Bed mites extermination. Why are bed mites dangerous? What harm do they do to a person?

12.06.2019

Pictured is a bed bug under a microscope

To understand, it is enough to imagine their closest brothers. But their length fluctuates in the range of 0.1–0.5 mm, so it is impossible to consider insects without magnification.

They live all over the planet, side by side with humans. Inside the dwelling, the optimum temperature for the existence of the tick is maintained - from 18 ° C to 25 ° C. He also likes high humidity: with it, the pest multiplies much faster. The total life cycle of an individual is approximately 65–80 days. At one time, the female lays 60 eggs.

Insect life in the house

The habitat of the insect in the house is not limited bed linen. The tick climbs into the cracks in the furniture body, inhabit the mattress, feather bed and blanket. In a smaller number of individuals can be found around the bed and under it - where accumulations of dust form, as well as on slippers and some clothes. Bed mites can live in the fur or feathers of pets.

Where do they come from bed mites? They enter the house mainly on human clothes or with household items, on pet hair and even with the wind.

Bed mites, contrary to popular belief, never bite a person, because blood is not suitable for their nutrition, and the mouthparts are not suitable for making holes in the skin. Insects feed on dead cells human body: mainly skin scales and dandruff flakes. Microorganisms suitable for bed mites as food settle on them: various fungi and bacteria.

Therefore, a bed on which bedding has not been changed for a long time, or dust (there are a lot of dead and exfoliated skin particles in it) is a very favorable environment for the life of a tick. Research scientists have shown that if 1 person sleeps in a bed, then in a week he leaves 1 g of particles of his skin. They are very appetizing for the insect. Therefore, most of the individuals live directly in the bed, although the tick is able to spread throughout the room.

What harm do they bring to a person?

Since bed mites do not feed on human blood and do not leave bites on his skin, when they are in the house in a minimal amount, they do not cause significant harm. But the danger increases in direct proportion to the increase in the population in the room. The fact is that the feces of the bed mite and the chitinous cover shed during molting contain a strong allergen that can cause acute painful reactions in some people.

One individual defecates about 25 times a day.

First of all, we are talking about manifestations from the side respiratory system. Doctors say that inhaling the feces and chitin of dust mites, which include bed mites, is one of the most common causes of asthma. Skin manifestations are also observed - the formation of bumps and scratching, causing severe itching. This brings a person emotional discomfort. Constant proximity can lead to chronic irritability or insomnia. Therefore, the destruction of bed mites should begin immediately after there are signs of their presence in the rooms.

Signs of bed bugs in the house

Due to the microscopic size of the insect, it will not be possible to notice it or its feces in bed without a magnifying device. Therefore, a person often does not realize that a bed tick has wound up in the bed, although it is already actively multiplying in the mattress or in the seams of linen, and harms the household. He notices that a pest is “wielding” in the house when pronounced signs of infection by it appear.

The "symptoms" of a bed bug that has settled in the house include:

The formation of redness and bumps on the body, similar to.
Persistent coughing or sneezing not related to respiratory or other illnesses or smoking. They are observed for a long time - more than 2 weeks for no apparent reason.
With a long stay in the house, especially in the bedroom, nasal congestion and even lacrimation appear.
After staying in bed, the whole body and head itches.
The appearance of scratching and itching in pets.
Exacerbation of chronic respiratory diseases and ailments of an allergic nature.

Acute symptoms disappear after the person leaves the room for a long time. And without using medicines with antihistamine effect and other antiallergic drugs. This is due to the fact that his body ceases to contact with the excrement of the bed mite.

Ways to fight

When pests are found in the house, the question arises of how to get rid of bed mites. If their population has reached a large scale, then this will not be easy, and simple cleaning and processing of the bed will not be enough. Special acaricidal agents with anti-allergic effect should be used. It can be both purchased drugs and folk tricks. But you need to start by putting the bed and the room in order.

Acaricides are preparations of chemical origin, created specifically for the fight against ticks.

Indoor cleaning

Cleanliness in the house is the key to a successful fight against bed mites. If there is not enough food for them - dead particles of the skin of humans and domestic animals, then the pests will soon die.

