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On Sat, 13 Nov 2004 03:53:23 -0500, "Phil P."
wrote: "Laila" wrote in message .. . does contains all sorts of stuff including dead skin cells, i should 've said. we don't live anywhere near earth. so our dust is dead skin cells, dead insect parts, feather parts from pillows, molds, and probably some pollen from the summer. ...and dust mites - which are well known allergens. Imagine these nasty looking things crawling around in your nostrils.... http://www.maxshouse.com/ImageDatabase/Dust_Mite.jpg yak. where do they come from and what do they eat? why do they live in dust? -L |
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"Laila" wrote in message ... On Sat, 13 Nov 2004 03:53:23 -0500, "Phil P." wrote: "Laila" wrote in message .. . does contains all sorts of stuff including dead skin cells, i should 've said. we don't live anywhere near earth. so our dust is dead skin cells, dead insect parts, feather parts from pillows, molds, and probably some pollen from the summer. ...and dust mites - which are well known allergens. Imagine these nasty looking things crawling around in your nostrils.... http://www.maxshouse.com/ImageDatabase/Dust_Mite.jpg yak. where do they come from and what do they eat? Mostly dead skin that people and animals shed. People shed about 1/4 oz of skin/week. So, your (anybody's) mattress (unless its sealed) is harboring at least a few hundred thousand to a few million dust mites - not counting your pillow. "Nighty night; don't let the bed bugs bite" suddenly has new meaning! LOL! You chauffeur them around from one room to the next and from house to house on your clothes. Their digestive enzymes are what makes people wheeze. You'll never get rid of all them. You can see the nasty critters with a 10-15x jewler's or printer's loupe. why do they live in dust? Because dust contains "tons" of skin flakes and other organic material. The stuff you see floating in the air in a beam of sunlight coming through your window is almost all skin flakes. Creepy, huh? Phil -L |
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On Sat, 13 Nov 2004 14:47:14 -0500, "Phil P."
wrote: "Laila" wrote in message On Sat, 13 Nov 2004 03:53:23 -0500, "Phil P." wrote: ...and dust mites - which are well known allergens. Imagine these nasty looking things crawling around in your nostrils.... http://www.maxshouse.com/ImageDatabase/Dust_Mite.jpg yak. where do they come from and what do they eat? Mostly dead skin that people and animals shed. People shed about 1/4 oz of skin/week. i never thought of it in volume. ick. i guess since my boyfriend has psoriasis, he sheds more skin. So, your (anybody's) mattress (unless its sealed) is harboring at least a few hundred thousand to a few million dust mites - not counting your pillow. oh god, that's utterly gross! "Nighty night; don't let the bed bugs bite" suddenly has new meaning! LOL! i thought it referred to body lice. You chauffeur them around from one room to the next and from house to house on your clothes. Their digestive enzymes are what makes people wheeze. You'll never get rid of all them. /sigh i was about to say i will do some major cleaning to get rid of them. well, at least we are getting rid of the dust, so there 'll be fewer millions of them. You can see the nasty critters with a 10-15x jewler's or printer's loupe. they look scary. why do they live in dust? Because dust contains "tons" of skin flakes and other organic material. The stuff you see floating in the air in a beam of sunlight coming through your window is almost all skin flakes. so now we just have to find a way to become cyborgs. hmmm Creepy, huh? yeah! -L -L |
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"Hodge" wrote in message link.net... In article , Laila wrote: "Nighty night; don't let the bed bugs bite" suddenly has new meaning! LOL! i thought it referred to body lice. It refers to bed bugs, an entirely different animal. -- http://www.mindspring.com/~slywy/ No kidding. Did you not see "Nighty night; don't let the bed bugs bite" suddenly has ***new*** meaning"? "*New*" - as in "Having been made or come into being only a short time ago".... I'll say it again in case you're skimming again....*New meaning* - *New meaning* - since the subject is *dust mites* a/k/a Dermatophagoides farinae, not Cimex lectularius. Gotta watch that skimming! If you skim over your drivers license test you'll be walking! LOL! Nighty night; don't let the bed bugs bite.... |
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Do you know if those come in pill form too?
No, I do not. I'll ask my friend who owns the local homeopathic store. |
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On 2004-11-12, Sherry penned:
People can be allergic to the pollen of a tree that grows in one area of a country and not the other. Plus, the climate of Vancouver and NYC is different. In addition, people often move to areas like the Southwest to escape their allergies, but find once they start living there, they develop allergies to the local pollens. Allergies are weird that way. Did you know that people can also be *more* sensitive to a particular cat over another. I also remember some study about lighter-haired cats bothering allergy sufferers worse than light hairs. (or maybe the other way around). It must be very frustrating and difficult to pinpoint the real source to treat. *tiptoes into this mess* My husband has been able to live with a long-haired grey female cat for years. Introduce a short-haired black male cat (neutered), and his allergies went nuts, and he got seriously sick several times over a one-month period. I'm guessing his immune system was affected enough that he became more susceptable to whatever's making the rounds. Combine this with my first cat's utter hatred/terror for the new cat, and unfortunately we are looking for a new home for the boy, even though he is the sweetest, most loveable cat we've ever met. I've shed many a tear, and I'm sure I'm not done. -- monique |
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