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

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

A dose-response relationship between house dust mite allergen exposure and specific sensitization in infants and children is confirmed and subsequent allergen exposure in sensitized people with asthma increases the severity of the disease. In the UK alone, 85% of asthmatic children are allergic to house dust mites.

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1. 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
2. 2010 – Active allergy to house dust mites makes asthma/COPD worse
3. 2011 – Neutrophil activity investigated in dust mite-related asthma
4. 1990 – Doctors describe a link between mite exposure, childhood asthma and a specific gene
5. 2003 – Mite allergen avoidance to improve asthma, is still not accepted as effective by medical establishments

´Early exposure to house dust mite and cat allergens and development of childhood asthma´, a cohort study’, S.Lau et al, The Lancet, Vol. 356, pages 1392 to 1397