Hi
Can anyone recommend any anti allergy bedding sets i.e. duvet cover/pillowcases please? I’ve seen there are a few materials that are best for reducing dust mites etc and wondering what others experiences have been please. Thank you!
Hi
Can anyone recommend any anti allergy bedding sets i.e. duvet cover/pillowcases please? I’ve seen there are a few materials that are best for reducing dust mites etc and wondering what others experiences have been please. Thank you!
I spent out on a complete change of bedding. From M&S I bought hypoallergenic k. size duvet and pillows made from recycled plastic bottles. Weekly changed bedding and thoroughly vacuumed the mattress, bedroom and damp dusted everywhere. Wasted my money, time & energy because it turned out I wasn't the slightest bit allergic to dust or dust mite (or the dog for that matter )!
Last spring I just replaced our duvets and pillows with whatever from Tesco and dunelm. I did not get anything special, but it solved my asthma issues in the bedrooms.
I also did a major clean up, including a mountain of teddy bears.
However I am starting to get issues again when changing the sheets, so this time I will be more careful and pay a bit more for allergy free items and see if they last more than a year.
I bought a John Lewis hypoallergenic duvet and use it with 100% cotton sheets and duvet cover/pillowcases which came from Dunelm.
100% cotton can be washed at 60 degrees which is the recommended temperature to help reduce dust mites (I am allergic to dust mite).
Regularly replacing pillows should also help with an improvement in night time symptoms.
Hi
Tumble drying kills the dust mites aswell.
Placebo-controlles studies and meta-reviews (see google scholar and pubmed) showed that these covers do not do anything for asthma, although companies will be happy to sell them. Some folks here regularly steam-clean their mattresses (like, once a week), at least that makes sense scientifically. I sleep on the hardwood floor or on a camping foam mat, with no mattress at all. Works for me, and verified with a laser particle counter. I would at least try to control the humidity (measure it and dehumidify if regularly above 60%).
I have been reading up on this and highly recommended is pure wool duvet, pillows etc, it is 100% natural, please google it x