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Article: DUST MITES INSIDE HOME MIGHT BE ASTHMA TRIGGER
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- Herald-News (Joliet, IL)
- Article date:
- August 27, 2000
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Q: I tend to get asthma at night, after I go to bed.
My doctor is at a loss to explain this.
Can you help?
A: For unknown reasons, the incidence of bronchial asthma has increased tenfold in the United States during the past 35 years.
Asthma sufferers often notice an increase in symptoms at night, making what should be a seasonal disorder into a persistent affliction.
Presumably, this trend is the result of increased sensitivity to indoor, rather than outdoor, allergens.
Studies have shown that such sensitizing substances are derived from cats, molds, cockroaches -- and dust mites.
Dust mites are microscopic creatures, resembling tiny monsters right out of a Star Wars prequel, that are ...