Up to a third of the weight of your pillow could be made up of bugs, dead skin, dust mites and their faeces! YUCK!
Pillows – and the stuffy bedroom air that surrounds them – are ideal breeding grounds for undesirables ranging from the superbugs MRSA and C.diff to flu, chicken pox and even leprosy, scientists said yesterday.
While some of the bugs will only be found lurking in hospitals or in tropical climates, others will be making themselves at home in the comfort of your bed.
So here's what ya do with your current pillows.- Allergy sufferers should opt for synthetic pillows over feather ones and fit them with anti-allergen covers.
- Kill mites by washing pillows regularly at 60C or putting them in the freezer for 24 hours.
- Good Housekeeping recommends washing your pillows once every three months on a delicate cycle.
- Wash two pillows together to balance the machine and use only a small amount of detergent. Rinse them twice.
- On a hot sunny day, try hanging your pillows outside to dry. Bacteria and fungi like moist environments.
- Replace them once a year.
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