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I bet reading that doesn’t make you want to jump right into the sheets! But sadly, that’s not the worst part. We all shed flakes of skin as we go about our daily lives, including as we’re sleeping. And those flakes of dead skin attract dust mites, which make their way into your sheets, and also excrete in them (I know, this has reached unprecedented levels of disgusting). Aside from being extremely gross, dust mite excrement can also create health issues for people who have allergies and asthma.
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“The excrement of the mites can cause breathing problems for those with allergies and asthma, but can easily be removed by washing in hot water,” says Leverette. “By not washing linens frequently, the oils and fluids build up and embed in the fibers, making them much more difficult to remove. If you have ever pulled some sheets from the linen closet, and they smell slightly rancid and stale, that is body soil left in the fibers because the sheets were not cleaned thoroughly.”
