Whether you sleep alone, with someone else, or buried under a cat or dog, you will also share your sleep space with a world of tiny creatures, from bacteria to bed mites. A dirty bed could worsen our health when we’re sick, keep us from having a good night’s sleep, and is also just a bit gross. In this article, we review some of the critters living in your average bed and detail the best regimen for keeping it clean. The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to access the full content.

The number one source of bed-dwelling bugs is our own bodies. The human microbiome —the community of microbes that live in and on our bodies—can easily transfer to our sheets as we sleep. The sweat, skin cells, and saliva we leave on those same sheets will keep bug popul

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