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How mites can cause and trigger allergic disease
When people with a family history of allergy are repeatedly exposed to house dust mite droppings, they can develop a specific allergy to mites. Once allergy is diagnosed and allergic reactions become frequent, then allergic disease can develop. Continued exposure to the mite allergens can then become a trigger for chronic symptoms.
Rhinitis (hay fever) is a good example of how mites can cause and trigger chronic allergic disease. Initial contact with mite droppings may have resulted in annoying symptoms of repeated sneezing or a constant runny nose. Further exposure can lead to a permanently stuffy or ‘bunged-up’ nose and losing the sense of smell. Once chronic symptoms such as these become established, it is difficult to tell when further allergen exposure takes place because the allergic reactions are joined in one long symptom. Chronic rhinitis is clinically recognized as a risk factor for the development of allergic asthma.