Matress Cleaning

Normal matress cleaning removes only a small percentage of dustmite and their allergens.

House dust mites love to share our bedroom! Why? Well, every time you change your clothes, day and night, we sprinkle them with skin flakes, the food they love the most. Combine this with the warmth and humidity from your body, the perfect conditions are created for them to thrive in.

We, our bodies that is, continuously shed large amounts of tiny skin flakes each time we shower, undress or when we lie in bed. A brand new, dust mite free carpet or mattress can become colonised in just a few weeks with dust mites eating their way through discarded skin flakes amongst other things.

Samples of dust collected from mattresses and pillows show the largest component is made up usually of dead skin flakes. The second largest component is made up of the house dust mite colony living on dead skin, their faecal pellets and dead bodies of their comrades.

If you are allergic to dust mites, it is the protein in their bodies, particularly in their faecal droppings which trigger symptoms such as inflammation, runny nose, watery eyes, sneezing, can’t stop coughing and what cause asthma, chronic allergic rhinitis and eczema.

Normal vacuuming alone is not an effective means to mattress cleaning and dust mite control. The dust mites tend to cling to the fabric fibres, resisting being sucked up into your vacuum cleaner. Regular vacuuming of the infested dust mites mattress and carpets has very little effect on the allergen levels.

Chemical dust mite spray and powders are available to kill dust mites, but research has shown, they can evolve resistance very quickly. People tend to be reluctant to spray insecticides on their beds whilst mattress cleaning because you not only sleep in it but your skin absorbs, and you breathe the vapours in, all night long, every night.

Avoid steam cleaning your mattress, as it adds moisture to the material and construction. If not dried properly, mould spores can develop.

Replacing your mattress every 10 years, not only maintains your mattress hygiene, it also provides renewed support for your body.

So how can you clean your mattress and reduce your exposure to dust mite allergens? Research has shown that lowering exposure to dust mite allergens can help dust mites allergy sufferers by reducing the frequency and severity of their symptoms and by reducing their need for medication.

Completely encase mattress, pillows and doonas with specifically designed, manufactured and proven dust mite covers. They totally enclose the item with a zip, like a sealed envelope, effectively stopping dust mite movement and preventing the smaller faecal pellets from coming through the fabric.

The mattress cover can be lightly vacuumed or wiped with a damp cloth each week, and every 3 to 4 months, washed in hot water to maintain hygiene, kill dust mites and prevent a build up of allergen on the cover.

Wash normal sheets, doona covers and pillow cases at least once a week, to kill the dustmite and remove their allergens.

To provide welcome symptom relief from dust mites and their allergens, dust mite bedding is more effective than normal matress cleaning.

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