I woke up in the middle of the night having a streaming nose and a sneezing fit - and it's not hayfever.
This morning I noticed on a book by my bed a teeny little white mite - it was smaller than a fullstop but I noticed it was moving. I have checked and dust mites are apparently invisible to the naked eye, so it's not them. I have dusted and used special wet cloths for wooden parquet flooring but can anyone recommend any spray or plug in thingy that will kill them please.
Today it is a bit too warm but I can recommend the French practice of throwing open your bedroom windows in the mornings and dangling your literie out of the wndow for the world to see whilst letting out all of your expensive heat.
After lots of nagging I have finally given in and do the same, I was told that the cold kills the acariens.
We have just invested in a Polti steam cleaner. Probably not the cheapest option, but it's supposed to kill all known germs including dust mites and the like. It certainly got rid of best part of 20 years worth of muck that was on the tiles and grout at the back of our cooker hob!!.
I thought I was going to have to use a wire brush in my drill !
One of the recomended things for them is cleaning matresses and bedding..
Just a thought P, but could it be pollen from the rape. Our area is currently covered in the stuff and everyone is sneezing.
We are totally surrounded by the stuff, it's pretty to look at but doesn't smell particularly nice and the pollen gets everywhere.
We were told to eat local honey as a way of building up a resistance to the rape pollen. It definately seems to work, but it must be local stuff.
Puzzled wrote:I woke up in the middle of the night having a streaming nose and a sneezing fit - and it's not hayfever. This morning I noticed on a book by my bed a teeny little white mite - it was smaller than a fullstop but I noticed it was moving. I have checked and dust mites are apparently invisible to the naked eye, so it's not them. I have dusted and used special wet cloths for wooden parquet flooring but can anyone recommend any spray or plug in thingy that will kill them please.
Thanks everyone; I do get hayfever sneezes but usually only form rape plants and thankfully they are not being grown locally this year. I do have lots of old books so I have given them a good dust and try and keep on top of the dust a bit more .
I know I should throw my duvet out the window everyday, I just can't bring myself to do it.
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