How to remove dust mite from home?

Posted System 08/08/2017 0 Comment(s) How to choose appliances,

Dust mite is ubiquitous and can be attached to different objects. It may harm people’s health. But what exactly is dust mite and how can it harm our health? Dust mite and its influence is briefly introduced as below.

 

What is dust mite?

Dust mite is a tiny creature with 8 feet and likes to live in a warm and humid environment. Since Hong Kong is located in the subtropical zone, the indoor temperature and humidity are beneficial to the growth of dust mites. Most of the dust mites live for about 2 months, and female mites can lay more than 200 eggs during their lives. When the living conditions are suitable, it is not surprised for millions of dust mites living on our beds and carpets. But this animal is too small, we can't see it in the naked eye even there are more mites. However, you may feel sick to sleep with millions of dust mites every night. Furthermore, dust mite bodies and excreta is a major cause of human sensitization and it is necessary to eliminate them to protect the safety of the family.

 

Health problem caused by dust mite

Dust mite is one of the major allergens at home, and studies also show that over 80% allergens are caused from dust mites. Dust mites may trigger a variety of allergic reactions, such as allergic rhinitis, hay fever, bronchial asthma and allergic dermatitis, those are common allergic diseases. When exposed to allergens, white blood cells release histamine, play a role in the trachea, dilate blood vessels and cause runny nose, sneezing, and even nasal congestion. The most severe among these allergic reactions are eczema and asthma, which may cause death from dyspnea and shock.

 

Although there are no seasonal differences for dust mites, for some seasons, such as in spring that it is humid and warm again, dust mites are prone to breeding a lot, resulting in higher susceptibility to serious diseases more often. Many people suffer from eczema during the wet days, which can cause itching and dryness of the skin and they may tried different medical treatments. In fact, the reason may not come from their own genes, but the furnishing environment full of dust mite allergens causes constant diseases. The seasonal rhinitis, asthma, allergic rhinitis and other health problems that have long plagued the body and are difficult to cure, are it could be caused by the existence of dust mites. The dust mite allergy reaction not only influences on our daily life, making us cant rest and sleep well, and also reduces our immunologic competence. As a result, the terrible virus is easy to attack our weak body, resulting in greater health problems.

 

How to eliminate dust mites

How can we handle such hidden killer? In fact, there are many ways to deal with dust mites. First, we should find the place with the larget amount of dust mites and then deal with it, so to remove all dust mites from home easily. At the same time, we also take other methods to create a living environment which is difficult for dust mites to survive, so we can effectively isolate allergens and kill dust mites. We need to remove their bodies and excreta to completely remove the dust mites. Here are some of the ways to eliminate dust mites:

 

  • Dust mites are mainly distributed in carpets, mattresses and furniture sets. Such woolen products are most likely to become a hotbed of dust mites. The use of non-woolen products, such as synthetic fiber, silk products, can effectively reduce the accumulation of dust mites. Regular cleaning and exposure of those products could effectively kill dust mites
  • To reduce the number of plush dolls. The plush doll is just like a time bomb. It is filled with a lot of dust mites. If you are not willing to give it up, the most convenient method is to freeze it for half a day; and then absorb carcasses and faeces of dust mites with the vacuum cleaner to reduce allergens
  • To keep the windows ventilated and keep the room dry and cool so as to effectively inhibit the growth of dust mites in low humidity environment
  • To regularly employ professional staff to clean the air conditioner, where there are too many dust mites that you cannot imagine.
  • To regularly place the anti-flea medicine if there is a cat or dog at home to prevent the pet becoming a mobile home for dust mites
  • To use a vacuum cleaner specially designed for cleaning mattresses, quilts and pillows. Most of them have a mite removal function that can help you remove dust mites easily.
  • To use an air cleaner with a HEPA screen to effectively filter dust mites in the air

 

These are some effective methods to deal with dust mites. Of course, it is impossible to kill all dust mites in the environment. Therefore, we need to keep clean and sanitary environment at home persistently. Dust mites are not easy to stay at clean and comfortable environment. It could realize better effect to choose a dust mite removal vacuum cleaner and you may ask our professional consultant, who can introduce some of the effective dust mite removal vacuum cleaners.

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