The need for clean sheets
Fat: Your body secretes fat when you sleep, which remains on the sheets.
Sweat: During the night, if the environment is too hot, your body sweats to cool down.
Body fluids: add saliva, blood, urine and feces of sick people to the sheets.
Food crumbs: If you are one of those who bring something to eat in the middle of the night, you should know that food crumbs invite bugs to eat.
The right time to wash the sheets?
Reconsider washing sheets once a month. Sheets should be washed at least every other week, preferably every week.
Washable pillows should be washed at least twice a year. Pillows can harbor mold, fungus and bacteria and lead to diarrhea, asthma and bronchitis. If you have been sitting on your pillow, it is better to throw it away and buy a new one.
If you are caring for a sick person, change the sheets every day and do not let him spend the recovery period in a bed full of germs. If this is not possible for you, at least change his pillowcase every day.
In order to preserve the color and quality of sheets, pillowcases and bedspreads, many women wash them in the washing machine with lukewarm water. While Robert Weitz, a microbiologist, believes that pillowcases and bedspreads are one of the best areas for causing allergies and
are kept dust free. Therefore, you should wash all sleep products at least once every two weeks with a strong cycle of the machine or hot water, and in order to prevent them from becoming allergenic, you should keep these products away from the dust of the environment outside and inside the house. dry
A hypoallergenic pillow and mattress cover or a protective cover can reduce mites. Anti-allergenic and protective covers are less expensive than the hypoallergenic type and, in similar ways, act as an impermeable barrier to prevent and keep moisture from your body and skin from entering the mattress.