Therefore, you need to carry out a general cleaning:

Remove the mattress, blanket from the bed and move it away from the wall to gain access to hard-to-reach corners.
Thoroughly wash the floor, removing all dust.
Wash bedding in hot water and iron with a hot iron.
Treat the mattress, blanket, pillows, soft toys and carpets with pile: bed mites often live in them.

In work, you can use a device for steam processing. Items that cannot be washed can be dry-cleaned.

Insecticide treatment

If there are already a lot of individuals in the house, then a simple cleaning is not enough. Then you should use special means from bed mites:

"Cifox", produced in the form of a concentrate with an insecticidal effect. It is diluted in water in accordance with the instructions. The active ingredient is cypermethrin, which is quite effective for 30 minutes after application. To process 1 m 2, you will need 50 ml of an aqueous emulsion. The agent is applied to the body upholstered furniture, floor, walls, carpets and skirting boards.
"Sipaz-Super" with a similar method of application and the content of the same cypermethrin.
Aerosol Hexal AG Milbiol from house dust mites has a natural composition: it contains neem plant oil. Due to its natural origin, the product is allowed to be used to treat bed linen, pillows, blankets and mattresses. The only negative may be a specific smell, vaguely reminiscent of the aroma of onions or garlic.
Akaritox is a broad spectrum acaricide and insecticide with alphacypermethrin. It is produced in the form of a powder, which must be dissolved in water. They can process the floor and crevices of the bed, but not the bedding.
Easy Air anti-dust mite spray that also eliminates allergens. It is sprayed on the bed and bedding. A 1 liter container is enough to process 50 m 2.
Additive Allergoff, eliminating allergens in the wash with 30% besyl benzoate in the composition.

Using chemicals to treat the body of furniture and the room, it is recommended to ventilate the room later, and even better, leave it for a day. Also, then it is necessary to rinse the floor and baseboards with a solution of bleach or water with other disinfectants.

When using any pesticides, it is important to strictly follow the instructions and use personal protective equipment.

Folk remedy

If the problem has not yet acquired grandiose proportions or there is no desire to use purchased funds with toxic substances in the composition, you can use the "folk" drug for bed mites. It is easy to prepare at home, they are affordable and safe for human health.

It is necessary to prepare the working composition by combining all the ingredients:

50 g of soap (chips of solid or liquid);
100 g ammonia(available at the pharmacy);
1 liter of water.

All components are thoroughly mixed. The resulting solution is used for processing furniture, floors and carpets, and for washing bed linen.

Prevention

It is important to know not only how to detect bed mites and destroy them in the house, but also how to prevent them from appearing in the house. The problem is easier to prevent than to solve. All preventive measures are reduced to regular maintenance of cleanliness to prevent the accumulation of dust:

Wash all clothes and linens in a timely manner.
Good for vacuuming carpets and upholstered furniture.
As dust appears, do wet cleaning. It will be better if you add some salt to the water.
Carry out general cleaning with special tools: process floors, carpets, furniture.
Iron bed linen with a hot steam iron.
Instead of carpets with pile, choose carpets with a weave of fibers.
In the warm season, it is recommended to take out pillows, blankets and mattresses outside under the direct rays of the sun.
The mattress can be protected with a special cover.

When cleaning, move furniture away and wash all corners and cracks. The less dust in the house, the less the pest population will be.

In one bed, 2 million dust mites, or bed mites, can live. They can cause a severe allergic reaction in a person and reduce the quality of sleep. To get rid of pests, it is necessary to clean up and use special acaricidal agents designed to combat ticks.

Practice shows that people usually call "bed mites" either bed bugs or dust mites, which also often inhabit mattresses and pillows (especially down pillows). In the following, we will consider both variants of the problem in detail.

Below pictures show bed bugs and characteristic appearance their bites:

In the photo - a dust mite in a pillow (at high magnification):

Next, we will take a closer look at how to correctly recognize who exactly settled in bed and, most importantly, how to effectively get rid of uninvited guests, regardless of whether it is bed bugs or house mites ...

What are bed mites and where to look for them

Human dwellings are inhabited by several types of dust mites. The most common are the American dust mite Dermatophagoides farinae and the European dust mite Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus, as well as the Mainey mite Euroglyphus maynei. Representatives of these species are difficult to distinguish from each other even under a microscope.

