HOW DANGEROUS ARE HOUSE DUST MITES?

Author: R. Zhaxylykova (Astana, Kazakhstan)

According to the reports of specialists in household and industrial conditions the acarological fauna is enriched by new kinds of mites in all countries every year. In medicine the house dust mites are considered as symbionts of the human environment. So, the Demodex sp are considered as symbionts of person's skin, capable to cause Discoid Lupus Erythematosus, Acne Rozacea and Demodectic Blepharoconjunctivitis in cases of decrease protective properties of an organism. The Dermatophagoides sp. are ranked to lodgers of bedding, only by remains of the bodies and excreta capable to provoke the development of atopic variants of respiratory allergoses of the people. About other representatives of house dust mites there are rare messages as casual activators of Dermatitis, Gastroenterocolitis, Pulmonary Acarosis, etc. in the scientific literature. We (R.D. Zhaxylykova and V.N. Kusov) also described the cases of dermatoses, caused by D. gallinae, which have been found in the house dust of the treated patients. According to the scientific literature still first researchers Demodex sp. found out in a skin of all people (both with sick and with a healthy skin). Dermatophagoides sp. found out too often. Mites of both genera found out and find out in a skin of sick of Scabies.

Source: EURAACnewsletter, 3/10, pp.7-9.