Summer is the active period of mites, and the harm of mites is beyond your imagination, which may cause coarse pores and rough skin, and may cause hair loss, rash, allergic rhinitis, asthma and so on. According to the survey, 70% of Allergic disease patients in China are allergic to mites. It is precisely because it is very similar to the suitable environment for human beings, and it lives on the dandruff keratin shed by humans and animals such as pet cats and dogs, so it has become an invisible "symbiotic creature" in our life. If you don't have any fear of mites, please see the picture below
Mites are very close to youEveryone knows that mites can be seen everywhere, but many people don't take them seriously. After all, they are too small. Today, let me remind you of its "tiny and huge" with numbers.When healthy, there are 0.7 mites per square centimeter of skin. When suffering from skin problems such as eczema, papules and acne, there are 12.8 mites per square centimeter of skin. If you have no idea about such a number, let's take the face as an example. When you are healthy, there will be 250 mites crawling around on your face every day; For acne skin and eczema skin, there may be as many as 4,500 mites bullying your face.
Compared with quilts, mattresses are the home base of dust mites. The relatively warm, humid and structurally stable environment is extremely suitable for dust mites to multiply, and the dander that people drop every day can become an abundant food source for dust mites, so the mattress naturally becomes the most active place for mites. According to statistics, we shed about 28 grams of dandruff every week, which is equivalent to the weight of a packet of potato chips! It can feed 3 million mites on the bed!
Dust mites live for about 100 days from larval stage to death. In this short life, mites will lay 30 eggs and 2000 excrement. Therefore, when you don't change sheets for 3 months, the 3 million mites you feed can lay 9 million eggs and 600,000 pieces of excrement (feces) on your bed.
All parts of mites, their secretions, excretions and shed skin are allergens. These substances float in the air along with making beds, overlapping quilts and sweeping the floor, and enter the respiratory tract, which can cause asthma, chest tightness and other symptoms. It is also easy to cause allergic dermatitis when contacting with skin. Moreover, the toxins released by mites when biting people and the proteins in excrement can easily cause allergies and papular urticaria.
Be wary of hiding mites in your home
Carpet
Families in damp areas should not lay carpets. If you must use it, you should vacuum once a week, and change the vacuum cleaner's pocket frequently. Never clean the carpet with steam, which will leave moisture and promote the growth of dust mites.
quilt
Always dry in the sun. After drying, clean the dust on the quilt surface with a portable vacuum cleaner, or brush the quilt surface with a soft brush to remove floating dust.
Mattress
Packaging mattresses with special anti-mite materials is the most effective way to avoid allergens. In addition, after buying a new mattress, don't tear off the plastic cloth wrapped outside, which can also reduce allergies.
Floor
Clean it with a wet mop once a day or two, then open the window to ventilate and keep the room clean. If the cleaning is not clean, spray low-toxic botanical insecticide regularly.
沙发
If there is a sofa cover, it should be cleaned once every half month; If not, dust should be collected in time, especially in dead corners that are not easy to clean, such as sofa backrest and armrest, where there may be a large number of dust mites.Open windows or exhaust fans frequently; Clean shower room, bathtub and toilet regularly; Place the toiletries in a dry and ventilated place.
Open the bath towel after each use to ensure the dryness of the next use; Generally it must be cleaned once a week; Try not to wipe your private parts with bath towels.
How to get rid of mites?
Removing mites is a technical job! Dust mites are a tenacious species, so far, most people still feel that they should be exposed to the sun, but in fact,It's not good to get rid of them in the sun.
Scientific experiments have proved that it needs to reach above 55℃ to ensure that dust mites die completely due to dehydration at high temperature. But even at noon in summer, 55 is impossible in China. Secondly, dust mites are not afraid of ultraviolet rays. Even if the medical double-tube ultraviolet lamp is used directly for 2 hours, the living condition of dust mites is still very good. Therefore, don't always rely on "sun" to get rid of mites, but choose the right method to eliminate or isolate them.
