Errors in the care of textiles that harm the skin, spoil the air and worsen well-being

Well, there is no such person who would not like a fresh and comfortable bed. We all love the smell of clean linen, the crunch of starched pillowcases, a comfortable mattress and a warm blanket in the cold winter. However, in this regard, there are several mistakes that many people make. Allowing pets to sleep in bed, stacking kits in poorly ventilated boxes, washing duvet covers and sheets inappropriately, and other mistakes - all this can significantly affect our health in a negative way, spoil air quality and cause skin diseases.

Ignore the mattress topper

In fact, this is not a luxury, but a very useful and necessary accessory. It protects your mattress from dirt, dust, stains that can very easily get onto it from the sheet. It is clear that it is easier to buy a protective cover, and not to clean a bulky and oversized mattress - by the way, it is more difficult to clean it than to wash a mattress topper.

In addition, to some extent, it is able to protect bedding from the attack of dust mites and other small insects that often wind up inside the mattress. Therefore, you too will be protected from them.

Rarely change pillowcases

There is an opinion that bed linen should not be washed often, because it wears out from this, and therefore serves much less. This is wrong. Of course, it is very important to keep cleanliness, especially when it comes to pillowcases, because they are the ones that most often and most often come into contact with human skin. Dirty laundry is the first cause of skin diseases, because textiles always contain dirt, particles of epithelium or cosmetics. This is why pillowcases should be washed as often as possible.

Naturally, you can do this separately from the other items in the kit. And to make changing them easier, choose a universal shade for your bedding and buy several separate pillowcases.

Make the bed right away

In general, doing this immediately after waking up is a great habit. And it's good if you not only preserved it, but accustom the rest of the household to it. But it turns out that the bed linen needs to be given some time to air out before being covered with a blanket. The reason is excess moisture on textiles, which accumulates overnight, and this is an excellent habitat for various unpleasant microorganisms and even fungus.

After waking up, do not rush to make your bed - let it air for 10-15 minutes with the window open.

Wash too much in one wash

The sheet, duvet cover and pillowcases should fit loosely in the typewriter, so do not stuff the entire set into the drum at once. Let it hang out there better, which will contribute to better washing.

By the way, the fewer things you load, the better it rinses. It is known that powders contain many chemical compounds in their composition, and therefore it is recommended to rinse it even twice. Residues of chemistry on textiles may well cause the development of allergies and skin diseases.

Let animals sleep in your bed

Even if you love your pet, you shouldn't let him sleep in bed. And the problem here is not only hygiene and safety. Whatever one may say, but the wool and pieces of the epithelium of animals still remain on the bedding, and this is an ideal habitat for dust mites.

Putting bags and other "street" things on the bed

If you are not a fan of making your bed, then remember once and for all: never put on the bed what you bring from the street (bags, packages, only purchased things). Street dust, which in any case gets on the textiles, stains the linen, and along with it, microbes, helminth eggs, and other not very pleasant "comrades" get onto the material.

Fold bedding into an unventilated wardrobe

If you want your laundry to always remain fresh and clean, you need to store it on well-ventilated shelves. Do not put it in plastic bags, but rather give preference to textile covers or wicker baskets.

Choose a gentle wash cycle

In general, the high temperature of the water can significantly worsen the quality of the fabric, because boiling water has a destructive effect on the fibers - this has long been known and understood. But washing bedding in cold water is also not entirely true, and not effective either. The optimal washing mode is at 60 ° C and with the maximum number of revolutions.