food storage mites linked to lupus?


	food storage mites linked to lupus?

rachaelkeriwilliams

3-26-2009 11:45 AM

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mites, pets, human, household, allergy, lupus

rachaelkeriwilliams says:

Trying to figure out why being in my own home initiates a lupus flare, after reading this article I will look into common household mites as a factor.

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/8a862cd1-33af-47b1-b9bf-f8dbb0d383c4/9DA9C3A0-1D10-47CF-A2F1-402C00DC04D5/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://74.125.93.104/search?q=cache:rHNiMJV8AkgJ:veterinarynews.dvm360.com/dvm/article/articleDetail.jsp%3Fid%3D81712+lupus+dust+mites&cd=10&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=firefox-a" href="http://74.125.93.104/search?q=cache:rHNiMJV8AkgJ:veterinarynews.dvm360.com/dvm/article/articleDetail.jsp%3Fid%3D81712+lupus+dust+mites&cd=10&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=firefox-a" style="font-size: 11px;">74.125.93.104</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://74.125.93.104/search?q=cache:rHNiMJV8AkgJ:veterinarynews.dvm360.com/dvm/article/articleDetail.jsp%3Fid%3D81712+lupus+dust+mites&cd=10&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=firefox-a"><SPAN class="article-subhead">Food storage <B>mites</B></SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://74.125.93.104/search?q=cache:rHNiMJV8AkgJ:veterinarynews.dvm360.com/dvm/article/articleDetail.jsp%3Fid%3D81712+lupus+dust+mites&cd=10&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=firefox-a">Food storage <B>mites</B> are present in dry foods, cereals, grains, straw and cheese.
 Like <B>dust</B> <B>mites</B>, they can be responsible for nonseasonal symptoms including pruritus, erythema and recurrent otitis. Storage
 <B>mites</B> may possibly be responsible for other problems such as upper respiratory problems or even discoid <B>lupus</B>. They are well
 known in humans to be a cause of asthma and allergic rhinitis.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://74.125.93.104/search?q=cache:rHNiMJV8AkgJ:veterinarynews.dvm360.com/dvm/article/articleDetail.jsp%3Fid%3D81712+lupus+dust+mites&cd=10&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=firefox-a">One study in humans finds storage <B>mites</B> to have overtaken <B>dust</B>
 <B>mites</B> as a leading source of allergy.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://74.125.93.104/search?q=cache:rHNiMJV8AkgJ:veterinarynews.dvm360.com/dvm/article/articleDetail.jsp%3Fid%3D81712+lupus+dust+mites&cd=10&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=firefox-a">Treatment for food storage mite allergy includes changing
 to a canned or cooked diet without dry grains, cereals, or cheese for four to six weeks and environmental treatment.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://74.125.93.104/search?q=cache:rHNiMJV8AkgJ:veterinarynews.dvm360.com/dvm/article/articleDetail.jsp%3Fid%3D81712+lupus+dust+mites&cd=10&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=firefox-a"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD><IMG width="107" vspace="3" hspace="0" height="150" border="0" src="http://veterinarynews.dvm360.com/dvm/data/articlestandard//dvm/032004/81712/image2.jpg" /><BR clear="all" /><SPAN class="article-caption">Photo 2: Electronic micrograph of a <B>dust</B> mite. </SPAN><BR /></TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://74.125.93.104/search?q=cache:rHNiMJV8AkgJ:veterinarynews.dvm360.com/dvm/article/articleDetail.jsp%3Fid%3D81712+lupus+dust+mites&cd=10&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=firefox-a">It appears that <B>dust</B> <B>mites</B> and food storage <B>mites</B> overpower us in their numbers and will be here long after we're gone.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://74.125.93.104/search?q=cache:rHNiMJV8AkgJ:veterinarynews.dvm360.com/dvm/article/articleDetail.jsp%3Fid%3D81712+lupus+dust+mites&cd=10&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=firefox-a">Hopefully with more knowledge of these
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