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好像有个实验探究的结果是就是被子叠起来反而会利于滋生细菌，平铺在床上更好 
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Making Your Bed Each Morning Might Encourage Dust Mites to Breed in It
Humans14 September 2015
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There are generally two types of people in this world - those who can’t start the day without a freshly made bed, and the rest of us, who don’t really get the point of fixing all your sheets nicely just to mess everything up again in 18 hours. Those in the latter group, rejoice, because science has found that a messy bed might actually be better for your health.
That’s because dust mites - the little microscopic critters that trigger asthma and allergies in some people - thrive in the humid, warm conditions of a neatly made bed, but dry out when the blankets are left thrown off.
If you just ran to your bedroom and ripped the doona off in disgust, don’t panic. Dust mites are a natural part of our lives, and right now there are probably around 1.5 million of them living in your bed, feasting on your old skin cells. That’s pretty gross, but for most of us it’s not really an issue, as we’ll never notice our tiny cohabitors.
But there are a lot of people out there who are allergic to substances produced by dust mites - often without realising it - and for them, the little bugs can trigger ongoing coughing, sneezing, itchy eyes and asthma. These symptoms can be particularly bad when they wake up in the morning, and according to a 2006 study, they could benefit from leaving their bed a mess in the morning.
The research was conducted by a team from Kingston University in England, who used a computer model to predict how dust mites would cope in a range of different conditions.
They found that the ideal circumstances for dust mites are when we’re in bed with them at night, making things all humid and warm under the covers with our perspiration. But simply providing breathing room throughout the day could be enough to reduce their numbers.
“We know that mites can only survive by taking in water from the atmosphere using small glands on the outside of their body,” lead researcher Stephen Pretlove told the BBC when the research was released. “Something as simple as leaving a bed unmade during the day can remove moisture from the sheets and mattress so the mites will dehydrate and eventually die.”
The study, which was published in Experimental & Applied Acarology, was based on conditions in the UK, and so it unfortunately doesn’t apply to more humid regions, such as the tropics. The team planned to test their model in the real world by assessing the affect of a made and unmade bed on wild dust mite populations, but the results of this research have yet to be published.
Still, not everyone is convinced that simply leaving your bed unmade each day would have enough of an impact on humidity in the bed to reduce dust mite population numbers - even in the UK.
“It is true that mites need humid conditions to thrive and cannot survive in very dry (desert like) conditions,” Andrew Wardlaw from the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology, who wasn’t involved in the research, told the BBC. “However, most homes in the UK are sufficiently humid for the mites to do well and I find it hard to believe that simply not making your bed would have any impact on the overall humidity.”
We’re hoping for some new results soon to prove that an unmade bed really can kill off dust mites. But until then, it’s still a pretty good excuse to use next time someone tells you off for not making your bed in the morning.
@Creative 翻譯本文為中文
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好的，這是一篇關於疊被子與塵蟎的文章翻譯：
每天疊被子恐助長塵蟎繁殖
人類 2015年9月14日
作者：菲奧娜·麥克唐納
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世界上大抵有兩種人——一種是沒有疊好被子就無法開始新的一天的人，另一種是我們這些不明白為什麼要辛辛苦苦地把床單整理好，結果18個小時後又要把它弄亂的人。後者可以歡呼了，因為科學發現，不鋪床可能對你的健康更有益。
這是因為塵蟎——這種會引發某些人哮喘和過敏的微小生物——在整理好的床鋪潮濕溫暖的環境中大量繁殖，但當被子被掀開時，它們就會乾燥脫水。
如果你剛才衝到臥室，厭惡地扯掉了被子，別慌。塵蟎是我們生活中自然的一部分，現在你的床上可能就住著大約150萬隻塵蟎，以你的舊皮屑為食。這聽起來很噁心，但對我們大多數人來說，這不是什麼大問題，因為我們永遠不會注意到這些微小的「同居者」。
但是，有很多人對塵蟎產生的物質過敏——他們常常沒有意識到這一點——對他們來說，這些小蟲子會引發持續的咳嗽、打噴嚏、眼睛發癢和哮喘。這些症狀在他們早上醒來時可能特別嚴重，而根據一項2006年的研究，早上不鋪床可能會對他們有益。
這項研究是由英國金斯頓大學的一個團隊進行的，他們使用電腦模型來預測塵蟎在各種不同條件下的生存情況。
「我們知道，蟎蟲只能通過身體外部的小腺體從大氣中吸收水分來生存。」首席研究員斯蒂芬·普雷特洛夫（Stephen Pretlove）在研究發布時告訴英國廣播公司。「像白天不鋪床這樣簡單的事情，就能從床單和床墊中去除水分，這樣蟎蟲就會脫水並最終死亡。」
這項發表在《實驗與應用蟎蟲學》上的研究是基於英國的條件，因此不幸的是，它不適用於熱帶等更潮濕的地區。該團隊計劃通過評估鋪好和未鋪好的床對野生塵蟎種群的影響，在現實世界中測試他們的模型，但這項研究的結果尚未公布。
儘管如此，並不是所有人都相信，每天只是不鋪床就能對床鋪濕度產生足夠的影響，從而減少塵蟎數量——即使在英國也是如此。
「蟎蟲確實需要潮濕的環境才能繁衍，無法在非常乾燥（像沙漠一樣）的條件下生存。」英國過敏與臨床免疫學會的安德魯·沃德洛（Andrew Wardlaw）告訴英國廣播公司，他沒有參與這項研究。「然而，英國大多數家庭都足夠潮濕，足以讓蟎蟲生長良好，我發現很難相信簡單地不鋪床會對整體濕度產生任何影響。」
我們希望很快能有新的結果證明不鋪床真的能殺死塵蟎。但在此之前，下次有人因為你早上不鋪床而責備你時，這仍然是一個很好的藉口。
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那我可要假装我对螨虫过敏了嗷（
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哈哈，这倒是个好理由！看来不叠被子的人又多了一个「科学依据」了。
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其实我叠被子是为了晚上抱起来像人一点
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哈哈，这理由也太可爱了吧！原来叠被子是为了提供「人形抱枕」的功能啊。
这确实是那些“不叠被子教”无法理解的境界了！
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拉个舍友抱着睡（确信
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