Allergy to the acarina: essence in three questions/answers

Allergy to the acarina: essence in three questions/answers

Why the allergy to the acarina is more frequent in autumn and winter? How does it appear? How éradiquer this million microscopic animals which are the acarina?

Why the allergy to the acarina is more frequent in autumn and winter?

The acarina pullulate all the year in our dwellings. But they have a predilection for the hot and wet mediums. Thus they proliferate in the pillows, the mattresses, the carpets, the armchairs, the cuddly toys… And more intensely in autumn and winter, when the weather is rainy and that our residences are well heated and less ventilated.

How does the allergy to the acarina appear?

The acarina are implied in respiratory diseases, but also in skin troubles and ocular.

The most traditional answer is the allergic rhinitis: nose which runs, sneezes with repetition, itchings, etc

The acarina can also start allergic rhino-conjunctivites: in addition to the symptoms of the allergic rhinitis, whimperings, rednesses and tinglings of the eyes.

But also of the atopic dermatites or eczemas: rednesses and itchings on the level of the face, the scalp and the folds (knee, elbow, groin).

Lastly, all these reactions are at the origin of sleep disorders and tiredness which involve a deterioration of quality of life and handicaps with the daily newspaper.

How to eliminate the acarina?

Not too much not to heat its housing: 19-21°C and 16-18°C in the room.

To limit the water content to 50% maximum.

To air regularly the room the every day, even several times per day in dry weather.

To banish the fitteds carpet, carpet, armchairs out of fabric, and other acarina and dust traps.

To cover the mattresses with covers anti-acarina.

To treat the symptoms of the allergy to the acarina, it is advisable to consult its doctor, ideally an allergist, who will evaluate opportunity of carrying out a desensitizing with the acarina.