Everything you need to clean at home but are neglecting from pillows to slippers

People who suffer from runny noses or coughs do not know that dust mites can be the cause (Photo: Shutterstock)

While most of us make sure we wash our bed sheets and duvet covers regularly are pillows and duvets are often woefully neglected.

A recent survey by SilentNight revealed one in five of us sleep on pillows so dirty that a quarter of their weight is made up of dead skin cells and dust mites - gross.