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The word Dermatophagoides means that the mite is a dermatophagus, that is, it feeds on the skin (from the Greek derma - skin, phagos - to devour).

Dust mites are relatively small, making them difficult to detect. The length of an adult individual is about 0.3 mm, and due to the light translucent body, it is rather problematic to see an individual individual with the naked eye on bed linen. Without a microscope, they can be more or less clearly seen only in large accumulations in the dust, where they look like peculiar whitish dots.

The photo below shows an adult Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus:

The following photograph, also taken under a microscope, shows a cluster of dermatophagous mites in a carpet:

Dust mites feed on the dry, crumbling skin of humans and pets. It is known that each adult loses on average about 0.5-1.5 g of skin daily with dandruff and normally exfoliating epidermis. This amount is quite enough to feed many thousands of dust mites within one apartment.

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According to studies, these arthropods also eat molds, which, however, cannot be the basis of their diet. In other words, in an apartment with people, but without mold, ticks will live quite normally, but in a room with moldy walls, but without people, they will not be able to live for a long time. That is, mold for them is just a kind of supplement that cannot replace the main diet.

Being unable to move long distances due to their slowness and small size (and not needing such movements due to the absence of dangers), dust mites settle and accumulate in rooms where a person spends most of the time and where the greatest amount of lost energy accumulates. them skin. In particular, such places are sofas and beds, pillows, mattresses, armchairs, and dermatophagous mites found here with light hand the owners of the apartment are called bed, sofa, mattress, bed, feather beds, etc. It is important to understand that in all these cases we are talking about the same dust mites.

The danger of dust mites to humans

House dust mites could be completely harmless human skin utilizers if they did not cause allergic reactions and respiratory diseases in humans.

The digestive tract of dermatophagous mites contains special enzymes with high biological activity. Some of these enzymes are excreted together with excrement, which are very small (hundredths of a millimeter) and easily get into the air - along with house dust. Over time, the excrement particles dry out and break up into even smaller fragments, which can rise into the air with dust even faster and easier.

Due to their high biological activity, the digestive enzymes of bed mites are strong allergens and cause allergies in many people. They can irritate the surfaces of the mucous membranes of the respiratory tract, acting destructively on epithelial cells (just as they act on skin particles consumed by mites). Both allergies and irritations lead to swelling and inflammation of the mucous membrane of the entire respiratory tract, which can be manifested by the following symptoms and end pathologies:

Itching in the nose, rhinorrhea;
"Dry" nasal congestion without runny nose;
allergic rhinitis;
Allergic conjunctivitis or rhinoconjunctivitis;
Chronic rhinitis.

Over time, in many patients, against the background of tick-borne sensitization, allergic rhinitis turns into asthma. It is believed that more than half of the cases of asthma in the world develop precisely because of allergies or irritation in response to the inhalation of dust with mite antigens. And for many people who do not understand why they have a stuffy nose at night and, it would seem, for no reason, the problems are often associated with the same inconspicuous bedmates.

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Cases of the development of anaphylactic shock in allergy sufferers are described after eating foods that have clusters of dust mites. Also, from the contact of dust containing mite antigens with the skin, especially sensitive people may develop a characteristic allergic rash with the formation of small pimples.

At the same time, it should be noted that if someone bites you regularly in bed, and in the morning there are traces of night bites on your body that itch and itch, these are definitely not ticks. Dust mites do not bite and do not leave bite marks.

Bed bugs and their bites

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With dust mites (as well as with other types of mites), bed bugs have nothing in common. To begin with, all ticks are representatives of the arachnid class (they have 4 pairs of legs), and bedbugs are insects (they have 3 pairs of legs). At the same time, outwardly, these creatures differ significantly - even the smallest bug larva (more correctly, a nymph) is clearly visible to the naked eye, while even an adult dust mite is microscopically small.

This is what a bed bug nymph looks like:

Adult bed bugs have a wide, rounded body, flattened at the top when hungry, and reach a length of 1 cm or more. When saturated, they strongly swell and lengthen the abdomen. Then, as food is digested and stooled, they again become like a button or a small coin.
Small larvae (nymphs) of bed bugs have a translucent body and look like light little bugs. Most of the bugs living indoors are nymphs of different ages and, accordingly, different sizes(from 1 mm and more in length).

