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House dust, mites and the allergy that follows
House dust, mites and the allergy that follows: a practical family, not a lecture: one page per surface that holds dust (mattress, pillow, duvet, carpet…
This launch guide maps the topic, the source base and the practical questions. Check the linked official authority before acting on a rule, deadline, price or safety requirement.
What this guide covers
A practical family, not a lecture: one page per surface that holds dust (mattress, pillow, duvet, carpet, curtains, soft toys, sofa, car seat, floor type), each with the mite biology, the humidity threshold below which they fail, what a wash at 60 °C versus 40 °C plus a tumble actually kills, whether encasings have evidence, and whether a HEPA vacuum changes symptoms.
Plus the pet-allergen, cockroach-allergen and mould-spore pages that share the same dust, and a "what my allergy test result means for my bedroom" translation.
How to use it
Use House dust, mites and the allergy that follows to understand the inputs, units and assumptions before relying on an output. A useful result should be reproducible from the named source rather than presented as an unexplained score.
The page keeps the main question, its evidence base and its limits together in one canonical place. That makes it useful as a quick orientation and avoids splitting a broad subject into shallow pages before each narrower answer has enough verified material of its own.
Search vocabulary in four languages
Terminology changes across borders. These are example phrases people use for the same subject in Estonian, Finnish, Russian and English; they are included as a practical vocabulary aid, not as hidden keywords.
| Language | Example phrase |
|---|---|
| Estonian | tolmulestad voodis kuidas vabaneda |
| Finnish | pölypunkki vuodevaatteet pesu |
| Russian | пылевой клещ в матрасе как избавиться |
| English | does washing at 60 kill dust mites |
Evidence and provenance
The evidence map below records the primary, official or openly licensed material chosen for this guide. It is deliberately visible so a reader can tell the difference between a rule published by an authority, a measured dataset and an editorial explanation.
Source: EAACI and published Cochrane reviews on mite-avoidance measures (cited), WHO IAQ: Dampness and Mould, textile-wash mite-kill studies (cited). · checked 2026-09-09
Source names are preserved even where an authority changes its web address. No figure is added to this launch page unless it is already present in the cited source description or can be computed from a named dataset.
Scope and boundaries
/more/allergy is the immune condition; this is the dust, the bedroom and the cleaning evidence. See a clinician for testing or treatment.
Connected TempoLife guides
The following paths are the intentional hand-offs named in the brief. They keep adjacent subjects separate while making the next useful reference easy to find.
More Allergy
Continue to the related TempoLife reference.
More Mattress
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Why it belongs on TempoLife
/more/allergy and /more/mattress.
Frequently asked questions
What does this guide cover?
A practical family, not a lecture: one page per surface that holds dust (mattress, pillow, duvet, carpet, curtains, soft toys, sofa, car seat, floor type), each with the mite biology, the humidity threshold below which they fail, what a wash at 60 °C versus 40 °C plus a tumble actually kills, whether encasings have evidence, and whether a HEPA vacuum changes symptoms. Plus the pet-allergen, cockroach-allergen and mould-spore pages that share the same dust, and a "what my allergy test result means for my bedroom"…
What evidence does it use?
EAACI and published Cochrane reviews on mite-avoidance measures (cited), WHO IAQ: Dampness and Mould, textile-wash mite-kill studies (cited).
Where does this guide stop?
/more/allergy is the immune condition; this is the dust, the bedroom and the cleaning evidence. See a clinician for testing or treatment.
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