Allersearch X-Mite

Allersearch X-Mite is a valuable adjunct in the management of patients who test positive to house dust mite or danders and have clinical symptoms of asthma, allergic rhinitis or eczema that correlate with exposure to those allergens. By applying Allersearch X-Mite to carpets and soft furnishings in conjunction with other well-established environmental controls, you can reduce house dust mite waste and deactivate other allergens in house dust. Unless treated, these allergens may cause inflammation in the airways, trigger an asthma attack or produce allergic rhinitis symptoms. The role of Allersearch X-Mite is to reduce allergen exposure as part of the overall patient management program. By reducing Allergen exposure, affected patients will have less symptoms and require less medication.

How It Works
n the past extreme measures such as complete removal of carpeting have been advocated to control dust mite exposure. Now it's clear that frequent treatment of carpets and upholstered furniture with a tannic acid solution can be beneficial. This treatment has resulted in significant reduction in dust mite allergens and also other allergens. Allersearch X-Mite (anti allergen moist powder) is a non-toxic formula of tannic acid. Tannic acid actually denatures mite and cat allergen protein rendering it permanently non-allergenic.

Safety
• Tannic acid is a natural product found in oak bark, coffee, cocoa, and tea.

• Allersearch is considered non-toxic. It has been administered to asthmatic and normal subjects via a nebulizer to determine whether it could provoke bronchospasm. No effect on FEV1 was observed. No changes in expiratory flow rate were observed when asthmatics, whose homes were sprayed with Allersearch¬ were tested.

• Adverse affects have been rare. These reports have been limited to a contact dermatitis.

• Patients are advised not to reduce asthma medication (particularly steroids) without medical advice.