It is bites that are the main danger of bed bugs. Most people are quite sensitive to them, itchy blisters often appear at the site of the bites, which the victims often comb, increasing itching, sometimes provoking infection and the appearance of pustules. In children, with a large number of bedbug bites, the temperature may rise, and the affected areas swell greatly.

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The situation is aggravated by the fact that each bug usually bites several times during feeding (with the exception of only the smallest nymphs). At the site of each bite, a blister remains, and after the bites of many bedbugs, the whole body is covered with itchy bumps.

Often, the victim develops an allergy to bedbug bites. Cases of life-threatening reactions have not been described, but severe conditions may well be observed, especially in children.

For the treatment of the bites themselves, ointments with painkillers and anti-inflammatory components are used. If the allergy is extensive and manifests itself with signs of urticaria, it should be treated under the guidance of a doctor using, among other things, effective antihistamines.

Similarly to the situation with dust mites, an allergy can also develop on the waste products of bedbugs - the remains of chitinous covers remaining after molting, excrement, egg shells. Moreover, all these allergens are located near the place where a person sleeps and can easily be inhaled with air. They can also cause atopic chronic rhinitis and asthma.

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The most effective thing you can do to identify uninvited guest in bed is to try to find him and examine him. To do this, it is useful to carefully consider the mattress, pillow, bedding, the bed itself (sofa). Already at this stage, fleas, lice and sometimes bedbugs can be accurately identified.

If the insect does not jump, but simply crawls along the bed, it can be either a louse or a bug. Moreover, small larvae of bedbugs can be quite confused with lice - they have similar sizes.

Here is a photo of a head louse (the linen louse looks the same):

Pubic lice:

All these types of lice are rather slow (which cannot be said about bedbugs). It is important to understand here that a louse that fell from the head, body or underwear could only be taken from the body of the person who is sleeping here. This person needs to be looked at.

And this is what bed bugs look like:

Also hallmark the presence of bedbugs in the house are these spots of blood on the bed linen:

These blood marks are formed when a sleeping person in a dream lightly presses a satiated bug.

Additionally, the identification result can be confirmed by the bite sites. If they concentrate on the head or in the groin, that is, on the hair-covered parts of the body, then most likely lice leave them - they live in the hair and attach their eggs (nits) here. Bedbugs, on the contrary, avoid hairy areas of the body and bite mainly on the stomach, sides, neck, arms and legs.

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The photo below shows what the bite marks of bed bugs look like on the body of the victim:

What to do if there is a suspicion of the presence of dust mites in the bed?

Special test systems will help here: analyzers, in which it is enough to add dust from the bed, from the floor near the bed, from any other place in the apartment, pour water and lower a chemically sensitive piece of paper. In this case, the paper takes on a certain color, which must be compared with the color on a special scale of the analyzer. So, by color, you can understand how many dust mite antigens are in the dust sample. In fact, this shows how many mites live near the place where the dust was collected.

If, according to the test results, it turned out that an increased concentration of tick-borne antigens is found in one place or another, this is enough to start the fight against dust mites, even if it was not possible to find, see and examine them, for example, with a magnifying glass or microscope.

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Dust mites are ubiquitous, and are found today in the vast majority of apartments and houses. Initially, they appear indoors with dust on shoes, things, bags, various items, and if the conditions in the apartment are suitable, then they actively multiply here. In fact, they constantly penetrate into every apartment, and it depends only on whether the room is kept clean, whether the mites multiply in large numbers, or whether they are massively removed with dust during each cleaning.

Destruction of bed bugs in the house

The extermination of bedbugs in the room is serious task, requiring some training and meticulous work. An attempt to carry it out half-heartedly usually leads to the fact that it is not possible to completely remove the bugs, over time, the surviving individuals multiply again and the pest control has to be repeated, sometimes many times (some people live with bugs for years, periodically making not very active attempts to get rid of them).

The fight against bedbugs itself should take place in the following sequence:
You can destroy bedbugs by chemical and thermal methods. The former involve the use of powerful insecticides, the latter - freezing the room or treating places where bedbugs accumulate with steam from a steam generator (less often, with the help of special heat guns, they heat the entire room to 65 degrees).

