Examples of allergy symptoms include itchy eyes, runny nose, asthma symptoms, eczema and rash. The timing of the allergic response may be immediate or delayed. Allergy testing may be recommended to help identify your allergies. These mites live in bedding, carpets, stuffed furniture, old clothing and stuffed toys. They feed on human skin scales.
Dust mites are most common in humid climates.
Once an allergy has been identified, the next step is to decrease or eliminate exposure to the allergen. This is called environmental control. Evidence shows that allergy and asthma symptoms may improve over time, if the recommended environmental control changes are made. Many of the changes are for the entire home. Dust-proof encasings have a layer of material that keeps the dust mites inside the encasing.