Dr. Philip Tierno talks about what's living in your pillows

Today show segment with Dr. Philip Tierno "Dr. Germ" where he talks about what is living in your pillow. Your bedding can play host to a variety of organisms from fungus and germs to dust mites all of which can cause serious health problems. He tells us that these problems can be prevented by using a product called a PillowBarrier that block the bad stuff from getting from into your pillows.

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• dust
• mite
• germs
• tierno
• allergy
• fungus
• pillow
• bedroom

[Enkan666]

dustmites...who cares

[CWarriorX]

Well, dust mites are harmless in and of themselves - they don't bite or crawl on you or anything but next to cat dander, dust mites and their feces are the 2nd most potent allergen trigger. There are, at any time over 2 million living in your average mattress. After 10 years, half your mattress' weight consists of dust mites, living and dead. We spend an average of 8 hours in bed every day. You do the math :)

[asafiy]

its disgusting *-*

[UpBeatJoker]

Just lick it, stick your mouth over your pillow and inhale, eat food over your pillow and it should be fine

[ffWakka120]

well i have a water bed soooooo.....

[shill1501]

The simple solution that Dr. Tierno holds up at the end is a zippered pillow encasing sold by National Allergy Supply called BedCare Classic.

[chemarjoh]

Everyone needs to stop being scared of this report. There are germs and microbes everywhere, and no living thing is 100% sterile......If you're scared about what's on the pillow, I wonder how you'd react to what's on your skin?

[angelo1550]

my pillows coverd

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[youngnapalm]

dem 50 year old pillows b?? damn u got some serious dustmite cushioning

[Nenz82]

lol