Practice shows that the use of insecticides gives a more reliable and faster result. However, as an addition, hot steam treatment of mattresses is also quite appropriate.

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Folk remedies - herbs, alcohol, turpentine, vinegar - in practice do not allow to effectively destroy either bed bugs or dust mites. For several days, with the help of such means, it is possible to reduce the activity of arthropods, but it will not work to completely remove them from the apartment.

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If you initially have a feeling that it will be problematic to deal with bedbugs on your own, then it makes sense to call a pest control service. The services of such services, although they cost more than you have to spend on the drug, but provide a high probability of complete elimination of insects.

Tick Control Rules

Dust mites are generally easier to deal with than bed bugs. These creatures are less mobile and more sensitive to the sanitary condition of the premises. In most cases, relatively simple but systematic measures are sufficient to eliminate them.

In particular, it is necessary:

Carry out a thorough wet cleaning throughout the apartment;

Change bed linen;

Dry-clean pillows and blankets and (or) wash them at a temperature of 60-70 ° C for at least 30 minutes (at this temperature, mite eggs die, among others);

Mattresses "fry" in the sun or treat with hot steam;

Remove dust from all cracks, from under furniture, carpets and rugs.

There are also special vacuum cleaners for getting rid of dust mites:

However, it is quite effective to remove dust from those places where ticks have settled, it is possible with an ordinary vacuum cleaner in combination with a damp cloth.

Also, ticks die from the same insecticidal agents that poison bedbugs and cockroaches. The use of such drugs will give a well-defined quick effect, however, with due care and only mechanical and thermal methods may be sufficient.

If, in the future, the premises are maintained in good sanitary condition, “bed” mites will not multiply here, and will no longer pose a danger.

Effective Prevention Measures

Reliable prevention from the appearance and reproduction of dust mites in bed is to maintain cleanliness in the apartment as a whole (first of all, dust control is important).

Carry out a thorough wet cleaning at least once a week. As part of the cleaning, dust should be removed, including from under the furniture;

Change and wash bedding at least once a week;

Once every 2-3 months, you need to wash those mattresses that are not completely covered with bed linen and on the surface of which dust can get;

Use bed linen from fabrics with the following characteristics: the size of the pores is not more than 10 microns, the ability to retain allergens is 99%, the ability to pass dust is not more than 4%.

The only reliable prevention against infestation of a room with bed bugs is its high-quality isolation from neighboring apartments and a strict check of all large items brought in here - especially furniture, as well as bags, suitcases and clothes after vacationing at resorts and business trips with hotel accommodation. Various folk remedies like wormwood or tansy, they do not represent a serious obstacle to the movement of bedbugs. Although insects are afraid of their smell, in case of acute hunger they will bypass them in search of prey.

if you have personal experience dealing with bed bugs or dust mites - be sure to leave a review at the bottom of this page (in the comment box). By what signs did you manage to find the source of the problem, what actions were taken and whether they gave a result - those who are in the same situation will be interested in any details.

An interesting video demonstrating many dust mites in a pillow

With ticks in bed: why you should get rid of a feather pillow

The linen mite is in most cases the common name for dust mites, small synanthropic arthropods that live in most apartments and houses around the world. They do not bite people like ixodid ticks or bedbugs, but feed only on exfoliating particles of human and domestic animal skin, that is, they do not directly harm people.

However, dust mites cause severe allergic reactions and chronic respiratory diseases, including bronchial asthma. They are called underwear by mistake due to the fact that very often they multiply en masse in bed and under bedding, where dandruff accumulates from the head and grains of skin from the body. For the same reason, they are sometimes called bed mites, which is also not entirely correct.

Less commonly, the following insects are called linen mites:

Linen louse, which settles in the seams and folds of underwear and causes serious inconvenience with constant bites, accompanied by severe itching;
Bed bugs, sometimes referred to as bed bugs due to the fact that they are often found on bed linen.

All these unwanted neighbors of a person are quite different from each other. For example, the photo below shows house dust mites in a carpet at high magnification:

And this is what bed bugs look like (adults and larvae):

In addition to obvious differences in the shape and color of the body, these creatures differ significantly from each other in size: they all belong to different "weight categories" (dust mites are only 0.2-0.3 mm in size, and bugs are larger by about 10-15 once). In addition, all these arthropods lead a different lifestyle, are associated with humans to a different extent, and therefore not only harm differently, but are also removed from the premises in different ways.

