How to Tell if You Have Bed Bugs
Here you can read about how to tell if you have bed bugs. Detecting bed bugs can be very hard, because they are only active during the night. This means that you can’t see them, so you cannot know whether you have them in the house or not. However, if you learn more about bed bugs, you will be able to tell if you have them in your home.
Bed bugs live in your bed, old furniture, like closets, armchairs and they can also use wall cracks to hide during the day. If you store your old furniture in the house, you may have bed bugs. If your beds are old and you haven’t cleaned your carpets for a long time, you may also be at risk.
However, skin rash is sometimes the only reliable indicator. If you have been bitten by bed bugs, you will see that on your skin.
Bed bug bites are usually visible after a day or two. You won’t feel the bites, but when they appear on your skin, they will become itchy. Now, it is important that you know what to do. If you see the rash on your skin, it is important to know how to identify it. Bed bug bites look like small red bumps on your skin. They are usually found on the neck, shoulders, arms or face. The bites are grouped together and they are itchy.
If you have such rashes, you should visit your dermatologist, just to make sure these really are bed bug bites. In case these are bed bug bites, you will get some lotions to use before going to bed. This way you will prevent new bites.
There is no any special treatment for bed bug bites. These bites usually go away after a week or so. The only bad thing is the itchy feeling. If you scratch the skin, it can get irritated, or it can lead to scars. If you scratch your skin during the night, you may start using some home remedies that will help you reduce the itchy feeling.
There are several ways to make sure you don’t have bed bugs. First, you must take care of the house hygiene. Clean the house regularly, including all the furniture and carpets. If you want to be sure that everything is clean, you can call professional carpet cleaners.
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Lyn on
Sat, 10th Dec 2011 11:59 am
I must confess that I knew nothing about bedbugs at the time I got them! I was a bit confused when I woke up one morning, to find some reddish pimples on my face. I had no idea where it came from. I use cotton bedclothes and I knew I definitely did not react to this material. I knew I wasn’t allergic to anything, so I thought that these rashes could come from some insects, like spiders maybe. I haven’t seen any spiders in my home for a very long time now, and it crossed my mind that perhaps those were fleas. I have a cat in the house, but he seems to be clean. I searched for fleas, but found nothing. Then my neighbor came and when she saw the bites, she said: “Lyn, you have bed bugs!” I said “What?” I had no idea what these bugs were, what they looked like or what they did. Now, my neighbor is an older lady who know so much about … well, anything! She gave me this calamine lotion and I used it for my skin. It was quite good and I felt relieved. The rashes just vanished after a week or so. I searched the Internet to learn more about these creatures and I found that it is very difficult to spot them. They hide in the wall cracks, closets, and bed frames, so you don’t know whether you have them, because you can’t see them. It seems to me that skin rashes are the most reliable sign of bedbugs. If you see reddish bumps on you skin, and you don’t have any logical explanation for these, you may have these bugs in your house!
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