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Bed Bugs
How To Get Rid Of Bed Bugs
First, a quick look at the facts:
- Bed bugs are small bloodsucking insects that feed on humans & other warm-blooded animals.
- Bed Bugs often hide in mattresses but they can also survive in furniture, behind wall coverings and pictures/paintings. They will crawl and nest inside tiny crevices anywhere indoors, as long as there is a source of food (blood).
- While bed bugs do not transmit any pathogens or diseases, their bites usually result in swollen red, itchy welts.
- Bed bugs are typically nocturnal insects (they creep about at nighttime).
- There are other types of bed bugs including the bat bug, the chimney swift bug and the swallow bug. All of these relatives survive on blood feeding, however these secondary parasites thrive on either bats or birds as their primary victims.
- Small reddish or brownish spots on one’s linens are often the first sign of an infestation. These spots are the bed bug’s droppings. Another sign is swelling where you’ve been bitten.
- Bed bugs are not necessarily a sign of unkempt/dirty homes or buildings.
- A female bed bug can lay as many as 500 eggs during her lifetime.
- Bed bugs are less than 1/4? in length, flat, and oval-shaped like; a bit like a sunflower seed.
- Bed bugs can go up to a year without a blood meal
- A bed bug’s saliva features an anesthetic to numb the pain as it’s biting. It also contains anti-coagulant to keep the blood of it’s meal ho
There are a number of things you can do to stop the itching.
- Apply a calamine lotion to each bed bug bite of area of bites.
- Do not scratch the bed bugs bites. Everyone will react differently to bed bug bites. Some people may not even notice them. Others will have a very intense itching sensation. Scratching only makes the itching worse and can actually cause an infection.
- REMOVE THE BED BUGS! Wash or dispose of all of your bedding materials and call an exterminator. Do not attempt to apply an insecticide yourself. Some chemicals, if not applied properly, can actually cause more problems than the bed bugs do.
When a bed bug bites it injects an anti-blood clotting chemical into the skin. Some people may actually be allergic to bed bugs and the degree of itching is determined by how allergic a person is. If you notice any signs of infection, call your physician IMMEDIATELY. Scratching the bites can also result in an infection. If you do not get an infection, the bites are simply an irritating nuisance. It may take a few weeks for the itching to subside and for the welts to disappear. BED BUGS DO NOT CARRY PATHOGENS as mosquitoes or ticks do!
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