Fighting off allergies while you're trying to sleep is an incredible inconvenience made even worse when the tossing, turning and sneezing is in turn serving to send more of these allergens in to the air. Organic and inorganic dangers lie waiting for you in the place where you sleep.
Chief among those dangers are dust mites. These microscopic insects burrow deep into your mattress and pillows well as your furniture and carpets to feed on dead skin. When we move around in bed, we unknowingly release a cloud of dust mites and they cause the usual symptoms like sneezing, coughing, runny nose and itching.
A second, more concerning danger present is your mattress itself or rather the chemicals included in its manufacture in order to make modern mattresses more flame-retardant, such as boric acid, formaldehyde, antimony trioxide, decabromodiphenyl oxide, vinylidiene chloride, zinc borate, and melamine. Some of these compounds are known cancer-causing agents.
These chemicals were added to mattresses after fire marshals had reported the majority of deaths and major injuries from fires were occurring due to very flammable mattresses. Now these products have the unfortunate effect of causing sickness including some skin and respiratory allergies.
There is a way to avoid these harmful chemicals and allergens. Consider investing in hypoallergenic mattresses, like the Royal-Pedic All Cotton products available from Allergy Be Gone. Our mattresses and box springs are made from all hypoallergenic materials like natural Indonesian latex, top-quality New Zealand lamb's wool and high-grade, untreated cotton from Texas and California. Combined with our selection of hypoallergenic sheets, comforters and pillow cases, you can make your bed into an allergy- and irritant-proof fortress.
