Dust mite information site for people with asthma, rhinitis or eczema.

1971 – Immunotherapy, a pioneering treatment for mite allergy, is investigated in clinics.

An early allergy treatment of using a series of injections designed to stimulate the body’s immune system against mite allergy is explored by scientists.

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1. 1978 – The mite is recognised as the major trigger for childhood asthma in the UK
2. 2011 – Neutrophil activity investigated in dust mite-related asthma
3. 1967 – Scientists confirm that the common house dust mite is a major source of allergy causing dust indoors.
4. Why house dust mites cause allergy
5. Cross-reactivity in mite allergy

´Treatment of house dust allergy with pyridine extracted alum precipitated mite fortified house dust’, (Allpyral), Munro-Ashman D, Frankland AW, Brown HM, Langman MJS, Ann. Allergy 1971, 29 (Nov); pages 578 to 581