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Scientific Evidence for Avoidance
There is good scientific evidence that dust mite avoidance works. A number of studies have been published in the scientific literature demonstrating the importance of dust mites in the development of nasal irritation and congestion (allergic rhinitis) as well as allergic asthma. Of more interest here is that there is substantial evidence demonstrating that dust mite avoidance decreases the symptoms of dust mite allergy in allergic people.
Most of the studies demonstrating the efficacy of dust mite avoidance have been done with severe asthmatics. One study, for example, took children with severe asthma caused by dust mites and placed them in a clinic in the Swiss Alps for 6 months. All of the children experienced a dramatic improvement in their asthma symptoms. Upon returning to their homes, their asthma symptoms returned to their prior state.
Similar improvements have been reported for dust mite-sensitive asthmatics who lived in hospital rooms for an extended period of time. This means that if you are allergic to dust mites, your bedroom should be as much like a hospital room as is feasible. A hospital room is good because it has a plastic mattress, tile floors, plastic furniture, and very little clutter. All of the bedding is washed in extremely hot water every day. (If not, would you want to sleep in a hospital bed?).
Although dust mites are everywhere, a few simple environmental measures can dramatically improve your allergy and asthma symptoms as well as decrease the amount of medication you may now require. Dust mite avoidance is the safest and among the most effective ways to treat allergies.