You may be one of the many people who lay their heads down on their pillows at night and sleep like a log. What you may not know is that the moment you fall asleep millions of mites start feasting on your dead skin and hair. They can even be the cause of your allergies or asthma attacks. To help protect yourself, consider using dust mite mattress covers.
Everyone sheds a small amount of dead skin each week. If there are mascots living inside of your home, they are also shedding hair and skin. Since most of the shed skin and hair are in the furniture and beds and on the rugs, the mites congregate in these places.
Just for an example, one hundred thousand dust mites are able to live in a square yard of carpet. Each one of those mites produces approximately 20 droppings every day. It is the protein in these droppings that cause the allergic reactions that many people suffer from. These reactions can be as simple as itchy eyes and can range all the way to serious asthma attacks.
Unfortunately for humans, dust mites are especially attracted to pillows and mattresses, and a used mattress can host up to ten million of these microscopic creatures. Even ten percent of the weight of a two year old pillow consists of dead dust mites and the resulting fecal matter. Have you ever noticed the material that floats in the sun’s rays when it streams into a room? Scientists say that 80% of that material floating in the air is dead skin that has been shed.
Mite allergies are not seasonal because they are always present. If a person’s dust mite allergies are worse during one season of the year than another, it is because the humidity is high in the house even when it is closed up. It is possible for the dried feces of the mites to become airborne if bedding is shaken out, or someone sits on the furniture, walks on a rug or lies on a bed.
No one can see dust mites without a microscope. They are a hard shelled bug with an oblong body. They have hair on their legs, along their sides and on top of their bodies. They have eight legs, no antennae and no eyes.
Special dust mite mattress covers are the best way to fight against an infestation of these mites. Both the mattress and the pillows should be enclosed in these special covers. Regularly vacuum all furniture and rugs. These things will help you keep the dry feces of the dust mites from becoming airborne.
If you want to learn more about Anti Allergy Bedding then stop by Sarah’s blog about Dust Mite Mattress Covers.