I research house dust mites and associated diseases of allergy and asthma.
London, England
Joined September 2009
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Lungs, self cleaning described in a short article. Look up the references for more information. Click housedustmite.com/pages/rese… OK? @EFA_Patients @CleanAirLondon @jksmith34 @MumsForLungs @cysticfibrosis @breathe_happy_
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Look at the life doctors found in house dust mites & droppings - a mini review 1978-2011. Click housedustmite.com/pages/rese… OK? @NatashasLegacy @HOPEforCOPD Don't sleep with filthy mites @UKAMREnvoy They eat and carry bacteria, enzymes, fungi, etc.
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House dust mites can drown in a normal machine wash & allergens are washed away. Good news for saving energy - BUT the mite's eggs can survive. Hotter the water, more HDMs die - over 60° is best @EFA_Patients Ref Ann Aller. Asthma Immunol. 111,2013,465-507
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OLD quote: "Mattress and bedding barrier intervention has been shown to reduce mite allergen exposure and improve clinical symptoms of both [HDM related] asthma and rhinitis." 'Rhinitis, Management Guidelines, 2000. ISBN: 1-85317-969-8 @AllerGKS @Lungclinic
House dust mite droppings hold a secret. READ a bit about the mite that may live in your home. housedustmite.com/pages/rese… OK? @uoflmedschool @thehealthyhouse @WeSchoolNurses @CleanSchoolAir
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Tobacco smoke 'potentates' (dictates) the harm house dust mite enzymes inflict on lung tissue. Ref. 'Am.J.Respir.CellMol.Biol'. 1999(20)1238-1250 @Lungclinic @lunguk @HugoResp @COPDdoc @GOLD_COPD Note the date 1999 @asthmalunguk
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@lungsatwork @loulouturnip @pediacast It is medically endorsed by immunologist youtube.com/watch?v=DVyFKaWq…
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Untroubled by intellect, but may be prone to house dust mite allergy. Read housedustmite.com/pages/rese… Photo and article reference: Front. Vet. Sci., (10) 23 October 2023 @EFA_Patients @FamilyAllergy Cats come second!
Cigarette smoking increases bronchial mucosal IL-17A expression in asthmatics, which acts in concert with environmental aero-allergens to bring about neutrophilic inflammation. Ref. Clin Exp Allergy, 2017(47)740–750. @JacquiPolington @drlaurajane @GOLD_COPD
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25 year old warning! Tobacco smoke 'potentates' (dictates) the harm house dust mite enzymes inflict on lung tissue. 'Am.J.Respir.CellMol.Biol'. 1999(20)1238-1250 @JacquiPolington @drlaurajane @GOLD_COPD
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Professor Peter Barnes on the cost of Asthma/COPD - not millions, or billions but trillions $$$$$$$$
@COPDdoc @JacquiPolington @drlaurajane @GOLD_COPD @KingsResp @LondonPaedResp
A HDM is a scavenger with parasitic-like functions designed to alarm, harm and activate the complex cascade of events that promote an allergic response to itself and others. 'Allergy' 2023,78:(5),1148-1168 @COPDdoc @JacquiPolington @drlaurajane @GOLD_COPD
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House dust mite-proof material. Here's what scientists say is best. Read housedustmite.com/pages/rese… OK? @EFA_Patients @LungAssociation @COPDdoc @asthmalunguk @BTSrespiratory
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House dust mite droppings recycle fungi. READ and see fungi growing out of the mite's 5 part dropping. housedustmite.com/pages/rese… don't sleep with mites @EFA_Patients @lunguk @_allergylondon @EvelinaLondon
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Seven different dust mite species found living in an old damp mattress. Read housedustmite.com/pages/rese… Majority were allergy causing dust mites @thehealthyhouse @NatashasLegacy @EFA_Patients @AllergyUK1 @CentreEnvHealth
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Quote: "House dust mites, living in a colony will pass bacteria and fungi through mite droppings or on mite bodies". Note: bacterial species will probably reflect local dust. @euforea @asthmalunguk @StaphLab Ref. J Econ.Entomology, 2016, (109) No4 1887-89
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Without the activity of the major house dust mite enzyme/allergen Der p1 the accompanying allergens in a HDM dropping are stymied - Der p1 has been denatured in recent research. See pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs……
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