id="article-body" class="row" section="article-body"> Chris Monroe/CNET How often do you clean your mattress? If you're like most people, probably not often...or ever. But, you may want to start adding it to your cleaning list.

Humans shed around 1.5 grams of skin a day. That amount can feed about 1 million dust mites. Your mattress alone could be home to 10 million dust mites, according to The American Council on Science and Health. Not only are they gross to think about, these bugs are huge contributors to allergy problems.

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<b><u>Don't chunk your mattress out the door in disgust. Give it a good, deep clean. Here's how.</u></b>

<b>Start with a clean sweep</b>
Grab your sheets, pillows and pillow cases and give them a good cleaning, while you're working on your mattress. Now that it's bare, the first step is giving it a thorough vacuuming to suck up bugs, bug feces and skin flakes.  Be sure