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

1990 – Doctors describe a link between mite exposure, childhood asthma and a specific gene

UK scientists, investigating house dust mites as a cause of childhood asthma, identify a link between mite exposure in beds, asthma and a specific gene (chromosome 11q).

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1. 2000 – Medical confirmation that sensitization to house dust mites in childhood is dose-dependent, and in children with mite-related asthma further exposure can make their asthma worse
2. 2008 – ADAM33, the first asthma gene.
3. The foetus, dust mites and a naughty asthma gene
4. 2005 – Health improvements and a reduction in drug usage have been recorded in children with asthma by covering beds and bedding with micro porous material to reduce mite allergen exposure
5. 1998 – Doctors blame poor research designs for the lack of clinical evidence on how to reduce mite exposure to improve asthma

‘Exposure to house dust mite allergen (Der p1) and the development of asthma in childhood, a prospective study’, Sporik RS, Holgate ST, Platts-Mills TAE,
Cogswell, JJ, 1990 New England Journal of Medicine, Vol. 323, pages 502 to 507

‘House dust mite sensitivity: interaction of genetics and allergen dosage’,Young RP ,Hart BJ, Merrett TG, Read AF, Hopkin JM, Clinical and Experimental Allergy, 1992: Vol.22, pages 205 to 211