
I’ve tried different detergent, washing my clothes twice, once with detergent and then go through the cycle and then wash again with no detergent. I have moved to a different place and the itching still exists… i bought a brand new bed, hypoallergenic pillows and such… I’ve done everything i can and it’s so itchy [...]
12 Oct
Posted by admin as Dust Mite Mattress Covers
Thanks everyone for your answers. I decided to buy new pillows rather than wash them, because I don’t want to take the fluff out of them. I value extra firm pillows!
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I keep getting what looks like a cluster of bites on my face. The bites are mostly on my left cheek (the side I sleep on). I have tried EVERYTHING!!! I’ve bought several pillows, new mattress covers (hypo-allergenic), checked for bed bugs (no), checked for spiders and webs (no), checked for fleas (no). I’ve used [...]
I am not 100% sure I have them, but I have only had allergies while living in the appartment I do now. (I was watching the Oprah show where they show how long people keep things and find how unsanitary it is and a bell went off about all my allergies to dust)
How do [...]
I recently started getting it the past year or two. It’s very itchy, and it’s started to spread to my neck a little bit. I’m pretty sure I’m allergic to something. Just the other day I stopped using conditioner and my body soap to see if that has anything to do with it. I also [...]
I just have found out that I have multiple allergies. I am allergic to: dust mite, all kind of dust, feathers, fur of cats, dogs and sheep, demodex mite, fish food (dried), fescue, goose-foot, timothy-grass, couch-grass, wormwood, Indian corn and hogweed.
It affects mostly my eyes. They became puffy, and I can’t open them, and then [...]
09 Aug
Posted by admin as Dust Mite Mattress Covers
everything in my room is covered with dust mites. my futon, my carpet especially, and my bed and pillows, not to mention dvds, and anything on the floor……..i need a cure! what can i use that is safe to breath but will kill these buggers? im so frustrated and its making me sick to [...]
My 6 yr old son had walking pnuemonia when he was 4 yrs for 3 1/2 months. After this, he developed asthma. He has allergies and was on clariton before it was OTC. Now he is on xopenex and pulimcort as needed and Singulair 5mg every night before bed. In the [...]
We are planning to move into a place in a few days that we know the owners before us had bed bugs. They had to burn their mattresses and get rid of a lot of things. I’m wondering if we treat the whole place before moving in if we will have the same problem with [...]
just moved in with my boyfriend not too long ago since i was sleeping here every night anyways, and the night before last night i noticed itchy misquito looking bites on my arm and my legs. thought it was maybe a spider that didnt like me very much one night and would be gone, [...]
19 Jul
Posted by admin as Dust Mite Mattress Covers
I have ruled out pretty much all other possible causes of intense itchiness of the skin and very intense sneezing
I have had the cat for eight years and not noticed a problem before.
About 6 months ago I had very intense itching in bed and got rid of a body spray and was ok
I have covered [...]
18 Jul
Posted by admin as Dust Mite Mattress Covers
I have ruled out pretty much all other possible causes of intense itchiness of the skin and very intense sneezing
I have had the cat for eight years and not noticed a problem before.
About 6 months ago I had very intense itching in bed and got rid of a body spray and was ok
I have covered [...]
I have bed bugs in my apartment, I have done my research and know the difference between bed bugs and dust mites. I have webmd’ the bites on the arm and they are also a match for bed bugs. My plan is to vacuum out all my carpet and closet and dust everything, then to [...]
i need to know if I have bed bugs before I really freak out. I’ve been getting bitten, once last night, once two nights before, a few times a few weeks ago. i assumed they were mosquito bites, but reading up on bed bugs… that’s what they may be. they only itch [...]
we bought our ranch style home 4 years ago. before we moved in we had all the carpet replaced with new carpet. the apartment we lived in before we bought the house had hard wood floors. stupid me thought carpet was better.
now after living in our house for 4 years both of my kids and [...]
I have bed bugs. I get multiple bites on my hands almost every night.
I have enclosed the boxspring with a latex cover, but the bites continue. I’ve sprayed with Home Depot insecticide, which says on the bottle that it kills bedbugs. I’ve sprayed every inch of my bedroom with this [...]
08 Jul
Posted by admin as Dust Mite Mattress Covers
I have ruled out pretty much all other possible causes of intense itchiness of the skin and very intense sneezing
I have had the cat for eight years and not noticed a problem before.
About 6 months ago I had very intense itching in bed and got rid of a body spray and was ok
I have covered [...]
04 Jul
Posted by admin as Dust Mite Mattress Covers
Hi, I have asthma and allergies and my mom told me she recalled hearing about some kind of impervious covers to protect your mattress and pillows from getting dust, dust mites, allergens, and even bed bugs I think (not that I think I’m in danger of that) and I was wondering, does anyone know where [...]