Combatting House Dust Mites Effectively

House dust mites are not insects. They are microscopic arachnids that live in your bedding,

and you are sleeping with millions of them right now. These tiny creatures feed on the dead

skin cells you shed every single night. Your mattress can gain up to ten pounds in weight over ten

years just from their waste and dead bodies. But here is what most people do not

know. The mites themselves are not the problem. It is their feces. Each mite produces

about twenty waste particles per day, and these particles become airborne when you move in

bed. This is what triggers your allergies and asthma. To fight them,

wash your sheets weekly in hot water above sixty degrees Celsius. Use allergen proof