Woman shocked by what was lurking in her mattress
A British woman was shocked to discover what was in her mattress after revealing she only changes her bedsheets once every three weeks or sometimes four “when things are hectic”.
Karen Aldridge has come under fire after appearing on This Morning and allowing consumer expert Alice Beer into her home to inspect her bed for dirt and bugs.
Alice called in a Rentokil expert to vacuum the mattress with a special machine that revealed a bucket of dirty water full of dust mites, sweat and skin cells.
“That is just shocking, absolutely shocking. I can’t believe how much dirt was in there,” said Karen.
Karen explained she and her husband had owned the mattress for three years but her son had been sleeping on his for 12 years. An examination of his bedding revealed a similar result.
Rentokil expert Luke Rutterwood explained it was “not something to be ashamed of” but “just the reality of what lives inside a mattress”.
“Obviously in a bed you’re going to find sweat, you’re going to find dead skin cells, there is going to be bacteria.”
“One of the issues we have are dust mites. They are only tiny between 1-1.5mm and they can move down beneath the bedding and get into the mattress itself.”
Luke advised viewers to vacuum their beds regularly, air out mattresses by opening windows and washing bedsheets in a hot temperature.
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