Skin Mites

Scabies are a common human skin mite that burrows into the skin and lays eggs. The larvae of the scabies mite can live in and feed off a hair follicle. They’re very contagious and can easily pass through close contact. They bring rash-like bumps and blisters that mainly develop along folds of your skin, including between your fingers, in the bend of your knees and elbows, around your waist, breasts, or buttocks, around male genitals, on the bottom of your feet. Scabies may cause severe itching which become worse at nights.

Chiggers are the larval form of a mite found primarily in the southeastern and middle regions of the United States. These baby mites attach to the skin around pores and hair follicles and cause intense itching. But you must try to avoid scratching, as scratching may lead to infection and fever. Common places that you may get chigger bites are on waist, armpits and ankles. [1]

People all over the world have a microscopic mite called Demodex, that lives in the hair follicle and generally does no harm when their population stays low. If Demodex population density increases, you may face certain hair and skin issues like rosacea, acne, blepharitis, hair loss, dandruff… Ungex represent the best solution to eliminate these mites.

House dust mites are a kind of mites that can’t be observed by naked eyes. They are categorized of the most common indoor allergens. They have been implicated in triggering asthma attacks. But they don’t play important role in skin irritation unlike chiggers. They don’t live on people and they feed mostly from dead skin that fall from people or animals.

Itch mites can bite human when they contact straw, hay, grasses, leaves, seeds or similar materials harboring the mites. They can’t be seen by naked ayes and their bite won’t be felt, but they remain an itchy red mark that can be confused with skin rash. Fortunately, this kind of mite has no tendency to live on humans and don’t survive indoors, so it won’t be a big deal. Moreover, it doesn’t transmit disease.

Rodent and bird mites have nothing to do with human in normal way, but if their host die or abandon their nest, they will bite people. Almost mites that infest birds can mite people. Some of them have painful bites with skin irritation and itching. But they don’t stay long on humans. [2]