Without a doubt, washing your sheets at least once a week is the most important piece of advice.
Because this is the best way to control mites and the myriad of microorganisms that lurk between your sheets.
This is not unimportant advice, as people who don’t wash their sheets regularly are sleeping with more allergens than is acceptable every night, which can significantly increase the risk of asthma and dust allergies.
Relieve symptoms and prevent disease
Additionally, for people with seasonal allergies, how often you wash your sheets, whether it’s spring or summer, is also very important.
In this case and during difficult times, it is recommended to increase the frequency of washing sheets to more than once a week. Because in some cases, this is the only way to help relieve symptoms.
But washing your sheets regularly isn’t just a good habit for allergy sufferers.
This is a task that has been studied and proven to prevent disease.
What’s more, studies in day care centers show that washing bedding every day can reduce the frequency of gastroenteritis.
Other studies of children in day care centers have also found that cleaning sleeping pads less than once a week increases the frequency of upper respiratory tract infections.
Seasons are also important. Because to prevent further growth of mites and other microorganisms, it is recommended to wash your sheets more frequently during the summer months when you sweat the most.
And, very importantly: if someone is sick or if someone in the house is allergic to mites, it is recommended to wash the sheets frequently in hot water (60°C).
We should not touch the sheets with our hands or dirty clothes.
We spend a lot of time in bed every day and have very close contact. This is why you must avoid or at least minimize the accumulation of dirt on your sheets.
This is an important hygiene goal for which we must take some simple measures, but this may cost us initially due to lack of habits.
First, we should not sit or place things on an unmade bed.
We should also try to avoid touching our sheets or pillows with our hands or dirty clothes, whether because we are wearing them and leaning on them or because we are throwing them on the bed when changing clothes.
Humidity worsens the situation
Special care must be taken if the clothes are also sweaty or wet. Because research shows that the spread of microorganisms, such as bacteria and fungi, from one surface to another is greater if the surface is moist.
Additionally, wearing sweaty clothes, for example, or lying on your sheets in street clothes immediately after waking up (while still damp) can leave behind more microorganisms.
However, if the clothes are dry, the spread of microorganisms from one surface to another is almost undetectable. Although it also depends on the contact time and the friction between the surfaces.
We also recommend taking a shower before going to bed to remove dirt from your body.
Of course, you should dry yourself, especially your hair, to avoid getting the sheets wet.