Description and photo of bed mites, how to get rid of them

Bed mites are microscopic home dwellers who are difficult to detect with the naked eye. Available in any room, but they pose a threat to human health during massreproduction. Get rid of parasites completely and forever impossible, all efforts are directed at reducing their number.

Pest description

The house mite is a small insect of 0.1-0.2 mm in size. To see such a creature with the naked eye is impossible, especially to consider the structure of the body. When using a special magnifier, you can detect parasites similar to crabs with a large number of limbs. At the ends of each foot there is a sucker, with which the pest clings to the fuzzy surface.

Habitats

At home, mites often settle in bed. The main reason is the availability of food. Bed pests eat particles of flaky skin, then. The optimal conditions for existence are heat, humidity, and the absence of bright sunlight. In a person's bed, all these conditions are respected.

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During rapid reproduction, bed mites can settle in other places in an apartment or a house, hence other names of parasites appear - sofa, mattress, furniture, dust.

Mattress mites settle in furniture, soft toys, interior items, remain on any surface where a large layer of dust accumulates. We can say with confidence that the furniture mite is everywhere, always and everywhere.The ideal place is an unmade bed, an old mattress, feather pillows, unwashed bedding with dandruff, leather and sweat.

Bed or dust pliers

Danger to humans

Photo bites of bed mites on a person massively spread on the pages of the Internet. However, it is worth noting that these parasites do not bite at all. Therefore, the question of how tick mites bites look is incorrectly worded. In most cases, this pest is confused with a bed bug, which leads a slightly different lifestyle, leaving numerous bites on the human body.

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For 1 week after sleeping, about 1 g of particles of the epidermis remain in bed from a person. This is enough to feed the millionth colony of bed mites. Pests do not bite a person, but their presence causes some inconvenience, deterioration of health, health problems.

Dangerous mites themselves are dangerous, but their waste products. Small excrements, getting on the skin, provoke an allergic reaction with local redness, rash. The excreta of dust mites with a breath get into the respiratory tract, which also causes allergies, but in the form of rhinitis, coughing, sneezing, tearing and other unpleasant symptoms.The most dangerous presence of allergens for asthmatics, people prone to allergic reactions, patients with atopic dermatitis, psoriasis.

Allergy to bed mites

Signs of ticks

Particularly puzzled over how to detect bed mites, it is not necessary. They are always available in any house, apartment. The only question is their number. Pay attention to the following points:

• Mattress. Studies have shown that for 7 years of active use a large proportion of the filler - bed mites. If you look at an old mattress under a microscope in 15 years, the picture will look terrifying. Even without looking out for parasites, and knowing the period of operation of the mattress, we can assume the presence of ticks in it.
• Pillows. Most of all pests love to inhabit natural feather pillows. If there are any, it will not take long to look for parasites. In second place is sinteponovye. Small parasites practically never start in modern silicone pillows.
• Things interior. Carpets with pile are a breeding ground for pathogens. The vacuum cleaner does not save the situation, even contributes to the resettlement of parasites throughout the room.The exceptions are modern household appliances with filters instead of the usual bags. Curtains, according to the requirements of hygiene, need to be subjected to heat treatment 1 time per week, which is rarely done. Any decor items, interior become a breeding ground for ticks without proper care for them.

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The presence of dust on furniture, unwashed things, garbage, street dirt on the floor should guard the guard.

Habitats of ticks in the apartment

It is possible to determine the presence of parasites by their state of health, sensations. Symptoms are as follows:

• increased fatigue;
• desire to quickly leave the premises;
• difficulty breathing;
• gratuitous coughing, sneezing;
• tearing, redness of the eyes;
• headache that passes easily when leaving the room;
• chronic weakness, fatigue;
• poor sleep;
• snore;
• after sleep there is no feeling of proper rest;
• allergic manifestations in the form of lesions on the skin;
• weak immunity;
• dry cough, runny nose after sleep;
• frequent asthma attacks.

Sometimes a person cannot clearly explain why he cannot be in his own house, his state of health improves without additional efforts elsewhere.

Allergy as the main symptom

Bites of linen mites are nothing but an organism's response to the parasite excrement. Therefore, as symptoms increase after sleep, the question arises - whether ticks bite at night. Pests do not bite, but close contact with them provokes an allergic reaction of varying severity.

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Some people have a weakness, headache, fatigue after sleeping in an infected bed. Others note rhinitis or the presence of a dry cough without other signs of a cold. Owners of sensitive skin or people prone to allergies, notice rashes on different parts of the body.

External signs of allergy to bed mites: rash, redness, swelling, itching. No different from the symptoms of an allergic reaction of another etymology. However, in the case of bed mites, the treatment does not give proper results, allergies become chronic, as the unfavorable factor - excreta continues to act. The condition improves only after the destruction of the colony of parasites.

How to get rid of bed mites

Methods of dealing with bed (dust) mites

The best remedy for bed mites is cleanliness and order. In order to exterminate dangerous pests, prevent reproduction, it is necessary:

• To carry out wet cleaning every week, general - once a month.
• Use a modern vacuum cleaner.
• Replace feather pillows with silicone.
• Every year to dry-clean the mattress.
• Prevent the accumulation of dust, littering.
• If possible, remove carpets, walkways, curtains.
• Wash, change bedding every week.
• Keep clothes clean.
• Observe personal hygiene.
• Provide regular airing of the room.
• To carry out pillows in the winter to a frost, in the summer under the scorching rays of the sun for 2 hours.

For wet cleaning it is recommended to use a solution from household soap, liquid ammonia. 10 ml of cool water requires 10 ml of ammonia. They fight regularly, excretion of parasites requires constant efforts on the part of man.

Drugs for bed mites

If you have to deal with severe allergies or there are asthmatics in the house, it is recommended to use special caricidal agents. Safe for humans, detrimental effect on small ticks.To remove pests with modern means is quite simple, in the future you need to be able to prevent re-infection at home.

• Acaritox. It is produced in powder form. The active ingredient is alpha-capipermethrin. Before use, prepare the solution by dissolving the concentrate in cool water. Does not lose effectiveness within 14 days. After two weeks, you should repeat the disposal procedure. Sprayed fabric surfaces, furniture. Treat bed is undesirable.
• Milbiol. The spray is safe for human health, destroys the parasites using neem plant oil. A dust mite aerosol is used after pre-cleaning in the house. They spray bed, furniture, carpets from a distance of 50 cm. Repeat the procedure every month. Initially, there is the smell of onions, which evaporate within 2 hours.
• Sipaz-Super. The preparation of the Netherlands production on the basis of insectoacaricide. It is used for disinsection of the room, has a wide spectrum of action. The solution is prepared immediately before use. In 1 l of cold water add 4 g of concentrate. Sprayed everything in the room except the bedding.After disinsection, air for 2 hours. During work, you must use personal protective equipment.

To prevent re-infection, you need to keep your apartment, house clean, hygienic, wash clothes, sheets, and air the room regularly.