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Creepiest Crawlers in Your Home
Suffocating Sojourners
Suffocating Sojourners
What: Dust Mites
Where: Bedding, upholstery and carpeting
Telltale Sign: Dust! Dust, small collections of the human skin cells we shed daily, is a dust mite’s favorite food
Heath Risks: The same dust that contains their food also contains
their fecal matter and decaying bodies, which often causes allergic
reactions in the forms of asthma, facial pressure and pain and
inflammation of the nasal passage, according to the Mayo Clinic.
By MedHelp Editors, published October 22, 2010
