Does Anti-Dust-Mite Fabric Really Work? The Research
A study tested 53 anti-dust-mite covers worldwide, revealing which fabrics truly work and the standard a good anti-mite fabric should meet.
Read more →As a Mother, and a Dust-Mite Scholar
The founder of MITEX has studied dust mites her whole life in two roles — a mother of children with allergies, and the academic who developed anti-dust-mite fabric.
My inspiration to study dust mites and allergies came from caring for my three sons, all diagnosed with dust-mite allergy. Let me share my experience from two perspectives — as a mother, and as a dust-mite scholar.
As a mother
I understand the heart of anyone caring for a loved one with allergies, especially a child who develops them young. You feel so sorry you’d take it on yourself — but you have to see them through until they grow and build enough resistance.
What you must do is follow the doctor’s advice strictly, and “make peace” with it, because it’s a chronic condition many doctors say can’t be fully cured. While one cause is genetic, the surrounding environment matters enormously in triggering flare-ups. Many reports confirm that reducing the allergens you breathe in reduces symptoms. Combining proper dust-mite prevention with medical treatment noticeably improves quality of life.
As a scholar
As a university lecturer, I’ve been able to research dust mites in depth, specialising in two major areas.
First, mass-scale production of dust mites as raw material for a mite vaccine. I have developed ten pieces of intellectual property and received two national awards.
Second, finding ways to reduce dust-mite numbers. One result is my work on anti-dust-mite fabric. Asked so often whether it “really works,” I researched it for years, publishing six papers in international journals — and reporting, for the first time in the world, that anti-dust-mite fabric is a medical textile, not just any material. I included striking images of mites nesting inside fabrics claiming to be “anti-mite covers.” This work received the 2007 Preclinical Research Award from the Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital.
Anti-dust-mite fabric is no magic cloth
Today, Mahidol University has transferred the technology to the private sector for commercial production. I want to be clear: anti-dust-mite fabric is not a magic cloth that cures disease. Rather, good anti-dust-mite fabric blocks the mites and their droppings inside the bedding from getting out — which reduces the allergens we inhale, and helps us care better for the ones we love. That is the heart behind every MITEX product.