I got very itcht last night in bed having just laundered my sheets that very day. Is it detergent?

The last time I laundered my sheets with detergent I spent a very itchy night, too - so I simply ran them through the rinse cycle, dried them and everything was fine.





I laundered these particular sheets with detergent yesterday and lo and behold last night I was itchy again





Does it make sense that these particular sheets (indian cotton, high thread count) should make me itchy when laundered with detergent but other sheets are OK?





I am 90% sure the itchiness (SEVERE itchiness) is the detergent because as I say I used the same sheets a month ago having run them through the wash cycle without detergent and I was fine





Any comments, ideas, suggestions welcomed ... thanks in advance.





(I am 100% sure it isn't bed bugs cos until I laundered my sheets, I was fine and the itchiness happened that very night - last night - and I have had a rotten night's sleep!)I got very itcht last night in bed having just laundered my sheets that very day. Is it detergent?
It's very possible (and probable) that it's the combination of detergent and cloth fiber. Many people have a sensitivity to the chemicals in detergent. That's why many clothes washers have a cycle with one rinse and one with two rinses. With those particular sheets always use the 2 rinses and if you already do rinse a 3rd time. Some detergents get into the fibers and are more difficult to rinse out than other fibers.I got very itcht last night in bed having just laundered my sheets that very day. Is it detergent?
Yup, it sounds like the detergent to me too. Try finding a hypo-allergenic detergent and use that.





Good luck!
I would suggest that you change the detergent you are using as you might be allergic to something in it. That would be the only explanation as detergents are supposed to clean away dirt, dust and other things like germs and bacteria that may have clung to your sheets during the period you were using them. There are so many brands of detergent (they are all detergents) but may have some ingredients that differ and the detergent you are using may include an ingredient to which you are allergic. It's not sanitary or healthy not to wash your sheets with detergent and just rinsing them so I suggest you change the brand of your detergent than not laundering your sheets.