The mite is recognised as the major trigger for childhood asthma in the UK.
Doctors, working with children diagnosed with allergic asthma, recognise that house dust mites are a major contributor to the disease. The doctors try to lessen the children´s symptoms by using a series of injections (immunotherapy) against mite allergy.
Reference ´Controlled Trial of Hyposensitisation to Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus in Children with Asthma´,1978, Warner JO, Price JF, Soothill JF, Hey EN, October 28th 1978, The Lancet, p 912
