Okay, I have to start this topic because it has me freaked out! I read that dust mites can carry Lyme or coinfections! Is this true and common?
If so, we are doomed, dust mites are everywhere....how do you avoid?
-Rich
Posted by laura j (Member # 14257) on :
If this is true there's nothing we can do. I'm going to try not to think about it.
Posted by Clarissa (Member # 4715) on :
deny, deny, deny
otherwise send me the straight jacket.
Posted by adamm (Member # 11910) on :
What's your source?
Posted by Clarissa (Member # 4715) on :
It's listed on the cover of Dr. S's new Bartonella book.
Wash your pillows once a week, folks!
Posted by richedie (Member # 14689) on :
I dust, vacuum often and change the sheets every few weeks. What more can you do not to go crazy. If it were that easy though, everyone in my house would be suffering.
Posted by tailz (Member # 10014) on :
If that's the case, I'm doomed. I haven't been able to OCD clean in like 4 years - no energy.
Posted by gemofnj (Member # 15551) on :
Hard to believe that one. Then all of humanity has LD. !! Posted by richedie (Member # 14689) on :
I read another article today about this - Bb, Babs and Bart all carried by dust mites. I can't believe this is that frequent though because everyone would be sick! All of my neighbors are fine and they all have dust in their house, LOL. http://www.babesiabook.com/articles/bartonellanewinfo2008.html Posted by heiwalove (Member # 6467) on :
well, i for one am staying firmly in denial about this. no way, no way, no way.
Posted by bettyg (Member # 6147) on :
wash your bedding regularly...weekly
PLUS YOUR PILLOWS
VACUUM GOOD MONTHLY YOUR MATTRESS/SPRING!
Posted by nwisser (Member # 15682) on :
But dust mites don't bite.
Posted by laura j (Member # 14257) on :
They sell covers for your mattress that completely encapsulate your mattress and zip up. They make them for pillows also. They are made of a different material than regular mattress pads so that the dust mites can't get through.
I had to get them for my daughter b/c she is allergic to dust. I have them on my pillows also. My daughter's pediatrician told me about them.
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