health information
I read that rubbing alcohol can kill mites in a mattress, is it dangerous?
The instructions were: empty rubbing alcohol and water, half and half in a spray bottle, air dry, then before granting auf.Es will reduce the life of the droppings of mites, mites and kill them. Is it possible that it helps? Is rubbing alcohol inhaling dangerous to be sucked dry, and after him?
This entry was posted by admin on July 19, 2010 at 7:22 pm, and is filed under Pharmacy. Follow any responses to this post through RSS 2.0.You can leave a response or trackback from your own site.
-
-
#3 written by Carole Q 1 year ago
Rubbing alcohol evaporates & not dangerous.
The only method I know that really works is from an UVC light. Feces and dried body parts is what float in the air to create allergies – - ‘watering’ them down just reduces temporary air travel.Can put plastic mattress & pillow covers prior to sheets & pillow cases to help keep dust mites from you. They feed on your dried-dead skin cells. Eliminate their food supply.
The only full proof method I’m aware is the UVC light used by the website below. My son’s best friend does this in Sioux Falls, SD. There are other locations. They are not very expensive either.
-
#4 written by sareee 1 year ago
I would suggest using hydrogen peroxide instead of rubbing alcohol, since sunlight breaks it down to pure water when it’s exposed. That’s why they sell it in those dark brown bottles. That way there would be no harsh chemical smell to your bed and it would be less likely to bleach the fabric.
But yes, you should definitely regularly vacuum your matress. (So speaks a girl who sold Kirby vacuum cleaners door to door in college. The things I pulled out of people mattresses on a demo would make anyone shudder.)
-
#8 written by Bryan 1 year ago
No, in fact after about 10 minutes the smell goes away. It is only toxic to drink but the smell really won’t have any affect on you unless it was a highly concentrated amount and even then the affects would be minimal like a headache. And it isn’t really that flammable I would way it is like 1000 less flammable than any arasol product, and it evaporates so quickly that unless you were trying to burn your house down you’ll be fine.
- Alcohol Breathalyzer the Safety Measure for Drinking
- What is the analysis of dependence on alcohol?
- Positive aspects of Making use of Breathalyzers for Alcohol Detection
- Cholesterol Lowering Medicines: Risky to Liver, Eyes, Kidneys?
- Hints on how to Enable a Husband or Wife Which has an Alcohol Addiction
- Drug and alcohol abuse on the rise in US
- Would an alcoholic be a good Alcohol taste tester?
- Are electric tanning beds more dangerous than the sun?
- Digital Alcohol Breath Tester ?
- Does hyperventilation just prior to breath tester use reduce the alcohol reading?
With normal cleaning of your sheets and linens, dust mites are not a threat to anyone, unless you have an extreme allergic reaction, which would be highly unusual (i.e., people forced to live in a sterile environment). Although alcohol will evaporate/dissipate quite quickly, and not be an overall threat, the water will remain in your mattress for quite a while, and could soak and ruin the mattress. Also, vacuuming the mattress is not only difficult, but can actually cause the mites to be spread across the room.
Instead, wipe the exposed mattress with a CLEAN DRY CLOTH OR TOWEL (do NOT use paper towels), as if you were trying to get the critters into a single part of the mattress (i.e., from the edges to the center would be easiest). Using a brush, pick up and residue that was wiped, then dispose of the brushed gunk and the cloth/towel. Then, take ordinary baby powder, and sprinkle it THINLY on top of the entire mattress (you don’t have to make the entire mattress snow white! a 10% coverage is plenty). Then, take ANOTHER CLEAN DRY CLOTH OR TOWEL, and GENTLY wipe the powder across the entire mattress (if you’re sensitive to talc, you might want to wear a mask or just put a towel enough to partially block your nose and mouth, yet so you can continue breathing, of course!); personally, I use my clean hand to spread the powder. Wait a few seconds for the talc to settle (we’re not talking clouds of the stuff!), then put CLEAN sheets on top of it. The now-enclosed, talc-covered, mattress should choke any remaining mites, eventually (you won’t know one way or the other!).
Again, it is highly unlikely that you might have a mite problem (pun intended!). But, if you genuinely believe that you have a problem (you can’t see dust mites or their feces, unless the mattress and linens haven’t been cleaned in years, in which case, they would appear as mold-like, discolored swatches on the mattress and linens), then you might want to consider buying a new mattress.