What Happens to Your Eyes While You Sleep? The Tiny Organisms You Never Knew Were There

in tissues.

For this reason, it is advisable to wash bedding regularly, particularly pillowcases.

This is part of good general hygiene, although it does not mean that a pillow used for a few days will automatically cause eye disease.

Does sleeping with pets cause these mites?

This is another claim that often appears alongside similar photographs.

Demodex mites associated with humans are adapted to living on people. It would be incorrect to say that sleeping next to a dog or cat automatically causes an infestation of these mites on your eyelashes.

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Even so, people with allergies may experience