Biting Mites or WHAT????
⚠️ Important Safety Notice
Below incorporates input from many sufferers - not all of whom are professionals with educated knowledge on this topic. Some treatment protocols carry extensive risks to health and well-being and should not be followed, as they involve toxic and volatile chemicals.
Use common sense - try inexpensive, safe options first. If your symptoms don't respond to any treatments below, you may be suffering from Morgellons disease.
🏠 Safe Home Treatments
🧂 Baking Soda
One visitor recommends baking soda to stop the bug ("the burner bug" even - but slower on that one). Uses a duster available at Ace Hardware stores.
Application Method:
- • Dust around home and car with baking soda
- • Put baking soda into shoes
- • Rub into crevices after dusting
- • Wash everything in Arm & Hammer Powdered Laundry Detergent
- • Weekly bath: 1 cup per tub if necessary
🪨 Diatomaceous Earth
Great at killing mites, including bed bugs. One visitor reports: "We came home from vacation with bedbugs, which are darn near impossible to kill, but DE stopped them in their tracks!"
⚠️ Safety Precautions:
- • Use gloves to prevent hand drying
- • Wear dust mask when working with it
- • Avoid breathing the powder
💊 Gold Bond Triple Medicated Body Powder
The inexpensive Gold Bond Triple Medicated Body Powder with Menthol seems to keep these mites off our bodies. Apply all over skin - especially calves, ankles, and feet.
Active Ingredients:
Menthol (0.8%), Zinc Oxide (0.5%)
🧂 Epsom Salt
Can something so cheap be that effective? Many people seem to think so. Click for additional info.
🌿 Natural Remedies
🌳 Tea Tree Oil Solutions
- • Melaleuca antibacterial hand soap with tea tree oil
- • Apply to sores and infected areas
- • Mix with natural shampoo for body application
⚠️ Toxic to all pets (birds, cats, dogs)
🍈 PawPaw Capsules
Natural pesticide properties. Recommended by naturopaths for parasitic skin infections.
Empty capsules into natural shampoo, apply head to toe for 10 minutes, then shower off.
💧 Hydrogen Peroxide
Effective in healing lesions caused by biting mites. Mix 1:1 with water and apply with cotton swab.
🥗 Dietary Changes
Strict diet helps relieve symptoms:
- • Avoid: dairy, sugar, alcohol, white flour
- • Eat more alkalizing foods
- • Exercise daily to boost immune system
🏡 Environmental Controls
Environmental control is perhaps even more essential than bodily control. Carpets, bedding, clothing, and shoes can serve as breeding and staging areas for these organisms.
🧹 Cleaning Protocol
- Daily thorough vacuuming of all surfaces, including ceilings, walls, baseboards
- Wipe down surfaces with disinfectant or diluted natural cleaners
- Steam clean everything at 240-260°F
- Remove or replace carpets and upholstered furniture if possible
🛏️ Bedding Solutions
Spring mattresses offer ideal breeding grounds. Consider natural latex mattresses which are hypo-allergenic, anti-microbial, and naturally resistant to dust mites.
Tip: Soak all clothing and linens overnight in plain water before washing with 2 cups Clorox.
🔥 Heat Treatment
Heating homes to 145-160°F for 7+ hours using propane heaters. Cost approximately $150 for equipment rental. Effective for families with pets who can be temporarily relocated.
🩺 Professional Treatments
💨 Vikane Gas Fumigation
Professional house and car tenting with Vikane gas. Effective against mites in attics and air ducts.
⚠️ Safety Warning:
Vikane is toxic to humans, pets, and plants. No living beings should be in house during fumigation. Follow fumigator instructions carefully.
🏥 N.C. State University Protocol
Entomologists developed treatment plan: pesticide on floors, chemical bomb on second floor/attic, enzyme cleaner over everything. Requires 2+ week evacuation.
💊 Medical Protocol (Greg Vigil - MorgellonsUSA)
Long-term Medications:
- • Septra DS (1-2 years)
- • Albendazole (28-day cycles)
- • Diflucan (up to 800mg/day)
Supplements:
- • Silver (22ppm+, 6 tbsp/day)
- • Artemisinin (1,000-11,000mg/day)
- • Various others as directed
Note: This protocol requires medical supervision and is for severe cases.
⚠️ Toxic Treatments (NOT RECOMMENDED)
The following protocols are TOXIC and may provide temporary relief but carry long-term health consequences:
GreenAndHealthy.Info cannot and will not guarantee the safety or effectiveness of these recommendations.
🚫 Roach Prufe
Contains boric acid. Some sufferers report effectiveness, but requires extreme caution around pets and children. Use respirator and minimize exposure.
🚫 Kerosene
Highly toxic. Can cause carcinogenicity, reproductive toxicity, neurotoxicity. Dangerous if inhaled and extremely harmful to skin.
🚫 Motor Oil & Chlorox
Some sufferers used synthetic motor oil topically. This is toxic and not recommended despite reported temporary effectiveness.
🚫 Sevin Dust
Contains Carbaryl. While effective, it's toxic to humans and pets. Requires extreme safety precautions if used at all.
🎉 Success Stories & Tips
💧 Dawn Soap Solution (Bill)
"Dawn soap 1 cup in 4-5 cups of water stops them dead. Use garden pump sprayer with leaf blower to create mist. Blow mist on everything - they all stop, probably stuck in the muck."
For skin: Sulfur (1 tsp) + hand cream (10 tsp) for 15 days in cycles
🥾 Protective Footwear
"One of the biggest helps I found was cowboy boots - I never got bit again after wearing them, with Tinactin foot powder inside."
🚿 Quick Bite Treatment
"Garden hose or shower bite off as soon as possible with good jet of water - flushes poison out. Reduces healing time from month to week or less."
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