I heard if you keep the same mattress for 10 years it will weigh twice as much as it did when you bought it brand new . All from the dust mites . Is this true?
2007-02-04 15:04:38 · 8 answers · asked by Teenie 7 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Allergies
Please I know all ready I spelled mites wrong I couldn't get it fixed fast enough. Cut me a brake here people.
2007-02-04 15:32:18 · update #1
Yes, it's true, believe me, I have read so much about them because a couple of weeks ago, I was sneezing a lot, but didn't have a cold, and has just done some major cleaning in my room, and found LOTS of dust around, and inside my baseboards.
THEN, after a few days, I kept breaking out: my arms, my sides, some on my stomach and legs, and I was soooo freaked out!
I bought an allergy pillow case,with a zipper, and did the same for my mattress, bought a new sheet set, and a blanket, and wowwwwwwwwwwww, I stopped breaking out and within days, I was still okay.
Dust mites are everywhere, they are even on the human body, and it is natural, it is just that some of us get allergic.
Either get a new matress and pillow, or cover the stuff u have, and I would bet you will feel better about dust mites, and might even feel better overall, because u r not breathing in those mites anymore!
2007-02-04 18:55:37 · answer #1 · answered by DivinePath 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have never heard such a thing, but the problem is, with mattress that old, it will be unbalanced and non-supportive. It will have a preset deformation resembling your average-normal sleeping pattern and thus will be uncomfortable. Sprung (spring) mattresses tend to go bad once the springs get old and deform due to the applied load over the course of the years.
as far as the dust Mites (you did say dust mute in your question) they only have a life span of 20 to 30 days. On average, a person sheds about 1.5 grams of skin cells and flakes every day (approximately 0.3-0.45 kg per year), which is enough to feed roughly a million dust mites under ideal conditions. So which one weigh what, is a question to be answered.
2007-02-04 15:13:48 · answer #2 · answered by Smufguy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi. I have never weighed one before so I can not say for sure, but dust mites are just about everywhere. They live on very tiny amounts of food such as your skin cells. I'd rather think my bed was full of mites, personally.
2007-02-04 15:08:06 · answer #3 · answered by Cirric 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know about dust Mutes but dust Mites can cause allergies.
Or do you mean bed bugs, which can also cause an alergic reaction if bitten by them.
2007-02-04 15:07:38 · answer #4 · answered by Mirowera 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My house was just filled with drywall dust the other day!!! Just wipe off your plants and spray them down, they'll get a drink while you're cleaning them.
2016-05-24 10:31:35 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i heard that too. dont know if it is exactly true, but mites are harmful. they trigger allergies in many people
2007-02-04 15:07:22 · answer #6 · answered by Tim 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i am allergic to those things and it sucks i used to have to put a plastic cover over my mattress to block the suckers from getting in
2007-02-04 15:12:47 · answer #7 · answered by undercovernudist 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They can give you allergies. Other then that, they just eat your dead skin.
2007-02-04 15:07:32 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