Do you, your partner or your kids suffer from seasonal allergies? Did you know that mites (harmful microorganisms) generated in the bed mattresses - no matter how clean as if it's the bedroom or your sheets - is a key reason for asthma attacks, allergies and irritated skin?
They are the "number one allergen agent worldwide! They belong to the group of arachnids and they fed on by epitheliums that come out of our body. Especially this time of the year, they multiply and as they multiply along with them multiplied the risk of allergy. Ideal conditions for the mites to grow are the absence of light and moisture.
- Greatest mite density occurs during spring or autumn, when moisture levels are high
- Average human spends a third of the life in bed. This is equivalent to 220,000 hours life!
- A Typical mattress may contain millions of dust mites.
- A Single dust mite produces about 20 feces per day, small enough to be able to enter our lungs, resulting in asthma and skin irritation.
- Ten percent by the weight of a cushion used for 2 years can be dead mites and their excrement.
- Dust mites have eight legs, no eyes, no antennae, something like a mouth in the front part of their body (like the head) and a hard, translucent shell, which gives them a "frightening appearance."
Recently scientists have come to the conclusion that by leaving our bed unmade may be the easiest and cheapest way to get rid of these alien creatures!
According to Dr. Stephen Pretlove who spoke to the BBC, he explained that “We know that mites can only survive by taking in water from the atmosphere using small glands on the outside of their body. Something as simple as leaving a bed unmade during the day can remove moisture from the sheets and mattress so the mites will dehydrate and eventually die.”
It may not be that effective but it will surely work! It feels like changing my whole life - as I grew up I kept listening the same thing every single day "Make up your bed"! Mother...it is better to leave it unmade! Payback time! What a great excuse not to make your bed!
There is nothing to lose and potentially lots to gain by doing so, because you can only end up healthier, and thus happier!
Sources: Sun Gazing, Atlanta News for Visually-Impaired
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