All About Dust Mites
Dust mites often infest homes without the knowledge of homeowners. As a result, they trigger allergies and asthma for most people without them knowing the cause. Although they are not destructive, it is important to get rid of them in your home to lessen the allergic reaction they cause.
Sun Dry Carpet Cleaning & Pest Control offers a professional pest control service that can help get rid of dust mites.
Things to Know About Dust Mites
Dust mites are small creatures that can live in your home, undetected due to their size, for a very long period of time. The presence of dust mites rarely has to do with cleanliness, but they require survival through humidity and a food source in order to thrive. Here are facts you should know about dust mites.
What Are Dust Mites?
Dust mites are scavengers that live on beddings, mattress carpets, curtains, and upholstered furniture. They can’t be seen with the eyes alone due to their small size, measuring about one-quarter to one-third of a millimetre. When viewed under a microscope, they are white bugs with eight legs and resemble spiders.
Dust mites thrive at a room temperature of 20-25 degrees Celsius and a humidity level of 70-80%. They feed mostly on tiny flakes of human skin that are shed daily. This makes them work their way into beddings, furniture, carpets, and more. Millions of dust mites can be found on a small patch of carpet or a mattress in your home. For example, an average mattress can have over two million dust mites.
Dust mites have a life cycle of over 60-80 days. They drop the skin they shed as they grow, spreading leftover enzymes used in digestion, which gives some people allergic reactions when they come in contact with them. Dust mites are mostly found where homeowners spend a great deal of time on carpets, armchairs, mattresses, or playing with stuffed toys.
Symptoms of Dust Mites’ Presence
If dust mites are in your home, you can suffer from a range of symptoms including:
- Watery, red, and itchy eyes
- Sneezing
- Coughing
- Itchy nose, mouth, throat, and skin
- Post nasal drip
- Runny and stuffy nose and more.
How to Get Rid of Dust Mites
You can get rid of dust mites in your couch, beddings, pillow, carpets, and more by sun drying the items for about seven hours. The heat from the sunlight will help kill the bugs. Vacuum cleaner and aerosol spray can also be used. Dust mites can’t survive at high temperatures, so you can exterminate them using steam cleaning.
Get Expert Advice Now – Contact Sun Dry Carpet Cleaners Brisbane
Getting rid of dust mites requires more effort than you may think. Total extermination in your home requires the help of professionals like Sun Dry Carpet Cleaning & Pest Control. We offer some of the best pest control techniques that will free your home from dust mites. Contact us today!
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