Have had mites for 2 years

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My husband and I caught some type of mite from our bird feeders 2

years ago. Our life has torn apart by this little demon from hell.

Like everyone we went through all the creams,lotions and doctors and

found out that we were on our own. We found the Birdmites.org site and

we began the long road to getting these mites under some what of

control. What we learned early is that Clorox kills these things. We

threw out all our furniture and tore out our carpet. We saw about an

80% improvement after the carpet left the house. We threw out all our

cloths and we buy cheap new ones and rotate them monthly. Everything

is washed in 2 cups of Clorox. I have found out that if I put the soap

and Clorox in first then fill up the washing machine with water then

add the blue jeans they wash without spotting or bleaching stains. Our

beds are covered in the heavy plastic that painters use to spread on

floors when they paint, this is found at Walmart. After vacuuming the

floors and walls each day I spray our plastic covered beds down each

day with a 32 ounce bottle of water that has about 1 inch of clorox in

it. We shower each night with Dawn dishwashing liquid followed by

straight clorox poured on with a squirt bottle from head to toe. We

wait for the burn and then immediatly shower the clorox off. We step

out of the shower and blow dry off with a hair drier, we never use

towels any more. After we are dry we apply the 10% or 7% horse

permenthrin bought at the local farm supply store on the areas where

we have redness or rashes and then cover the permenthrin with a heavy

coat of vaseline along with the rest of our body. We go to bed on

satin sheets that have been washed in the 2 cups of clorox. Nothing

touches our skin that has not been washed in the 2 cups of clorox.

During the day we cover the rashes and red areas with the Arrid dry

deodorant spray and clearasil tinted acne cream. This keeps the skin

dry during the day and wet and moist at night. It seems that changing

the wetness and dryness of the skin throws the mites for a loop. We

have found that by using a small 18 inch florescent black light bought

at Walmart we can see and therefore remove tiny white specks from our

eye lashes and brows and the itching stops. Being able to see the

white specks helps in removing them. We keep a thin coat of vaseline

on our eyes at all times. Our car, which had cloth seats was full of

them and after using everything we could think of to kill the things

we ended up having to buy a new car which has leather seats. Our skin

is clear now. We have out breaks every once in awhile but we have it

more under control right now than ever before. I do not carry a purse

any more after discovering that my purse was loaded with the mites and

each time I picked it up they would get all on my arms and legs. How

much longer we have to live like this is anyone's guess. It is a

living nightmare. I hope this information will help those you who have

just now come in contact with these terrible mites. God bless each of

you and don't give up fighting. This is spreading and hopefully one

day a cure will be found. Rita