DON'T WEAR DIRTY SOCKS TO BED

According to a 2023 study done by British company MattressNextDay that involved polling 1,017 people across the world, only 30% of them bothered to swap out their dirty socks for a fresh pair before crawling into bed for the night. After swabbing pairs of socks worn between 7 a.m. and 11 p.m., the researchers found pseudomonas aeruginosa, a germ found in cockroaches that can cause infections in humans in these gross items of clothing.

 

Dr. Wenjay Sung

 

It's not just the gross smell of sweaty or moist feet rubbing against cloth that you have to worry about. You're risking getting fungal or bacterial conditions, itchy feet, athlete's foot, and cellulitis, too, shares doctor of podiatric medicine Wenjay Sung, DPM (per The Healthy). 

 

Source: Jennifer anandanayagam, Health Digest [11/25/23] 

Courtesy of Barry Block, editor of PM News