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Dust mites trigger allergic reactions.
 

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Are you sleeping with the enemy?

You may change or wash bed linens frequently. But do you know that your mattress also needs to be cleaned and sanitised regularly? Do you realise that you might be sleeping with the enemy, millions of dust mites and harmful microscopic organisms creeping in your mattress?

Dust Mite Facts - What are dust mites? Where do they thrive in?


 

How do dust mites affect our sleep and health?
How can we get rid of them?

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The combination of moisture, heat and dead skin flakes produced by a sleeping person makes a mattress the ideal breeding ground for dust mites. Changing/washing bed linens will NOT eradicate dust mites inhabiting in mattresses and stop them from breeding. Most people keep their mattresses for long period of time. The older the mattress is, the higher level of contamination. You may not realise that your mattress is probably incubating dust mites.

It is a scientific fact that exposure to the allergen guanine found in dust mite excrement is directly responsible for allergies and the resultant problems such as asthma; bronchitis; eczema; inflammation of the mucous membranes; red itchy or watery eyes; sneezing; cough; Nasal congestion; headaches; depression; fatigue; poor sleep and a whole host of other allergic reactions.

Up to 2,500 dust mites have been counted in as little as one gram of dust! This computes to there being as many as 2 million+ dust mites in a regular, standard size mattress alone! No matter how houseproud you are, the fact is you are sharing your bed with millions of dust mites greedily feasting on the dead skin flakes you shed everyday.

The typical dust mite produces 200 times its body weight in excrement during its normal life span. Dust mites can produce enough feces to double the weight of your mattress! Dust mites' excrement (Guanine) adheres to the fibers in the mattress fabric as tiny mucous coated balls. Later, it decomposes into a fine powder-like dust.

A mattress is the place where we have direct contact with dust mites. We spend approximately one-third of our lives in bed, moving around frequently. When we move on the mattress it acts like a bellows and puffs up particles containing the microscopic dust mite excrement, which easily pass through protectors and bedding to land on our face and skin and enter our breathing passage, eventually triggering respiratory and dermatological problems. Senior citizens and children are most vulnerable to indoor allergens produced by dust mites.

If you are suffering any symptoms of asthma and/or other allergies, you are most likely reacting to dust mite excrement. Even though you don't have any asthmatic or other allergic symptoms at the moment, it does not mean that you are immune from indoor pollutants and allergens. As pollutants and allergens can accumulate in our body, there is still a high chance that prolonged exposure to dust mites' excrement can cause allergies, asthma and the resultant health problems to develop and begin at a later time. 

Besides dust mites, your mattress is also a home to many other harmful microscopic organisms and contaminated sediments such as bacteria and viruses, fungus and mould, dust, salt from perspiration, other bodily fluids and pet hair allergens. All these contaminants can contribute to the development of potential health problems.

They are a resilient bunch, deeply embedded in your mattress and you can't simply vacuum them away! It takes Hygienitech's germicidal and scientifically proven mattress cleaning and sanitising process to destroy and remove them.

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