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    Warum trockene Augen und Hautprobleme eine übersehene (und abscheuliche) Ursache haben könnten

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    1. theipaper on

      Hello, and welcome back to *Everyday Science*.

      As someone used to writing about medical matters, I’m not usually squeamish. But with this week’s topic, I may have reached my limits.

      It concerns a microscopic mite that lives on the human face. It dwells in hair follicles, such as those of the eyelashes and other facial hairs, or inside tiny skin glands.

      Conventional wisdom is that these mites, called Demodex, are usually harmless, and probably do us a favour by eating up dead skin cells and oil.

      But dig a little deeper and it seems that these creatures might be the unsuspected cause of a host of medical conditions, including itchy eyes, dry eyes and facial rashes and spots.

      Read on only if you have a strong stomach, because the more you learn about Demodex, the more unfair it seems that we put up with them.

      “They really are disgusting,” said Professor Alex Müntz, head of the Institute of Optometry at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland.

    2. HandsomeHippocampus on

      Went into reading thinking „Ah, won’t be that bad“ then noped out after a minute of reading. Glad I already ate. 

    4. mister-noggin on

      Writing things like this doesn’t give you much credibility. 

      > There is a wide range of options for killing off these creatures – they include ointments or tablets of anti-parasitic drugs, including ivermectin – once thought able to prevent Covid.

    6. Pheyniex on

      Demodex is a wierd thing and a matter of discussion of its benefits for ages. It is aquired through skin contact mostly and aparently dictates more of our cleanliness and skin health than we care to accept.

      Now, is it easy to tell your friends that we are all covered with pore-dwelling poop bombs that behave mostly harmlessly throughout our live times? The reactions are usually worse than an average jumpscare.

    8. Appropriate_Layer on

      This isn’t an overlooked cause, it’s a well known cause. There’s even a prescription eye drop called xDemvey that treats dry eyes by killing Demodex

    9. armoryofharmony on

      Tea tree oil! This stuff annihilaties the little guys. If you are ‚overpopulated‘, try using a face wash with tea tree oil, you will absolutely feel a difference.

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