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Hair, dander from people and animals, fibers, fungus spores, bacteria, housedust-mites, combining together, produce housedust. Each household has its own mixture of housedust. This is also the case with the presence of housedust-mites. The infestation of mites in a household has nothing to do with a lack of cleanliness!

Mites transmit no illnesses. They are 0.3 mm long, harmless, spider-like animals that require a humid, warm environment to survive. They derive nourishment from human and animal dander.

They thrive when there is both high humidity and molds simultaneously. Molds especially thrive on natural fibers, but they can also survive on artificial fibers. If their environment is no longer hospitable, they burrow deeper into mattresses, upholstery, fur, and carpet. They then reproduce more slowly.

An allergy to dust-mites can be proved by skin and blood tests. The real villain, the allergen of the mite, is in the excrement, which is swirled into the air and inhaled. Given a corresponding susceptibility, allergic reactions will develop in the nose, the lungs, and by direct contact with the skin and show up as chronic colds, asthma or neurodermitis.