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Allergy Bedding
Allergy Bedding: Part of a Good Night’s Rest
People with allergies often face difficulties as they
sleep. They must spend at least eight hours, in close
proximity with their pillow, mattresses and bedding. If
these items contain allergens and irritants, they will
wake up with allergic symptom or they will not enjoy a
proper rest if they are awakened by their allergies.
However, this can be addressed by the uses of proper
allergy bedding.
What is Allergy Bedding?
There are two aspects to allergy bedding. People need to
choose pillows, sheets and comforters that are made with
hypoallergenic materials. There are several choices:
washable synthetic fibers, hypoallergenic goose down,
wool or silk quilts and pillows.
Hypoallergenic Bedding Covers are the other part of
allergy bedding. They provide washable barriers to
allergens and dust mites. Dust mites exist all around,
at any season of the year. Even the most immaculate
housekeepers cannot get rid of them. Dust mites love the
bedroom, with all its fabrics. Since they are
microscopic, they can easily slide though any standard
fabrics, leaving allergy triggers as they pass.
One easy defense against these invisible invaders is the
use of special allergy bedding encasings. These come in
various high quality and machine washable materials.
Special covers can be purchased for mattresses, pillow
and comforters.
Good quality allergy bedding encasings will allow air
and moisture to flow through the material. However it
has an extremely tiny pore size, so that it blocks dust
mites and the associated allergens.
Allergy Bedding Materials
Allergy bedding materials are usually synthetics or
synthetics combined with small amounts of cotton. They
normally include a “membrane” or a thin lining of
plastic laminate. There are a number of high-tech
materials now available for allergy barriers, including
some materials that are so tightly woven that they can
include higher cotton content.
Poly-Knit is soft, flexible polyester knit. Unlike
typical polyester, it “breathes” through minute vents in
the fabric. It stretches easily and makes an ideal
mattress cover.
Poly-Cotton is a fifty-fifty blend of poly-knit and
cotton. It is durable but the cotton makes the covers
more absorbent. Micro-fiber is a nylon and polyester
blend. It has such a fine weave that dust mites cannot
penetrate it so no other barrier such as a plastic
membrane, is required. This fabric is only available for
pillow and duvet covers.
Allersoft is a new cotton-polyester micro-woven fabric.
It is soft and the weave is so tight that it is
effective on its own, without a membrane, to keep out
mites and allergens. It contains an amazing ratio of
forty percent cotton and is light and comfortable as
bedding.
Care of Allergy Bedding
The choice of proper allergy bedding and barriers is
only one aspect of an allergy reduced sleep. The bedding
must be cared for and kept clean.
All allergy bedding barriers and linens should be washed
in hot water every ten to fourteen days. There are also
special laundry products available designed to destroy
mites. Mattress covers should be washed at least four
times a year.
The bedroom environment needs to be kept very clean,
dust-free and free of any clutter or objects that
attract mites. Allergic people should bathe or shower
before bed, to remove any allergens from their bodies
that may find their way into the bedding materials.
A combination of cleanliness and good allergy bedding
products will go along way to ensure a sneezeless-sleep
and an alert awakening!
About the Author
Valeria Vegas has a Masters degree in Writing and regularly writes for a local newspaper. She
also teaches writing workshops in
San Francisco and has taught high school
English. As a freelance job, she corrects essays for the
SAT and ACT through
Pearson scoring as well as write copy for websites. She is the
Associate Editor of a literary magazine, edit manuscripts for Behler
publications, and works for authors independently. One of her stories was
named Notable Story of 2004 by Million Writers. She is a regular contributor to http://www.comforter-n-duvet-cover.com.
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