Dust mites in pillows and bedding

These are microscopically small synanthropic arthropods of the arachnid class, the main habitat of which is human housing. They got their name because they are found in the greatest quantities in dust accumulations, where their main food is located - skin flakes that exfoliate people from the feet, hands, head and other parts of the body.

The amount of dry skin that one person loses during the day is enough to feed several thousand mites, and therefore, under suitable home conditions, these pests multiply very quickly in an apartment.

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Dry crumbling human skin is the main, but not the only food for dust mites. As an additive to the diet, they can eat molds, albeit not of all types that can grow in an apartment. However, in the absence of people or pets, ticks cannot live indoors, even if a large number of mold.

Dust mites are very small (of the "linen mites" considered, these are the smallest representatives). An adult individual reaches a length of 0.2-0.3 mm, and having a translucent body, it is hardly noticeable even against a dark background. However, if you look closely, ticks can be seen in large clusters even with the naked eye: they look like tiny whitish dots.

The photo below shows dust mites in a carpet:

It is quite difficult to see dust mites on white bed linen - it is better to inspect dust accumulations under the bed.

Dust mite eggs, nymphs of different ages, cuticle residues after molting, as well as excrement are even smaller in size, and it will not work to examine them in detail with the naked eye, without a magnifying glass and a microscope.

These pests can live indoors in almost any place in which new remnants of human skin accumulate and regularly appear. These can be corners of rooms, spaces under tables, gaps between mattresses and the bed frame, folds and joints of soft parts of sofas, pillows and blankets, the fabric of which has large enough pores so that both skin scales and the mites themselves fall into them. It can also be gaps between parquet boards, behind skirting boards and under furniture, pile of carpets and carpet paths.

The less often the room is cleaned and the more dust accumulates here, the more likely the appearance and mass reproduction of dust mites here.

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Studies by acarologists show that signs of the presence of dust mites are found in all apartments and houses without exception. These creatures are easily brought into the house on shoes, with things, with dust, sometimes even with the wind from the windows. Whether they breed here or not will depend only on how favorable the conditions in the room are (humidity, amount of food, temperature, frequency of regular cleaning).

Dust mites do not bite a person and do not suck his blood. The main harm that they cause is the release of a certain amount of specific digestive enzymes with their excrement. These enzymes are biochemically very active, they ensure the normal digestion of food that is generally difficult to digest - the dry remains of human skin. And due to the high chemical activity, these enzymes can cause very pronounced ones if they enter the human respiratory tract with dust.

Since the excrement of ticks themselves is very small and has a diameter of only hundredths of a millimeter (and after drying it also crumbles into smaller pieces), they very easily rise into the air, after which they are inhaled by a person (especially if these “linen mites” left them on the pillow or sheets).

To a lesser extent, allergies are caused by the remnants of the covers of the bodies of ticks, decomposing in different places of the apartment after the death of these creatures.

Studies show that up to half of the cases of chronic rhinitis worldwide are associated with allergies to excrement and the remnants of dust mite integuments. If a person constantly and for no apparent reason stuffs up his nose, regularly has a runny nose at night, then with a high probability dust mites can be the cause. In many cases, such chronic rhinitis develops in people into bronchial asthma. According to the results of the same studies, it is the excrement of dust mites in homes that is the most common cause of bronchial asthma in the world.

It is clear that the most dangerous is the accumulation of ticks on bedding (especially in pillows). Here it is easiest for a person to inhale either the remnants of excrement, or the ticks themselves, but here they are the least noticeable, and if they settle under linen, on a mattress or in the folds of a sofa, they are quite well protected from destruction - sofas and mattresses are rarely washed and cleaned, and such unwanted neighbors literally thrive here.

A logical question arises: how do you know if there are dust mites in the apartment? And how to detect them at home, for example, directly on the bed, if they are very small and merge in color with the mattress or sheet itself?

