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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Asthma / March 2004Asthma Relief by Removing Dust Mites
Whilst searching for a solution to dust mite realted allergies to help with asthma relief, I came across a solution I found intriguing. Scientists have often said the best form of cure is prevention, and this is the theory behind a dual action spray called Total Hygiene DM1. It effectively removes dust mites, mould and bacteria by up to 99% and is applied to all soft furnishings in the house lasting up to 6 months. It seems logical that if the trigger is gone - so do the symptoms - and it really does work! I know people who have had asthma, eczema, sinusitis, allergic rhinitis and snoring symtoms be greatly reduced due to this product. It is user-friendly to adults, children and even pets that can also suffer with dust mite allergies!! The mail order service is fast and reliable and the cost of the product, which is extremely easy to use, I found to be much less than other treatments, so definitely worth a try. I think they also have a range of bedding that is pre-treated with the same spray. I'm sure this would be as effective too. The website - http://www.healthguardtm.com has some interesting testimonials which you may relate to and product is ordered from the same site. Hope you find it helps! If you are allergic to dust mite body parts, and you kill a bunch of dust mites but don't clean the bodies, the trigger isn't gone. And if it kills 99.9%, and dust mites breed at such a rate that 2 become 1 billion in 6 months..... unless you are claiming that the arachacide is effective for 6 months after spraying; imagine if people are paranoid about pesticides and food how they will feel about a long-acting pesticide over every surface of the home. > Whilst searching for a solution to dust mite realted allergies to help > with asthma relief, I came across a solution I found intriguing. [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > Hope you find it helps! > If you are allergic to dust mite body parts, and you > kill a bunch of dust mites but don't clean the bodies, the [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > pesticides and food how they will feel about a long-acting > pesticide over every surface of the home. It seems like the "dust mite allergy industry" spend much more on commercials than on product development and physical/biological research :-) I have proposed the following product idea: http://home.chello.no/~rkorsnes/nozzle but the response in the vacuum cleaner industry is very poor. I have not claimed this to be "the solution", but it is at least something simple complementary to methods which may kill dust mites and/or partly prevent them to grow. It could be produced for maybe less than one dollar each (in China or robotized plants). Anybody with ideas about how to put this product on the market ? (Maybe something via the "public domain" - like the computer OS Linux ?). Could this be of interest for schools within product design ? Or is there any allergy organization which could have interest to put this in production/distribution ? This product seems *not* be for the vacuum cleaner industry - at least not initially. Believe it of not.... reinert >> Whilst searching for a solution to dust mite realted allergies to help >> with asthma relief, I came across a solution I found intriguing. [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] >> >> Hope you find it helps! > The website ...is a mite worthless. One cannot access the customer information. One cannot access "clinical evidence" without a password. >Hope you find it helps! Hope you find another method to market your bug spray! A point to consider: Does the product contain permethrin? (some similar products do). If so, anyone thinking of using this product should research the various health risks and health scares that have been associated with permethrin use, which have associated it with an increased cancer risk. I quote below some science-based advice from the UK national asthma campaign, website at http://www.asthma.org.uk/about/factsheet23.php. The UK NAC is a non-profit charity that endorses no commercial products, which has a number of leading UK medical researchers on it's editorial panel. "Chemicals that kill house dust mites (acaricides, liquid nitrogen and steam cleaning) Various chemical sprays and powders are available which kill dust mites or modify their allergen. It is worth noting that dust mites return very quickly even if their population is virtually wiped out. Even if all the dust mites are killed, their droppings (which is where the active allergen is) may continue to be present. Chemicals will need to be reapplied on a regular basis if they are to have any effect and this may prove expensive and impractical. Steam cleaning and liquid nitrogen treatment can reduce mite numbers significantly but there is little proof that they reduce symptoms and both measures are expensive and disruptive. Given that many people with asthma and allergies have, often unexpected, reactions to chemicals of various types the National Asthma Campaign advises caution when trying acaricides. We do not suggest that you apply them to any surfaces that you are likely to be in close contact with (bedding or clothing, for example). On balance, acaricides are not a practical or proven weapon against the dust mite and the National Asthma Campaign feels that further research is needed before they can be recommended. A rigorous cleaning measure, such as steam cleaning, may be worth trying if you have moved into a new property which has evidence of high allergen levels (for example, if the previous occupants had a pet)." -- gumbo |
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