House dust mites (HDM, or simply dust mites) are present indoors wherever humans live.
Positive tests for dust mite allergies are extremely common among people with asthma. Dust mites are microscopic arachnids whose primary food is dead human skin cells, but they do not live on living people. They and their feces and other allergens which they produce are major constituents of house dust, but because they are so heavy they are not suspended for long in the air. They are generally found on the floor and other surfaces until disturbed (by walking, for example). It could take somewhere between twenty minutes and two hours for dust mites to settle back down out of the air. The main species are: Dermatophagoides farinae (American house dust mite) Dermatophagoides microceras Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus (European house dust mite) Euroglyphus maynei (Mayne's house dust mite)
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