What's Usually In A One Year Old Mattress

Mould
Mould is frequently to be found, is hardly visible, and develops through moisture and insufficient ventilation. Mould can also be a trigger for allergies.

Bacteria
Several species of the tiny one celled life forms, often called bacilli, cause disease. In some cases they are even resistant to antibiotics.

Dust Mites
You can read more about Dust mites in the "About Dust Mites" section.

Flakes of Dry Skin
The human body sheds as much as 1.5g of dry skin flakes per day. That is more than one pound every year! People with psoriasis lose many times more. A large amount of this dry skin ends up in the mattress and grows bacteria, becoming rancid and causing an unpleasant rancid odour. That typical bedroom odour!

Skin Flakes
We lose up to 1.5 gram's of skin flakes every night (more than 500 g in a year), which partly stays in the mattress. They are attacked by bacteria, causing the typical sour and unpleasant bedroom smell.

Viruses
Without exception, the members of this class of micro organisms are pathogens which can cause infections, fever and other symptoms. Some types of viruses have become much more aggressive in the past several decades.

Spores
Spores spread in the form of fungi. They can cause diseases, in particular a fungal infection of the skin, which can be hard to treat.

Dust Particles
Up to several pounds in a single mattress, dust particles can be as small as 1 to 20 microns. Dust is a mixture of organic and inorganic particles, flakes of dry skin, salt from perspiration, mite excrement, etc., and is a carrier of mite excrement and bacteria.