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Untidy beds may keep us healthy
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| 1/24/10
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Posted on 01/24/2010 4:22:59 PM PST by left that other site
Untidy beds may keep us healthy House dust mite House dust mites are linked to asthma Failing to make your bed in the morning may actually help keep you healthy, scientists believe.
Research suggests that while an unmade bed may look scruffy it is also unappealing to house dust mites thought to cause asthma and other allergies.
A Kingston University study discovered the bugs cannot survive in the warm, dry conditions found in an unmade bed.
The average bed could be home to up to 1.5 million house dust mites.
The bugs, which are less than a millimetre long, feed on scales of human skin and produce allergens which are easily inhaled during sleep.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: bedbugs; mites
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To: left that other site
This is one of those things I like to stay in denial about. Kind of the way I never, never mentally connect shrink wrapped meat at the grocery store to four legged animals.
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posted on
01/24/2010 4:38:13 PM PST
by
McLynnan
(Obama also seemed painfully uncomfortable without his TelePrompter security blanket)
To: left that other site
And I like to make my bed so you can bounce a dime off it! Oh well...It might not be bouncing. It might be the dust mites throwing it back at you!
To: McLynnan
This is one of those things I like to stay in denial about. Kind of the way I never, never mentally connect shrink wrapped meat at the grocery store to four legged animals.Ah...Civilization! LOL
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posted on
01/24/2010 4:43:04 PM PST
by
left that other site
(Your Mi'KMaq Paddy Whacky Bass Playing Biker Buddy)
To: Yardstick
It might not be bouncing. It might be the dust mites throwing it back at you!Those would be some mighty big and powerful dust mites! hahaha!
BTW, I am amazed at the response to this thread! LOL
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posted on
01/24/2010 4:45:09 PM PST
by
left that other site
(Your Mi'KMaq Paddy Whacky Bass Playing Biker Buddy)
To: i_dont_chat
I have a theory that if I keep a messy bedroom, aliens wont abduct me.LOL -- an excellent strategy.
Greys hate to look silly so they'll avoid any situation where they might trip over something.
To: left that other site
Those would be some mighty big and powerful dust mites! hahaha!Strength in numbers ;0)
To: Dallas59
The stuff they make couches out of now a days. Why minutes after I sit in one, I just start to slouch, and then my spine muscles get all weak and I get a severe lean. Which is uncomfortable if my feet are on the floor, so up they come. Next thing I know it’s dark and I’m woken up by the dog snoring in my face.
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posted on
01/24/2010 4:51:29 PM PST
by
Leisler
(We are in the best of hands)
To: Yardstick
Strength in numbers ;0)Now that's just NASTY.
LOL
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posted on
01/24/2010 5:00:24 PM PST
by
left that other site
(Your Mi'KMaq Paddy Whacky Bass Playing Biker Buddy)
To: left that other site
When I was growing up the used beds in the house were made up open hospital style to air during the day. They were neat and clean.
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posted on
01/24/2010 5:01:49 PM PST
by
Chickensoup
(We have the government we deserve. Is our government our traitor?)
To: Leisler
Next thing I know its dark and Im woken up by the dog snoring in my face.Poor dog. His fatigue is probably a reaction to the couch too.
It must be a sad sight, you and the dog suffering like that.
To: left that other site
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posted on
01/24/2010 5:14:45 PM PST
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: Chickensoup
Maybe Hospitals knew something! :-)
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posted on
01/24/2010 5:25:31 PM PST
by
left that other site
(Your Mi'KMaq Paddy Whacky Bass Playing Biker Buddy)
To: JoeProBono
Joe, you ALWAYS have a picture for the occasion!
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posted on
01/24/2010 5:26:39 PM PST
by
left that other site
(Your Mi'KMaq Paddy Whacky Bass Playing Biker Buddy)
To: t1b8zs
howd she know that? well, who makes his/her bed when staying at a motel? i'm sure this was her reasoning... haha! her mother was very strict...
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posted on
01/24/2010 5:30:36 PM PST
by
latina4dubya
( self-proclaimed tequila snob)
To: left that other site
Professor Andrew Wardlaw, of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology...said... "It is true that mites need humid conditions to thrive and cannot survive in very dry (desert like) conditions. "However, most homes in the UK are sufficiently humid for the mites to do well and I find it hard to believe that simply not making your bed would have any impact on the overall humidity." I am mighty inclined to agree.
To: left that other site
correlation and causation are different words.
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posted on
01/24/2010 5:40:18 PM PST
by
thefactor
(yes, as a matter of fact, i DID only read the excerpt)
To: thefactor
correlation and causation are different words.True!
And "contributing factor" are two more different ones. LOL.
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posted on
01/24/2010 5:43:21 PM PST
by
left that other site
(Your Mi'KMaq Paddy Whacky Bass Playing Biker Buddy)
To: hellbender
Funny thing is, The whole article said one thing, and then closed with that disclaimer. LOL
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posted on
01/24/2010 5:47:55 PM PST
by
left that other site
(Your Mi'KMaq Paddy Whacky Bass Playing Biker Buddy)
To: t1b8zs
howd she know that? Many years ago a friend and her husband - a Methodist minister - were over for dinner. He made the comment that the wallpaper in our kitchen looked like it belonged in a French Bordello - to which everyone in the room - almost simultaneously - asked him how he would know... he was a good sport about it...
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posted on
01/24/2010 5:55:56 PM PST
by
GOPJ
(Happy Anniversary Barack! - - - Love, Massachusetts - - - FreeperGOPsterinMA)
To: left that other site
I hate to make my bed. I got spoiled by living in Europe and using a big feather comforter just laid over the mattress with one sheet on top. In the morning, many people opened the windows and put the comforters to sort of hang outside a bit (sun and fresh air) for an hour or so while otherwise tidying up.
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posted on
01/24/2010 6:15:32 PM PST
by
fightinJAG
(Largest wing in future Obama Presidential Library will be devoted to Bush & Cheney)
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