IF YOU HAVE BAD ALLERGIES, YOU CAN MAKE YOUR HOME LIFE EASIER BY KILLING OFF YOUR DUST MITES
I hate having allergies, with a seasonal passion that could fuel the sun itself. In the last couple years, I have days where hay fever impacts every aspect of my mind, body and soul. Lower lung capacity, headaches that make my sinus points sensitive to the touch, angry sinuses that impact my vision, a sore throat and a mood that would give a cocaine addled badger pause. I hate allergies. But lately, I only start hating them once I go outside. Why? Because now when I close my windows, the allergens ruining my life stay outside. That works now because I tackled the allergens inside, mostly by getting rid of the dust mites that had set up shop.
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DUST MITES MICROSCOPIC POO IS CRAZY ALLERGENIC, AND MAKES YOUR ALLERGIES SPIKE
What are dust mites? Well, unfortunately they’re the little critters that you see above. And yes, they are in your home. They’re in everyone’s home. While that’s pretty freaking disturbing, it’s also normal. But if you let them multiply too much, their eensy weensy poo pellets pretty much everywhere will set your allergies off. Why? Because they’re chock full of allergens. And dust mites have a pretty easy life, as they have an easy time finding food: your dead skin. And yes, you leave dead skin everywhere in your home. You leave it in your bed, in your rugs, curtains and also accumulates on any surfaces you don’t dust or clean.
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84% OF AMERICAN HOMES HAVE DUST MITES, AND ALL OF THEM COULD BE GONE, EASILY
But really, even though this reality is freaky, it’s also totally normal. If every home in America tried to detect these common dust mites, 84% of them would come back positive. So how do you kill them when you can’t see them, because they’re so small? Well, it’s actually pretty easy. They can’t drink water. Like, at all. So even if you suck at cleaning regularly, you can get rid of them. The only way dust mites can hydrate is by literally absorbing water from the air. So if you get a dehumidifier and keep your home’s humidity below 40%, the dust mites will die. That’s it! That’s all you have to do to kill them.
But there is a caveat to really help your in-home allergies. Dust mite poo allergens have a half-life of a decade. So even if you kill them all, you do need to do at least one serious deep cleaning the get rid of that. Like, everywhere. Do that for a year to a year and a half and dust mite allergens will drop by 90%
