Pillows are an optimal place for bed bugs to live because of the accessibility to your blood, body heat, and carbon dioxide you exhale. Bed bugs feed by sucking blood-preferably human blood. They pierce your skin with two hollow tubes; one injects saliva and the other sucks your blood. Within minutes, they can engorge themselves with blood and reach three times their size. The resulting bite will manifest itself as an open sore, puss-filled blister, rash or hives and the subsequent itching is incessant. The broken skin and exposed sores can lead to varied levels of infection. Combined with other airborne allergens, bed bugs can trigger an asthma attack. Allergic reactions to the saliva injection can, in extreme cases, result in a multi-system allergic reaction and lead to death. Other psychological effects such as anxiety, stress, and insomnia are also common to bed bug victims. The Encase pillow protector will completely eliminate the passage of bed bugs to and from your mattress, serving as a mechanism for both treatment and prevention.Bed bug infestations have increased more than 500% in the last decadeWhen bed bugs bite they simultaneously inject saliva and suck your bloodAllergic reactions to bed bug saliva can result in a multi-system allergic reaction and even lead to deathBed bug infestations result in high extermination or relocation costsEach night your body sheds millions of skin flakes and excretes up to 1 liter of bodily fluidsDust mites are the leading cause of eczema and can cause asthma in childrenExposure to dust mites can cause a runny nose, itchiness, congestion, sneezing, coughing and are the most common trigger for ashmaticsUnique zipper enclosure eliminates the passage of bed bugs to and from your pillowMite barrier prevents millions of dust mites from living in your pillow