What do we know about Asthma and Coronavirus? Asthma in Australia: Asthma is most common in wealthier English speaking countries, including Australia. It’s worth looking what happens when coronavirus and asthma coincide, because around 2.7 million Australians had asthma in 2018 according to the Australian National Health Survey 2017-2018, or, 10.8% of the Australian population. […]
Dust Mite Species Causing Allergy Symptoms in Australia
A list of dust mites species found in Australia which induce allergic symptoms such as hay fever (rhinitis), eczema or asthma. We’ve listed the dust mites’ habitats, likely dust mite distribution in Australia and dust mite food sources. We’ve listed the most common and well researched Australian dust mites. The dust mite species in bold text […]
Dust Mite Habitat: Why do dust mites like living in our houses?
Why do dust mites like living alongside humans? Dust mite populations love human houses for a few reasons – shed human skin (a major food source that is plentiful), but perhaps more important to dust mites is the humidity in bedding created by the (roughly) one litre of moisture lost by adults each night. Dust […]
What are Dust Mites? A Major Allergy Villain!
Dust mites are the bane of allergic people’s existence from the time that they first developed allergic symptoms onwards. As one of those allergic people, I’m intensely interested in dust mites in the same way that the Coke is interested in Pepsi – I want to know my enemy. So, I researched a dust mite […]
Asthma, Hay Fever & Eczema: A Look At Allergy Genetics.
Do allergies such as hay fever, asthma and eczema arise more from allergy genetics or environmental factors? It’s commonly accepted that these conditions are derived from a combination of the two, scientists are now trying to find out more about which actual genes are responsible for causing allergic misery. Millions of allergy sufferers endure a variety of unpleasant allergy symptoms […]
Pollen: When will I get Hay Fever in Australia?
Plants with Pollen That Cause Hay Fever in Australia When am I likely to get hay fever (seasonal allergic rhinitis) from pollen in Australia? Pollen seasons can cause hay fever & asthma almost year round in parts of Australia. Exposure to pollen is very difficult to avoid outside the house throughout a lot of the […]
