You may be leaving your bed sheets on for too long – expert shares top tips

dailystar.co.uk:

Amerisleep revealed her top tips on bed sheet changing etiquette, that can get you a better nights sleep and avoid ill health.

The expert told the ECHO: "The typical adult sheds 1.5 grams of dry skin a day, and with a large amount of time spent in bed, a high amount is found in the bedsheets."These skin flakes attract dust mites, one of the most common causes of asthma and allergies, including coughing, runny nose, sneezing, and itchy mouth, eyes, nose, or skin."Dust mites have an ideal temperature of 15-21 o C, which is also the recommended temperature for getting sleep.”Unfortunate for us, but good for the dust mites, this makes bed sheets a perfect environment for dust mites to live and thrive.So cleaning your bed sheets often will keep the pesky mites at bay.To make sure dust mites are not causing you any bother, it is suggested by experts that you wash your bed sheets once a week.However, if you sleep by yourself it is advised to clean them once every fortnight ."If your bedsheets aren’t cleaned regularly, you will still be sleeping on dirty sheets full of allergens, which could cause coughing, sneezing, watery eyes, runny nose, and itchy skin."The high number of dust mites might also provoke asthma and lead to an asthma attack."Sweating at night would result in moisture, increasing the humidity in your room and providing a perfect environment for fungi and bacteria, potentially worsening allergy reactions,” April Mayer explained.To really make certain you are seeing the last of all the bacteria, dead skin and dust mites put your sheets through a hot water wash.Then, you should put your sheets in the dryer on the highest setting or, if we are lucky to see some sun anytime soon, you should hang outside as the sun.