For this, there are special test systems that work on a principle similar to the principle of operation of pregnancy tests. Water is poured into a special container and dust collected in one place or another in the room is poured. Then an indicator paper is lowered into the container, which, in the presence of tick antigens, takes on a certain color. By comparing this color with the color on the scale, you can find out if there are mite antigens in the dust sample, that is, whether these pests live in the place where the dust was taken from.

You can also look at dust samples under a microscope, but such a search will be more laborious.

linen louse

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It is also believed that quartzing helps against dust mites. By itself, ultraviolet radiation is not particularly terrible for them (considering that they hide, including in places well protected from light), but the ozone formed when air is irradiated ultraviolet rays from a quartz lamp, is dangerous for dust mites in the same way as for any other animals. However, there is no unequivocal data on the possibility of rapid extermination of dust mites with quartz treatment.

These methods allow you to quickly and effectively destroy house dust mites, but in general they can be considered redundant. If you poison pests once and forget about regular cleaning again, then in a few months dust mites will still appear and multiply in the house. If cleaning is carried out regularly, then the population of ticks will decrease to non-dangerous values even without such drastic measures.

Effective measures to combat linen lice

Given the specifics of the lifestyle of linen lice, you need to deal with them a little differently than with dust mites. First of all, wash with maximum temperature all clothes, especially underwear, and not only what is worn by a person, but also what is stored in closets. Before washing, things can be treated with special aerosols, for example, A-Par.

, Nittifor);

, allowing combing out lice and nits without treating hair with chemicals;

Ointments that allow you to be treated for pubic pediculosis (mainly based).

If all these procedures are carried out carefully, then lice and nits will not remain on the linen and on the body.

Bed bugs

For more information about the destruction of bedbugs in an apartment, see a separate article on this topic:.

Quite often, bed bugs appear in a person's home. Their peculiarity lies in the fact that they feed on human blood. For humans, the bite itself is dangerous, since the tick, while piercing human skin, releases a special substance that can lead to various consequences. This is especially true in the case when the human body is predisposed to allergies.

Naturally, many people think that these are mosquitoes, for example, and do not attach much importance to this, although tick bites differ in their specifics from the bites of other insects. Characteristic differences include:

As a rule, there are a lot of bite marks, and bite marks are particularly painful and itchy. In places of bites, swelling may appear, with a pronounced red tint.
Bedbug bites are much smaller and brighter in color, in addition, the tick can be seen drinking blood. But the bug manages to escape before it is destroyed.
The bites itch somewhere like after a wasp or bee sting, but somewhat weaker.

The bite of a bed tick has another distinguishing feature: in the center of the red spot, a tubercle from coagulated blood is visible. In addition, bites are carried out during the period when a person is fast asleep, and this is from 3 to 5 in the morning.

Ticks are capable of carrying many viral and other diseases, but human infection does not occur during a bite. In any case, scientists have not been able to prove the opposite. Most likely, nature has made sure that bed mites have a constant source of food. If a person becomes infected and dies, then ticks will be left without such a source.

Bed bug bites are not completely harmless. For instance:

Effective Sting Treatments

The body of many people responds adequately to the bites of bed mites, and they heal themselves in a few days. There are people when they need to provide emergency assistance, as their body reacts in a very specific way. In cases of manifestation of non-typical reactions, it is necessary:

Wash bites thoroughly with soap or soda solution and then rinsed with clean running water. To prepare the solution, you need to take a glass of water and add a tablespoon of soda or liquid soap to it.
Bites should be disinfected with any alcohol-containing agent, such as vodka or moonshine, cologne or perfume.
Severe itching indicates a manifestation allergic reaction. To reduce these symptoms, you can use both pharmacy and folk remedies.

There are a number of effective and proven recipes. For instance:

Places of bites should be wiped with pure vinegar. Rinse off is not required.
You can apply a piece of ice or some product from the freezer to the bite site.
If a used bag of black or green tea is applied to the bite site, this will save the victim from discomfort.
Gadgets are also made based on medicinal herbs. John's wort is considered the most effective tool. To prepare the solution, you need to take a tablespoon of St. John's wort and pour a glass of boiling water. After the infusion has cooled, a cotton pad is moistened in the infusion and applied to the wound for half an hour. Suitable herbs such as chamomile or calendula. The tool is prepared in the same way as on the basis of St. John's wort.
Treatment with a composition based on aloe and plantain. After mixing the ingredients, the wound is treated several times a day. The juices of these plants help to reduce swelling of the bite site, reduce itching and have an antibacterial effect.
The juice of onion and garlic, combined together, act on the bite in a similar way. The smell of onion and garlic, in addition to relieving discomfort, helps to scare away these bloodsuckers.
You should drink at least 5 activated charcoal tablets in order to remove toxins from the body as quickly as possible.

