• Dust mites are the most common cause of asthma… and allergic symptoms which include waking up in the morning with a stuffy or runny nose, itchy eyes, sore throat, coughing, wheezing, sneezing, and just feeling… ugh!
• In allergy skin testing, approximately 80% of people with asthma and allergies test positive to dust mites.
• Don’t be part of this frightening statistic!

The Dust Mite Diet…

• Dust mites like to eat our skin cells… and on average, we shed about 30,000 to 40,000 skin cells every day… enough to feed about one million of them under ideal conditions.
• But dust mites don’t have stomachs… and therefore their digestion occurs outside their bodies.
• Their partially digested food, namely our skin cells… as well as their fecal matter and very own bodies… can cause allergens, rhinitis, conjunctivitis and dermatitis.

The Dust Mite Hideout…

• Dust mites thrive in our homes… especially the bed environment… in mattresses, pillows, bedding, blankets and comforters. 
• To avoid the sun’s rays, they burrow deep into fabrics and then climb to the surface when they’re hungry for more human skin cells. 
• They also thrive in dry climates… and easily reproduce in pillows because of the moisture from perspiration and saliva generated by the body while sleeping. 
• Because of dust mite infestation and their waste particles, after 10 years, the weight of the average mattress actually doubles!
• And after only one year, the average pillow increases 10% in weight.  

Help! What’s the Protect-A-Bed^® Solution?

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Protect-A-Bed^® products assist in the management of allergens, such as dust mites, found in mattresses and pillows, and are not cures for their elimination.  

And here’s even more information about dust mites…

• Although the American and European house dust mite are both abbreviated by allergists as HDM, they are considered to be two different species… as well as the most common cause of asthma and allergic symptoms worldwide.
• Visible under a magnifying glass, both male and female dust mites are globular in shape, creamy white, with eight legs in their post-larval stage.
• Males can live for 20 to 30 days. Mated females can live for 10 weeks… laying 60 to 100 eggs in the last five weeks of their lives… producing about 2,000 fecal particles… and an even larger number of partially digested enzyme-infested dust particles.
• Although the bed environment is their favourite hideout, they can be transported by air currents generated by normal household activities.
• Dust mites can survive in all climates except at high altitudes where they cannot reproduce because they require humidity.
• Although they remain active all year round, they tend to be worse in the winter.
• Bleach and strong soaps do not kill dust mites… however, washing sheets in temperatures over 60ºC/140ºF for one hour can prove fatal.