Today in Meet the Critters Inside Your Mattress, CNN Health highlights the allergens that lurk in mattresses: ‘The mattress can be a jungle of dust mites and bedbugs, milling around among dried remnants of blood, saliva, sweat and basically all the other bodily fluids you can think of.’

Amidst a recent report from the National Pest Management Association that bedbug infestations are still on the rise, awareness of nighttime pests continues to increase. Bedbugs, while horrifying to think about, do not necessarily pose a danger to all people; however, some individuals are allergic to their bites.

But, as many allergy sufferers know, even if bedbugs are never an issue, beds can harbor other allergens