Hi Janice. Thanks for posting.
About 7 years ago, I developed rosacea. Kind of strange to develop this all of a sudden. I would get a red, flushed face along with acne. It was pretty depressing.. but what I learned was that many people believe that the rosacea redness is due to an overabundance of these mites, and the bacteria they produce? causes the inflammatory response in people with rosacea.
Well, what helped me was a natural cream which contained sulfur. My rosacea improved a bit and it was no longer a huge issue with me. This cream worked better than anything my derm prescribed me. I never gave the demodex issue another thought after that. What I also didn't realize at that time was I also had Keratosis Pilaris over many areas of my body (legs, chest, and arms).. and later I discovered that demodex could also be responsible for this as well!
Well, last year, when I was really ill and before the sh*t hit the fan, I took some olive leaf extract to cleanse for candida. I began to feel crawling all over my face and eyelashes. It was sooo disturbing, but at that point I realized that this must be demodex! I had to rub jojaba oil on my face just to get them to stop crawling, but they were truly disturbed by the olive leaf extract. Anyway, since I have been treating for yeast and fungus with the special soaps and creams, I believe my demodex population has been reduced as well.
I do believe you when you talk about the faulty immune system. This was a warning to me that something was wrong a few years before all hell broke loose. In most people, the demodex population is kept in check and don't cause issues, but in other people, their population grows out of control.  |