Dust mite: how to get rid of in simple ways in an apartment?

No matter how hard you try to keep the house clean and tidy, but dust is still an essential companion to a person's life. She herself and various microorganisms, her inhabitants, including a tick of domestic dust.

What is a tick?

This is a microscopic organism with a maximum size of half a millimeter, which can not be seen with the naked eye. Accordingly, it can not be crushed like a cockroach, not kicked out the window like a bee. Therefore, it is important to know how to deal with dust mites in other ways.

The tick feeds on dead skin particles and woolen nap from furniture, blankets, clothes, loves damp and not too cool places. Therefore, human habitation is the most favorable place for his life. The largest accumulations of mites will be where dust can accumulate, such as carpets and carpeting, mattresses, pillows, blankets, secluded corners behind furniture and in it, rarely get hands on cleaning.

Than dangerous?

There are many microorganisms in the human body and in the environment. Some of them are useful, others are completely harmless, and still others can lead to various diseases and poison life in every possible way. Specifically, the dust mite is a potent allergen. Unlike forest mites, whose bite is dangerous to encephalitis, it is not worth to be afraid of bites of dust mites - they are too small for this. Danger is represented by the products of their vital activity, which can deliver a bunch of problems to a person, causing:

• allergy( all of its types - contact, respiratory, food);
• asthma;
• irritation of the skin and mucous membranes of the body;
• of mucosal inflammation;
• conjunctivitis.

The average number of ticks per gram of dust is one hundred. And in this quantity, they are relatively harmless to the human body. If there are more than 500 per gram, this can already cause seizures in asthmatics. When ticks are more than 1000 per gram of dust - this often leads to allergies and a chronic cold. Particularly prone to problems with the state of health due to dust mites are the elderly, children and those whose immunity is already weakened for some reason.

advice The last group of people prone to allergies, in principle or a specific dust allergy, at home should keep appropriate medications that will help alleviate the condition, and consult a physician on a regular basis.

Methods of fighting

It is unlikely to get rid of dust mites completely. Firstly, because of their small size, and secondly, because of the high rate of reproduction - several dozen eggs in 2-3 months of life. But in the power of man to reduce the population of ticks to a minimum.

1. Like many other organisms, home dust mites can not tolerate too high or low temperatures. They will be killed by washing in hot water( from 60 degrees), airing clothes on a hot summer day in direct sunlight or hanging out on frost and snow cleaning. Of course, mattresses, pillows and blankets on natural fluff do not really wash, but even airing will help reduce the number of ticks. If it does not damage the fabric, the product can be ironed with a hot iron or processed with a steamer.
2. In order not only to remove dust, but also to decontaminate the room, it is recommended to periodically wash floors and skirting boards with brine( about a bucket of salt is required on the bucket, which can also be replaced with soda or used together).
3. Upholstered furniture with fabric upholstery is recommended to be replaced with a coating of leather or leatherette.
4. No matter how pleasant the blankets and pillows are on natural fluff and feathers, but they accumulate a huge number of ticks, so their replacement with synthetic ones is desirable. First, in them the tick feels slightly less comfortable, and secondly, they can be washed without damage to the product itself.
5. Children's toys should be regularly shaken and washed, it does not matter whether children use them or they just stand beautifully on the shelf.
6. Unused dishes in the sideboards should be periodically washed with hot water or boiled water, if its material does not suffer from this.
7. Vacuum cleaner is better to buy with aquafiltration or at least washable filter.
8. All books on shelves and cabinets must be cleaned from dust as often as possible.
9. How to get rid of dust mites to the maximum? It is recommended to use devices that allow decontaminating the room( for example, ultraviolet lamps) and air conditioners, the filter of which can catch and absorb small particles.

Prevention of the appearance of the tick

Manufacturers of household chemicals for the control of ticks offer various means for processing furniture in the apartment and preparations that must be added when washing things. With regular use, the amount of money needed for one treatment is reduced.

If the bed linen is changed regularly, clothes are often erased, then the scenery from the fabric, for example tapestries, heavy and multi-layer designs from the curtains hang in the rooms longer. Yes, there may not be any special dirt on them, but dust, and therefore dust mites, accumulate there in huge quantities, so curtains should be washed more often, and even completely abandoned in favor of plastic blinds.

From the heat of the vacuum cleaner motor, the mites begin to multiply at shock rates, so the more often the filter is released from accumulated dust, the better. The rooms are important to regularly ventilate. It is useful sometimes not to make the bed at least for a while after lifting or all day at all.

What to do with allergies?

Symptoms that may occur with allergies:

• frequent sneezing;
• watery eyes;
• runny nose;
• shortness of breath;
• shortness of breath.

These symptoms are universal enough, and besides allergies can indicate a number of colds. But if it is obvious that this is not an ARVI and not a flu, they most likely speak about an allergic reaction. Do not think that all these manifestations will only bring a person a slight discomfort. In severe and neglected cases, even death from suffocation is possible.

In many cases, it is possible to get rid of attacks of dust allergy without regular intake of expensive medicines, it will be enough to maintain cleanliness in the apartment. But if regular and thorough cleaning did not help, then do not take self-medication, you need to see a doctor.

The further a person lives from highways, railways and all possible enterprises that emit some waste of their production into the environment, the less there will be dust in the room and the less, respectively, of mites and insects. Therefore, one of the ways to improve your well-being can be to move to a more favorable place.