Some people may have trouble sleeping due to night time allergies caused by dust mites. Dust mites make their homes in mattresses and feed on dead skin and organic matter. It is not actually the dust mites that cause allergies but dust mite excrement that gets inhaled. While its unlikely to eliminate dust mites completely from your home there are things that can be done to control their numbers.
Frequent cleaning of the bedroom will help, this is best done with a vacuum that has a HEPA filter. If your cleaning with a cheap vacuum you may make things worse by just blowing the dust mites around and making them airborne where they are more easily inhaled. You may also want to keep pets off the bed or out of your bedroom all together as dust mites also feed on pet dander. Do not forget to vacuum the actual mattress itself as this will help to pick up some of the dead skin left behind.
Using allergy free bedding may restrict access to dust mites and your dead skin. Regular bedding is not woven tightly enough to spot dust mites but allergy free bedding is specially designed and woven very tightly so that dust mites and skin can not get through. This cuts them off from their food supply and eventually causes them to die. Bedding is not really that expensive and can include mattress covers, pillow cases and comforters. You can find out more about
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