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Dust Mites
I started this web page after seeing a segment on the TV show "Extra" (8/23/00), which claimed that the average pillow is 10% dead dust mites and their droppings. Allergy or no allergy, that's got to be making people sick so I decided
on a mattress and pillow cover. I did some research on the Internet and it sounds like the Pristine® Allerweave® brand.
Specific Recommendations:
General Information:
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Dust Mites - American Academy of Family Physicians
- Dust Mites - emedicine.com
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Dust Mites - familydoctor.org
- Treatments for dust mites
 - Medifocus.com
News & Research:
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Dust Mite Allergies - Intelihealth
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Dust Mites: Is Resistance Futile? - WebMD, 4/15/08
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Dust
Mites Outlast Heroic Efforts To Help Asthma Patients - Science Daily,
4/15/08
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Unwanted Bedmates: Your Pillow Could Make You Sick - cbs2chicago.com,
3/26/08 - "your pillow could be making you sick.
Pillows are the perfect place for dust mites and fungi to grow and multiply
... One option is to stick it in a plastic bag and put it in the freezer to
kill the mites and other germs ... you can also wash your pillows in very
hot water to kill the germs and mites or buy special impermeable pillow
cases to keep them out"
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Dust mites, roaches can
weaken your skin - Skin and beauty- msnbc.com - MSNBC, 2/28/08
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Vacuum Cleaning Is Ineffective At Removing Dust Mite Allergen, According To
Study - Science Daily, 5/22/07
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Hotter Is Better For Removing Allergens In Laundry - Science Daily,
5/20/07 - "140 degrees Fahrenheit
(60 ºC) or higher--kills all house dust mites, compared with just 6.5% of
dust mites in laundry washed at 104 degrees Fahrenheit (40 ºC), or warm
water"
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Dust Mites Elude High-End Vacuums - WebMD, 2/17/06
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How To
Get Rid Of Bed Bugs - cbs2chicago.com, 2/7/06
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Pillows: A Hot Bed Of Fungal Spores - Science Daily, 10/14/05
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Your
Pillows Are Full of Fungus - WebMD, 10/14/05 -
"It is thought that human skin scales in
bedding are used as a food source for fungi, and the fungi are eaten by mites.
And the fungi might sit on the mite feces as well"
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Sublingual Immunotherapy Effective in Treating Mite-Induced Allergic
Rhinitis, Asthma - Doctor's Guide, 3/21/05
- Impermeable Bed Cover Use Does Not Lead to Improved Symptoms for Patients with Asthma or Allergic Rhinitis - Doctor's Guide, 7/21/03
- Allergy-Proof Bedding Not Enough - WebMD, 7/16/03
- Dust Mite Allergies in Newborns Prevalent in Homes With Gas Stoves - WebMD, 3/11/03
- Bedroom House-Mite Dust Levels Unrelated To Later Bronchial Hyper-Responsiveness - Doctor's Guide, 2/4/03
- Intervention Lowers Mite Allergen Sensitisation in High-Risk Children - Doctor's Guide, 11/12/02
- Reducing House Dust Mite Allergen Load Ineffective in Atopic Dermatitis - Doctor's Guide, 9/23/02
- Feather Bedding Could Reduce House-Dust Mite Sensitisation in Children - Doctor's Guide, 8/12/02
- Spring Mattresses Rather Than Foam Reduce Exposure to House Dust Mite Allergens - Doctor's Guide, 5/31/02
- Shake Out the Dog, Vacuum the Cat: It's Time for Spring Cleaning - WebMD, 3/15/02
- Simple Steps Can Reduce Dust Mite Allergens in Homes - Doctor's Guide, 8/7/01
- Wash Those Mites Right Out of Your House - WebMD, 8/6/01
- You'll Never Guess What's Sleeping in Your Bed, Dust Mites -- and They're Known to Trigger Asthma, Allergies - WebMD, 5/22/01 -
"some 86% of American homes have detectable levels of dust mite
allergen, but more importantly, around 23% of homes have enough of the irritant to trigger respiratory problems"
- Experts Offer Tips for Controlling Dust Mites and Other Allergens - WebMD, 3/20/01
- Dust Mites, Cats Doubted as Cause of Childhood Asthma - WebMD, 10/20/00
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Dust Mites: Where Are They Lurking? - ExtraTV.com, 8/23/00 -
"The average pillow will get up to 1/10 of its
weight from dust mites and dust mites waste material and its making people
sick."
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Dust Mites and Asthma - Stephen A. Brunton and Richard L Saphir,
Stamford Hospital, Stamford, Conn., and Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New
York, N.Y. - "approximately 10% of the weight of a
two-year-old pillow may be due to the presence of dead mites and their
droppings."
- American Bedrooms Ripe With Asthma-Causing Dust Mites And Allergens - Doctor's Guide, 5/10/00
- Almost Six in 10 Canadian Asthmatics Do Not Have Disease Under Control - Doctor's Guide, 5/10/00 -
"A significant portion of U.S. homes have beds with dust mite and cockroach allergen levels that exceed
levels previously associated with triggering asthma symptoms ... Extrapolating the findings to the entire U.S. housing stock, the researchers estimated that 44 million homes (over 45 percent of occupied housing units) have beds with levels of dust mite previously associated with allergen sensitization, while 22
million homes (23 percent) are estimated to have beds with levels of dust mites believed to be associated with symptomatic asthma"
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Bed Survey Shows Dust Mites in Bedding Can Trigger Allergies in Many Homes
- ABC News, 5/9/00
- New Ventilation/Cleaning System Effective In Reducing Dust Mites - Doctor's Guide, 12/13/99
- Synthetic Pillows May Not Be Best For Allergies - Doctor's Guide, 12/13/99 -
"It seems that it is not so much what is inside the pillow that matters, than it is the fabric that covers the pillow"
- Allergies May Be Culprit In Disabling Inner Ear Disorder - Doctor's Guide, 9/30/99
- New Allergy and Asthma Findings - Doctor's Guide, 8/5/96 -
"exposure to indoor allergens, particularly to dust mites, can play an important role in both primary sensitization and the
later development of asthma ... Sixty percent of the asthmatics had a positive skin test to mite allergen ... the researchers found dust mite allergen concentrations to be the highest in beds ... Our results suggest that in mite-sensitive patients, the level of exposure to mite allergens has a major influence on
severity and clinical activity of asthma"
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