Hey everybody, does anybody know if something like mite in the gut exist? I can't find anything and speculate it doesn't exist. It's a passage in an official document by the DRV (DWP in UK), and I'm puzzled. Maybe it's just an error from their side (which I can use ).
A quick google search gave me this on Pub Med: Presence of commensal house dust mite allergen in human gastrointestinal tract: a potential contributor to intestinal barrier dysfunction.
Wow, Trish, thanks. This is about normal dust mites. In the gut?? How does that work? Dust mites can survive in the gut??
Ok, had a second look. Thank you. They detected Der p1 in the gut. Der p1 is a part of the excrements of mite? But they say where HDM = house dust mites. I am sorry, it's still not clear to me. Is it mites in the gut or their excrements/whatever?
I suspect it might be both the mite and their excrement. Yuck! It's almost impossible to avoid either and if one if 'em is getting in there then so is the other. Whether both get through the stomach intact is another question.
Ahh, so it's dead mites (i.e. "mites protein") and their excrements in the gut? Still, I find that interesting.