So many years enduring the anger and scolding of our mothers for not making the bed in the morning and now it turns out that a study carried out by Kingston University proves us right: making the bed as soon as you get up can cause big problems for our health. Read on if you want to know exactly why.
Making the bed in the morning is detrimental to our health.
To carry out the research, the scientists placed mites in the beds of 36 homes in the United Kingdom to see how they affected people’s routine and health. At the end of the analysis, Dr. Stephen Prelove, one of the researchers involved in the study, concluded that a gesture as simple as leaving a bed unmade during the day can help remove moisture from the sheets and mattress, which makes the mites become dehydrated and eventually end up dying.
These nasty little critters are only capable of living in a humid and warm environment, something that makes our bodies sweat when we sleep. For this reason, if we leave our sheets airing out all day, it will be much easier for them to disappear.
Stephen Prelove affirmed that a million and a half million mites inhabit a bed and that, by doing it, we help them continue circulating through our sheets. Neatly folded bedding, tightly tucked sheets, blankets and duvets create ideal living conditions for mites which can cause serious health problems such as asthma, eczema, dermatitis and even chronic hay fever (allergic reaction). To pollen) as well as other types of allergies.
In fact, Stephen Prelove, ensures that with this finding a significant amount of money could be saved in treating allergic or similar diseases.
From now on both asthmatics and lazy people have a very good reason to sleep soundly and not make the bed when they get up.
Tricks to eliminate mites from sheets and mattress
- Change the sheets every week and wash them in very hot water (temperature between 55 and 60 degrees in the washing machine).
- Ventilate all the rooms in your house frequently. To do this, it is recommended that you open doors and windows for at least half an hour so that the air flows and is renewed. The fewer times you do it, the more likely it is that mites will settle quietly on your armchairs, chair covers and, of course, on your mattress and bedding.
- Mattresses are one of the most common habitats for mites, so you should also air them frequently. Try to do it once a month or, if possible, every two weeks.
- If you are one of those who still has old sheep wool mattresses in your house, get rid of them! Mites love to live in this type of fabric.
- Do not sweep the bedrooms. It is always much better to vacuum or directly mop or damp mop to prevent dust mites from spreading further.
- A good option is to resort to special anti-mite covers, both for mattresses and pillows.
- Carpets and rugs also concentrate a significant number of mites, so it is recommended to remove them. In the event that you like to have them, you should worry about carrying out a correct and exhaustive cleaning of them.