How to Know If You Have Bed Bugs

Here is an article about how to know if you have bed bugs. It is important to detect these insects in time, since they can spread very fast and invade your house in several weeks. One female can produce hundreds of eggs in very short time. If you detect bed bugs in time, you will be able to stop them before they become numerous.

Bed bugs are hard to detect, since they hide during the day. These bugs are only active during the night. The first symptoms of bed bugs will be visible on your skin. You will see small red bumps on your skin, grouped together on your neck, arms, shoulders or face. Now, these facial rashes can look bad, but don’t panic! You will get rid of these in a week, without any special treatment. Bed bug bites will go away on their own, so there is no need to be worried.

As you can see, the only way to see if you have bed bugs is to wait for the first bites to occur. This can be very unpleasant, but don’t panic! You can solve this problem in a rather simple way. You can call professional carpet cleaners. After they have cleaned the house, you will have to do regular vacuuming. Maintaining the house hygiene is the most important thing for bed bugs prevention.

You can use some chemicals made for these purposes, but you should make sure that they are safe to use, especially if you have kids or pets. These products are very effective, but they can harm other animals and humans as well.

Remove old furniture from the house. Bed bugs like quite and dark places, and old furniture is simply perfect for them to breed. You should seal wall cracks and other holes in the house. This is the best you can do to prevent other bugs from entering your house. Keep the house clean. You should clean all your rooms, even those you don’t use.

If your skin is itchy, you can use some soothing lotions. You should certainly talk to your dermatologist before you start using any skin care product. You can use some good home remedies, like lavender oil or olive oil. These oils are great for irritated skin, but you should not use too much of these. Your skin should breathe, so don’t overdo it with oils!

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2 Comments on How to Know If You Have Bed Bugs

  1. Joanna on Sat, 10th Dec 2011 12:02 pm

    2. Well, from my own experience, I can tell you that the only way to know you have bed bugs is to be bitten. Otherwise, you won’t even know they are there. These insects are so mean! They hide and then come out during the night, so you have no idea they liven in your home. These are like little vampires. I have been bitten several times. After the third time, I decided to finally address the problem, so I called the cleaning professionals. They came, I paid, and the problem was sold. Of course, I was so obsessed and worried about bed bugs coming back again, so I kept cleaning the home like a lunatic! However, I am safe now! I live alone, no pets or kids, so I started using some chemicals for bed bug prevention. I have to say that I am quite satisfied now. If you don’t know whether you have bed bugs, pay more attention to your furniture. If it’s old, you have more chances to get bed bugs. They usually go for old beds and armchairs, but you can also have them in old closets and even carpets! Do not keep your old furniture! If you have some old pieces of furniture you do want to keep, have them repaired and treated for pest!

  2. Alexandra on Tue, 13th Dec 2011 9:50 pm

    3. I agree with Joanna. The only possible way to be certain you have bed bugs is to get bitten! Luckily, bed bug bites are not dangerous, even thought they are very unpleasant. I have already been bitten, so I know how these bites can affect your skin. My skin is sensitive, I am allergic to all kinds of skin care products, so the bites have given me nasty rashes all over my face. I had one on my chest, too. I did not know where the rashes came from, so I thought it had something to do with my hypersensitivity to almost everything . I have been trying to remember the foods I have been eating during that time, but none of these foods has ever caused any problem whatsoever. I waited for two days, hoping that the rashes would go away, but they did not. Then I decided to visit my dermatologist and see what the problem is. He told me that those bites had come from bed bugs. I also got some good advice on how to treat the rashes. He told me that he had many patients with this problem, and I was surprised because I didn’t think that bed bugs were very common. Now I know that they are more common than most of us thinks! I treated my apartment (for the first time in my life, I was happy about my apartment being so small). I did not have to pay too much because I did not have too much furniture, and the place wasn’t big. Now I just vacuum regularly and don’t have to worry anymore!

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