Comments on: Dust Mites Rash: Are You Allergic

By: Seth

Seth — Thu, 06 May 2010 05:55:55 +0000

this is making me mad. i have this STUPID rash/bites thingie all over my scalp, neck, chest and back. it itches like you wouldn’t BELIEVE. so tommorrow i’m washing every single thing on my bed!

By: audrey

audrey — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:55:16 +0000

hi too every1 suffering from allergies,im 28 and have hayfever since ive turned 21 and im allergic too dustmites,but since ive came away too australia almost a year now,ive had an ongoin rash on both sides off my neck ,right side being worse,it gets very itchy and i break out in red raised big bumps and are sore,it looks like ache & sume doctors have told me it is,which i dont believe because ive had very good clear skin all my life & i come too australia the hottest country&start breaking out.but then 1 doctor told me its allergies you have too the heat as me being from ireland we dont have sun that much,so now im due too go back home in one week were i believe this problem will settle down.

By: margaret atkinson

margaret atkinson — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:30:40 +0000

I became very depressed because of things happening in my life and then I came out in this awfull rash from the neck down. it was as if i had been burned . I had been putting down an old carpet which a friend had borrowed for years and I am sure it was that. I have been in agony since. on cortazone pills, refusing the the cream, which thins the skin, because they would not tell me at the hospital what ecema was when i asked. I now kniow that I had candida of the gut brought on through depression and that made me more vounerable to the dust mite. I have always been sensitive to dust though. I am on chinese herbs at the moment and giving them another three day, they are horrid to take but seem to be bringing the rash down a bit. JBut, as soon as i go on the london underground i get full of the dust again. - I will try heomeopathy next, anything , anything!!!margaret

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 05:26:20 +0000

To anyone whom might be suffering from Dust Mite Allergies… This is my story.

I am 29 years old and have had pretty clear skin all my life. I woke up one day with a bite on my face that kind of resembled a pimple. No matter what I tried it was not going away. Pretty soon this rash started spreading to other areas of my face. (The rash is only on my face) but the breakouts were awful. I would get red blisters that would hurt, itch, feel extremely hot to the touch and then follow with extremely dry skin. It felt like your skin was raw.

I went to Dermatologist after Dermatologist and they kept saying Rosacea. They put me on antibiotic after antibiotic and still no results. I have tried hydrocortizone creams, rubbing alcohol, face cleaners, diets, etc etc. Nothing has helped.

The last Dermatologist I went to also suspected Rosacea and we did like a 3 month treatment of antibiotics, and face gels etc. Still no improvement. My very last meeting I kept stressing that my face itched. My face felt flushed, but I would not run a fever because I kept checking. Finally the doctor done a skin scraping of one of the blisters and ran it under the microscope. The number of mites was extremely high and that’s when we came to the conclusion that I have a dust mite allergy.

He advised I wash my blankets,sheets and pillows in hot water very often. He also prescribed some lotion to kill the mites, but you want to make sure that you clean your room, vaccum your bed, change your pillows first. He said everyone will have them, but when you start having an allergy then you know the number of mites is very large and you need to get the habitat down somewhat.(I would still recommend talking with a Dermatologist first though because there are many kinds of mites which will determine the correct healing method)

I’m hoping to try everything this weekend to see if it works. At this point I’m willing to try anything. I did find that Aveeno baby lotion and Aveeno creamy bath wash helps alot, but if the Dermatologist suspects Rosacea they will advise against it because the water content can dry the skin more. (I don’t always listen 100% to the doctors- I challenged the idea of Rosacea(that’s why I’ve been to like 4 different Dermatologists)

I’m hoping to save everyone some money if they have a rash and don’t know what is causing it. Do research and challenge the doctors ideas (not saying they are always wrong, but if I did not challenge them we would still think its Rosacea. Good luck everyone.

By: Tony B

Tony B — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 09:40:19 +0000

Are dust mite rashes contagious? My sister has a rash after our cousin slept over and I think they had dust mites in their house. I don’t think it’s like measles rash or can be caught but wanted to check.

By: Diana

Diana — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 06:07:38 +0000

I never saw a picture of dust mites rash but I’m glad I read this because I do a lot of cold water washing and think I will use hot water for my bed sheets to deal with dust mite reactions my kids get.

By: James

James — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 23:29:12 +0000

I don’t know if we have dust mites but my kids sneeze a lot and the little one gets odd pimple rashes on arms. We are getting a good vacuum so maybe that will help coz the kids play on the rug a lot.