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Up to 2,500 mites have been counted in one gram of dust. That means there are up to one million mites in one double size mattress!
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Mite excrement contains harmful chemical substance called guanine. Scientific evidence indicates guanine as a cause of allergy problems to many people.
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Bacteria Several species of the tiny one celled life forms, often called bacilli, cause disease. In some cases they are even resistant to antibiotics.
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Spores Spores spread in the form of fungi. They can cause diseases, in particular a fungal infection of the skin, which can be hard to treat.
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Flakes of Dry Skin
The human body sheds as much as 1.5g of dry skin flakes per day. That is more than one pound every year! People with psoriasis lose many times more. A large amount of this dry skin ends up in the mattress and grows bacteria, becoming rancid and causing an unpleasant rancid odour. That typical bedroom odour!
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Dust Particles
Up to several pounds in a single mattress, dust particles can be as small as 1 to 20 microns. Dust is a mixture of organic and inorganic particles, flakes of dry skin, salt from perspiration, mite excrement, etc., and is a carrier of mite excrement and bacteria.
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Myth : Dust mite is harmful and can bite.
Fact : House dust mite is not harmful and does not bite but its faeces contains harmful chemical substance called guanine that can cause allergy problem to many people.
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People's sleep is often disturbed by the allergen in the mattress. We need quality sleep to repair our cells, strengthen the immune system and sharpen our mental functions.
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Myth : Indoor air is cleaner than outdoor air because of outside air pollution
Fact : The indoor air quality is worse than the outdoor. The highest amount of pollutants, like dust mite's faeces, mould and bacteria are found in our bedroom, especially in the bed.
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People's sleep is often disturbed by the allergen in the mattress. We need quality sleep to repair our cells, strengthen the immune system and sharpen our mental functions.
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Dust mite feeds on the mould that grow in the mattress and dead skins that we shed nightly into the mattress. It passes out about 20 - 25 faeces particles daily that stick on the springs inside the mattress leading to mite allergen. |
