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

2003 – Mite allergen avoidance to improve asthma, is still not accepted as effective by medical establishments

Newly formed guidelines for the management of asthma state that allergen avoidance is still not proven to prevent or control the symptoms of allergic asthma. Larger and more carefully controlled studies are required to demonstrate any clear benefit from house dust mite avoidance. At present this does not appear to be a cost-effective method of achieving benefit.

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1. Medical and scientific quotes for students investigating mites.
2. 1997 – New asthma guidelines recommend mite allergen avoidance in asthma management
3. 1992 – A further mite avoidance study in children with asthma demonstrates health improvements; plus doctors write in unison to support allergen avoidance in disease management
4. 1998 – Doctors blame poor research designs for the lack of clinical evidence on how to reduce mite exposure to improve asthma
5. 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

Thorax, 2003;58 Supp. 1; 3.2.2