As a rule, folk remedies help a person cope with the negative consequences on early stages. If these funds do not cope with the task, then you should use pharmacy tools. Alternatively, you can use essential oils, which have the same effect as herbal infusions.

Lemon.
Orange.
Lavender.
Geranium.
Tea tree.
Needles.
Juniper.
Cypress.
Sagebrush.
Mint.

There are both special remedies designed for the bites of various insects, and not special ones, but which cope with this task. The thing is that each organism reacts differently to the bites of bed mites.

As a rule, such pharmaceutical products are used:

Special ointments "Fenistil" and "Rescuer". These funds have a wide spectrum of action and help to save the victim from negative consequences.
Vietnamese asterisk, which is characterized by the manifestation of an antibacterial effect.
"Afloderm" helps to cope with severe itching.
Propolis tincture effectively works against any bites.
Ointment "Afloderm" is used with "Tavegil", which allows you to remove the symptoms of allergic reactions.
Chatterbox "Tsindol" easily cope with the task.
"Akriderm" perfectly removes signs of inflammatory processes.

Prevention measures

What a bed mite looks like can only be understood from pictures or when looking at a pest through magnifying devices. Bed mites are almost impossible to spot with the naked eye. However, there are other factors that indicate the presence of this kind of problem. For example, there is always a lot of dust in the apartment, despite regular cleaning. But mostly dust can accumulate in dirty things, bird feathers or even pet hair. We must not forget about bedding: pillows, duvets, duvets, towels, etc.

Insect species

Bed mites are a nightmare for the owner of any apartment or private house. They can start anywhere: in a pillow or bed, in a sofa.

The danger of bed mites

As soon as bumps appear on the body, they are immediately actively combed, and the situation only gets worse. Ordinary redness turns into scabies, etc. That is, the presence of bed mites in the house leads to people infectious diseases transmitted to others. Therefore, if you have such suspicions, you need not only to disinfect the apartment, but also seek help from a dermatologist.

Remember: if more than 1 thousand mites are present in 1 g of dust, this is no longer good. Disinfection of the premises in this case is simply mandatory.

It remains only to find out more precisely how to get rid of bed mites. In any case, you need to act immediately, because not only your health, but also the well-being of your loved ones depends on it.

Fighting methods

TO radical methods it is worth resorting to if, after conducting a sanitary analysis, it turned out that the number of bed mites exceeded all possible norms. Another signal for action is a sharp deterioration in the well-being of your household. There are several ways to get rid of ticks. One of the most effective is the use of anti-allergic caricidal drugs. What is their advantage? The thing is that they instantly kill ticks, but they are not dangerous to humans. What professional means are most effective in the fight against bed mites:

Akaritox. This powder must be diluted with water and then used. Interestingly, the action of the drug can last up to 14 days;
Milball. This is a spray that is used to treat the bed and other fabric items;
Sipaz Super. Among modern drugs is considered one of the most effective;
Tsifox. Another mixture that must be diluted with water before use. In this case, you will need to re-process.

But it is not necessary to buy insecticidal preparations. Although they are considered harmless to humans, they are, first of all, chemicals. Therefore, those who want to protect themselves from various chemicals should apply folk way. Fill a quarter of a glass with liquid soap. Then stir it in a liter of water. During the mixing process, you will need to pour in half a glass of ammonia. How to use the prepared solution? Everything is quite simple: during the washing process, you need to add it to detergent. In this way, you will be able to remove any signs of the presence of bed mites from the bedding.

It is noteworthy that it is quite difficult to completely remove ticks from the apartment. Set realistic goals for yourself: disinfect the room, wash bedding thoroughly, and the insect population will not reach critical numbers. In which apartment do ticks not start? Today this problem is quite common. Therefore, learn how to deal with it competently. With a small number of bed mites in your home, you have nothing to fear.