Fighting the red mite on humans

The red poultry mite predominantly attacks farm poultry

The red poultry mite is a parasite that predominantly affects farm poultry and wild birds; it is rarely found in humans or other mammals.

• You will only be attacked by the red mite if there is a lack of suitable hosts, such as poultry or birds, on whose blood it normally feeds. Humans only represent a so-called false host.

• You can become infected with the mite not only through direct contact with infested birds, but also through mite-infested objects such as bird cages or poultry houses.

• You will hardly get to see a bird mite because it is purely nocturnal and during the day stays in dark niches, cracks and crevices. If you search for it specifically, you will occasionally find it on the underside of perch supports and in bird nests.
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• They only attack at night Parasites the host organisms for the blood meal, for which they can travel relatively long distances. Soaked specimens change their appearance in size and shape and take on a dark red color, by which you can recognize them.


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Symptoms and treatment of mite infestation in humans

• If you have been attacked by bird mites, you will initially discover skin wheals at the contact points with a small hemorrhage in the middle. Blisters can form from the wheals and, if they are severe, even large-area eczema-like changes.

• Bird mite bites give you an intense one itchingso that scratching the skin changes is not uncommon and it can even lead to inflammatory skin changes.

• If you have already had skin changes and itching, there is little point in your body or check your clothes for the mites. The mites do not stay with you for long and disappear as soon as they have finished their blood meal.

• In the case of the aforementioned skin changes with the typical itching, you should contact a dermatologist. It is usually difficult to make a diagnosis as it is unlikely that you will be able to find a mite on your body. The decisive clue is therefore contact with birds or contaminated objects.

• Specific Medication directly against the mites, as for example with flea or lice infestation, are not necessary. However, you need drugthat calm the itching and have a disinfectant effect. If there is a pronounced skin inflammation from scratching the skin changes, an antibiotic is occasionally required.

• In order to finally get rid of the poultry mites, an identification and remediation of the source of the infection is necessary. If necessary, you also have to call in a veterinarian.

• Parting with your birds does not eliminate the poultry mite problem. The mites can survive periods of hunger of up to six months without any problems, which is why they can also survive in unused aviaries and chicken coops.