Update from z3: Antibiotics have worked well

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Hi All,

Many of you may not know our history with a bird mite infestation and many of

you do.... We have literally tried everything under the sun for over 2 years to

combat the infestation in our home, cars, work, and bodies. I've coined the

name, Human Bird Mite Host Syndrome (BMHS), to best describe the disease we got

following an intense bird mite infestation in our home.

The bird mites we had (maybe still do) are microscopic and clear when not filled

with blood. They are not attracted to all people. Instead it appears that they

tend to like some folks more than others to feed on and that once they somehow

MARK you as a host (to be feasted on), then you become the target of biting and

non-biting mites everywhere, where ever in the world you go.

I cannot begin to describe to anyone the horror and misery my husband and I have

been through over the past 2 years. It got better over time with using many

protocols and products but still is not 100% gone we don't think... everyday I

wake up and wonder if I will get new bites and where they will occur on my body.

For the 1st 18-months we had 100s of painful bites on our bodies. We would only

get 1 a day most days, but they each took months to go away so they added up

quickly.

Here is what helped us the most:

Hydrogen peroxide sprayed on the skin alternated with white vinegar sprayed on

the skin (especially on the area of the bites seem to finally kill the mites

and the organism they infected us with (the markers) that were living on our

skin. We left it on our skin for at least 5-30 min or more before rinsing.

3 months of Doxycycline (3 times per day) followed by 3 months of Bactrim DS 2

times per day finally killed what ever was in our blood and skin that was

attracting them to us. We believe the antibiotics killed an organism the bird

mites infected us with.

2-way carpet tape surrounding the base of our bed kept the bird mites out of our

bed.

Washing all linens and and clothes on STERILE setting w/ Biokleen Plus and

ironing everything we could killed all mites in clothes and linens.

Revolution on the dog and cat 2 times per months helped our pets.

Vacuuming, roller taping, and hydrogen peroxide and vinegar killed the mites in

our house. Steri Fab also killed bird mites in the house and cars.

But we had to get rid of the cars and all our furniture because, nothing was

100% in killing the mites. Out Prius was unbearable for us... we got eaten

alive in it daily. None of friends or family did though because they had not

been MARKED as hosts.

We think the only reason we got MARKED as a host was because of an organism they

infected us with via a few bites when the house was 1st infested. We think the

house must have been infested with an astronomical number of mites at first.

Almost everything we own is in our garage now and I am afraid to go in there to

get rid of it all. It has been in there for about 18months now and it is still

possibly infested with mites. I brought a couple dining rm chairs from the

garage into our house last week and got a few bites on my bottom. So did my

husband... so we don't think the stuff in the garage is safe...

The bites on my bottom could have been coincidental... this is all so

freakish!!!

So it seems like antibiotics were crucial in helping us get much better. We

think we are at ~98% now...

I'll keep you posted.

z3

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Repost of Zoe's email from back in April. Some of the best info out there. ----- Forwarded Message -----From: "Zoe" <zoe_z3@...>bird mites Sent: Monday, April 4, 2011 4:09:06 PMSubject: Update from z3: Antibiotics have worked well

Hi All,

Many of you may not know our history with a bird mite infestation and many of you do.... We have literally tried everything under the sun for over 2 years to combat the infestation in our home, cars, work, and bodies. I've coined the name, Human Bird Mite Host Syndrome (BMHS), to best describe the disease we got following an intense bird mite infestation in our home.

The bird mites we had (maybe still do) are microscopic and clear when not filled with blood. They are not attracted to all people. Instead it appears that they tend to like some folks more than others to feed on and that once they somehow MARK you as a host (to be feasted on), then you become the target of biting and non-biting mites everywhere, where ever in the world you go.

I cannot begin to describe to anyone the horror and misery my husband and I have been through over the past 2 years. It got better over time with using many protocols and products but still is not 100% gone we don't think... everyday I wake up and wonder if I will get new bites and where they will occur on my body.

For the 1st 18-months we had 100s of painful bites on our bodies. We would only get 1 a day most days, but they each took months to go away so they added up quickly.

Here is what helped us the most:

Hydrogen peroxide sprayed on the skin alternated with white vinegar sprayed on the skin (especially on the area of the bites seem to finally kill the mites and the organism they infected us with (the markers) that were living on our skin. We left it on our skin for at least 5-30 min or more before rinsing.

3 months of Doxycycline (3 times per day) followed by 3 months of Bactrim DS 2 times per day finally killed what ever was in our blood and skin that was attracting them to us. We believe the antibiotics killed an organism the bird mites infected us with.

2-way carpet tape surrounding the base of our bed kept the bird mites out of our bed.

Washing all linens and and clothes on STERILE setting w/ Biokleen Plus and ironing everything we could killed all mites in clothes and linens.

Revolution on the dog and cat 2 times per months helped our pets.

Vacuuming, roller taping, and hydrogen peroxide and vinegar killed the mites in our house. Steri Fab also killed bird mites in the house and cars.

But we had to get rid of the cars and all our furniture because, nothing was 100% in killing the mites. Out Prius was unbearable for us... we got eaten alive in it daily. None of friends or family did though because they had not been MARKED as hosts.

We think the only reason we got MARKED as a host was because of an organism they infected us with via a few bites when the house was 1st infested. We think the house must have been infested with an astronomical number of mites at first.

Almost everything we own is in our garage now and I am afraid to go in there to get rid of it all. It has been in there for about 18months now and it is still possibly infested with mites. I brought a couple dining rm chairs from the garage into our house last week and got a few bites on my bottom. So did my husband... so we don't think the stuff in the garage is safe...

The bites on my bottom could have been coincidental... this is all so freakish!!!

So it seems like antibiotics were crucial in helping us get much better. We think we are at ~98% now...

I'll keep you posted.

z3