How often do you change your sheets....is it a hazard to your health...
By bjc66bjc
@bjc66bjc (6730)
United States
April 29, 2012 11:13am CST
Wow I read this information about bed sheets...and the problems
with the amount of times we leave them on our beds,,,,read this:
By Beth DeCarbo | The Wall Street Journal EG – Tue, Apr 24, 2012 12:21 PM EDT:
Human skin cells become food for dust mites. That is one of the biggest problems associated with bedding. Mites accumulate, along with their feces. But there is also animal hair, dander, fungal mold, fungal spores, bodily secretions and bacteria. Also: dust, lint, fibers, particulates, insect parts, pollen, soil, sand and cosmetics. "One person can perspire as much as a liter in a night—even more if you have a lot of covers," he says. And, of course, people eat in bed as they watch TV.
They say we should change our sheets once a week...it sure sounds
like we are sharing our bed with a lot of others/things....
It makes you want to sleep on a hardwood floor....lol...
whats your take..
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12 responses
@GemmaR (8517)
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29 Apr 12
I saw something on the television about this the other day, and it made me wonder how some people can leave their sheets for the amount of time that they do without changing them at all. Usually, I like to change my sheets every week, but this can occasionally be down to once every two weeks if I am busy. I would never go any longer than that though because of the reasons that you have described. My brother only changes his once every six months, and I just know that there is no way I could ever sleep like that.
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@KrauseHome (36448)
• United States
5 May 12
Wow!! Once a week... I have never heard that often before, but I know it is important to do this quite often. It is interesting if they ever took most things under a microscope what they would really find, often times in our own homes, and places where we work. But knowing the way some people do live, it is actually probably more the Truth.
@stanley777 (9402)
• Philippines
8 May 12
That is quite alarming- we change our bed sheets once in 2 or 3 weeks since it is tiring to wash it every week. 
We don't eat in it though.. 
it is quite dirty here though- since it is hot and dust near our place.. it might even be scary if we look at our bed sheets in microscopes.
We don't eat in it though.. it is quite dirty here though- since it is hot and dust near our place.. it might even be scary if we look at our bed sheets in microscopes. 
@NailTech (6874)
• United States
29 Apr 12
I change mine weekly. I think anything less than that is just asking for too many health problems and I have enough of those as it is. I get a full (white) wash then too if I'm only washing my own clothes with them in it. Thanks for the info, it is something to think about. The mites are what concern me the most, eeeek. Ick.
@bjc66bjc (6730)
• United States
29 Apr 12
hi NailTech, I don't know if we can ever completely get
rid if the pest in the article...we constantly shed dry
skin and some sort of hair loss....and don't mention the
forever lasting mites who moves into our homes and make
themselves permanent residents...
@rewardsinlife (1132)
• United States
7 May 12
Haha I had just heard about this a couple of weeks ago and then promptly washed my sheets which was unfortunate as I think the detergent had changed and I broke out in hives all day and night! Seems as if I would have done better in the filth :p
@laydee (12798)
• Philippines
30 Apr 12
I usually change my sheet about once a month! 
Well, don't get me wrong there, my sheets are not ordinary sheets, I use comforters as my blanket and my sheet per se. I guess I need to change more often, well, it's just too expensive having those dry-cleaned regularly.
Thanks for sharing. Have a great MyLot experience ahead!
Well, don't get me wrong there, my sheets are not ordinary sheets, I use comforters as my blanket and my sheet per se. I guess I need to change more often, well, it's just too expensive having those dry-cleaned regularly.
Thanks for sharing. Have a great MyLot experience ahead! @esor50 (115)
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30 Apr 12
in as much as i'd like to change my bedsheets twice a week together wit my pillowcase,i can't do it because i am a working mom and i don'nt have a helper at home,so i'm already satisfied with a once a week schedule.but before i put the fresh bedsheets,which is usually done during weekends,i put first the pillows outside for the sun to heat it.sunshine also acts as a good disinfectant.and i also spray dustmite killer which can be esily bought at groceries.i also observed when i spray the dustmite aerosol,my sneezing didn,t occur often.
@jureathome (5361)
• Philippines
30 Apr 12
I change sheets every 2 weeks, or sooner if it gets too dirty. And, seldom, my daughter who sleeps beside me at night (my husband works on graveyard shift), would pee while sleeping. So, the next day, I have to throw the sheets to the laundry and either vacuum clean the wet part or bring out the mattress, to the backyard to catch some heat from the sun.
@AwesomeGuy250 (334)
• United States
30 Apr 12
I was reading about this. They reccommend that you change/clean your sheets once a week. I try to do the same. It is important when you have asthma. Having asthma makes all this stuff worse. It's amazing what is on your bed. I use that in a sarcarstic sense. It's actually kinda of gross. Think about how all that stuff probably multiplies when people share a bed.
