| Human Mites? Urggg! |
| Written by Felix the Great! | ||||
| Wednesday, 16 April 2008 | ||||
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Human Mites? Yes! ![]() What are they? Eight-legged animals that are closely related to ticks! ![]() What they do? Some causes medical problems! Some just chills! ![]() How ugly are they? See for yourself at the right! ![]() Mites have eight legs and are closely related to ticks. They are so tiny, you would need microscope to see them. As you can see the photos at the right, they have eight legs, and are very uggly. Can you imagine many of those little critters living on you? Urg! There are more than 30,000 mite species and several of those species live on us, feeding on our tissues. But thank goodness, most of them are beneficial decomposers breaking down organic matters on our body, such as dead skins. There are, however, few mite species, not so good for us! One of the most comon mite specie that causes medical problem for us are the Dust Mites! House dusts are often heavily contaminated with the fecal pellets and skins of dust mites. Dust mites may be a factor in 50 to 80 % of asthma cases, as well as in countless cases of eczema, hay fever, and other allergic ailments. Usual symptoms are respiratory in nature, usually not a rash, but, there are reports of a red rash around the neck. The wheeze-inducing proteins are digestive juices from the mite gut and are potent allergens. An exposure to the mites in the first year of a infants life can trigger a lifelong allergy. ![]() There is no cure! You can only prevent the dust mites by KEEPING YOUR HOUSE CLEAN!
Dust mites are about .01 inches (250 to 300 microns ) in length and have translucent bodies, so they are not visible to the unaided eye. For accurate identification, one needs at least 10X magnification. Through a microscope, one will see many oval-shaped mites scuttling around and over one another. There are eight hairy legs, no eyes, no antennae, a mouthpart group in front of body (resembles a head) and a tough, translucent shell, giving a "fearsome appearance".
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Some just chills! 






