Anyone been tested and found allergic to dust mites?

[mike0323]

You said you have many animals so maybe my experience will be relevant.

I’m supposedly allergic to dustmites but I found it was the cats that were causing my problems. At first I was convinced it was dustmites too. The allergist did the test and basically came back telling me I was allergic to almost everything they tested. I’d lived with cats all my life, so I was really skeptical about the cats. I went through the procedures you’re talking about and it didn’t help. Finally I moved away from my parents home which contained the cats, and I’m almost completely allergy free. I still wasn’t convinced and

babysat a cat once more just to convince myself that I wasn’t really allergic to cats. Unfortunately within one hour the symptoms were back. Now a days I live with two dogs (The test said I was allergic to dogs) and a barely ever clean the house and am fine.

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[B-squared]

I tested positive to dust mite allergies as a child and all of the efforts i made back then seemed all for not (removing all knick-knacks, books, stuffed animals, etc from rooom, damp-mopping floor each day, no rugs, etc). However, when i moved away from home, my sinus allergies were much improved. i attribute this chiefly to mold problems since it was the 70’s and all the efforts to save oil and over insulate made for a damp environment (dad didn’t like to turn the furnace on and there were no fans in the house, and the windows were visqueened over to save heat).

As an adult, i use dust-mite covers on pillows. i don’t have carpet anymore. when washing bedding, i don’t use hot water as i don’t think it’s hot enough to do much good, but the dryer more than makes up for it as it is wicked hot. One thing i read was that dust mites like a moist environment, so i try to keep the house humidity under 50%. i have a programmable thermostat that heats the house for two hours upon waking in an effort to dry the house out. i also use properly vented fans in the kitchen and the bathroom to pull out steam. air exchange is important. i also sleep with the bedroom window open a crack. my sinus problems are nearly non-existent except during pollen season (grass!).

so it’s hard to say if i truly have or ever had dust mite allergies, but occasionally when staying at a hotel or someone else’s house, the sinus stuff kicks in, in the morning, which i have always attributed to dust mite allergies.

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[dhg]

that’s what I love love love about seattle: I sleep with the window open every night! I get so used to it that modern hotels with sealed windows make me feel like I’m suffocating.

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