I am going to apologize in advance. The information I am about to share with you will disturb some of you! But this is yet another example of information that I feel should be well distributed.
Each and every day the average person will shed between 1 to 1.5 grams of dead skin, or putrefied body ash. Lets put this into perspective; a dollar bill is roughly 1 gram. The accepted statistic is 1/3 of our life is spent in bed. You do the math. This will add up quickly!
Nearly 25% of all allergic reactions are contributed to dust mites, more specifically dust mite fecal matter. Or to be more specific a protein found in dust mite fecal matter
Dust mites are so small that 45 of them can ride on the back of a flea!
The squeamish may want to quickly hit the back button...ok here we go. A queen-sized mattress may hold up to two million dust mites! If the bug is so small imagine what the size of its droppings must be! We plop down into bed and up comes a cloud of this highly allergenic material, which may stay airborne for up to 72 hours!
You can put your pillows in a plastic bag and freeze them; this will help kill the bugs. Throwing them in the dryer will help to remove foreign material. But what about your mattress? The EPA recommends cleaning your carpet at least once a year! So should your bed receive any less attention? Of course not!
There are ways of helping you! Especially if you tend to wake in the morning with the sniffles!
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