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Dust
Mites and Mattresses
"Dust mite resistant" means that the bed discourages
the growth of dust mite populations. Dust mites can cause
allergies, and they feed off of the shedded skin of people
as well as fibrous material often found in innerspring beds.
Airbeds
Both the Sleep Number
/ Select Comfort and Comfortaire
bed do a good job of discouraging large dust mite populations.
That's because there's nothing for the dust mites to eat in
the air chambers, and they probably can't enter them even
if there were. On the other hand, there is foam on parts of
the bed, and dust mites can certainly enter and live in such
areas, although they probably do not eat the foam itself.
Memory foam beds
There
is much misunderstanding regarding memory foam and dust mites.
Memory foam is not dust-mite proof, but rather dust-mite resistant.
Dust mites do live in memory foam and eat on the shedded skin
cells that penetrate the surface. However, they do not eat
the memory foam itself.
Waterbeds
Waterbeds are generally dust-mite resistant. Since much of
the bed consists of a sealed water chamber(s), dust mites
have largely no where to go and populate.
Latex beds
There is misunderstanding regarding latex and dust mites.
Latex is not dust-mite proof, but rather dust-mite resistant.
Dust mites will live in a latex mattress and eat on the shedded
skin cells that penetrate the surface. However, they do not
eat the latex itself.
Innerspring / coil mattresses
Innerspring beds
are generally not dust-mite resistant. Dust mites can easily
enter the mattress and like to feed off of the shedded skin
cells that make their way inside as well as the fibrous material
that the bed is made of.
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