Comments on: Bed Bugs

By: gink

gink — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:02:29 +0000

vistrion and keke,

I think the picture showing the skin section with bugs eggs in it is not of bedbugs. Bed bugs are very marge larger than the one in the picture. I don’t think their whole body, even that of their lavae, can penetrate human bodies, unless you have pin-size hole pores.

The pest shown in the picture could be parasitic mites that cause scabbies. They lay eggs in human skin and infestation can spread under the skin, and the infected person could even spread to other people whom he/she has prolonged skin contact or share beddings with.

I am also a victim of bed bugs, I am puzzled why they only bite me but not my husband and my baby who sleep in the same bed as me. Thank God for that though. Can anyone tell me if bedbugs have selective preying habits?

By: vistrion

vistrion — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 22:20:32 +0000

That cutaway drawing of the bedbug with the eggs in the skin has to go down as one of the most freakish things that has ever made my scalp tingle. All you people who have infestations should take note to that. If that doesn’t make you call a professional to nuke your places, then nothing will.

Ugh.

By: Sesil

Sesil — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:46:00 +0000

I believe we took these little critters home from our trip in South padre island hotel room. At first I got about 7 or so bites in a line & it itched like crazy then i started to feel things crawling all over my legs all the time even out of the house, I thought it was lice at first because my head itched too so i fumigated my home & cleaned like crazy washed the sheets & shampooed with lice rx. That helped for a day or so but then they came back with a vengeance, im now stuck with a huge pest control bill for $600 to exterminate the bugs but they dont guarantee it wont return. Please help I need to know for sure if they’re bed bugs because its been over a week since our trip, havent seen any bugs or fecal spots on mattress , they are worse at night, both my kids are staying with my parents till this problem is hopefully resolved. I see little black or brown spots on my legs when I feel it crawl..if you squoosh it it turns red as if bleeding, are these really bed bugs? I wanna know before i have these money sucking exterminators charge me up for something that may not even be real bed bugs but something else, they only diagnozed it over the phone..its horrible how much it would cost I think they’re the real blood suckerspest control.

By: Gayle

Gayle — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:29:22 +0000

My daughter had a terrible infestation in her apartment building. She sprayed and a exterminator came twice. Nothing worked permanently until she heard somewhere that rubbing alcohol kills them and works fast. In addition to all the washing, throwing out stuff and vacuuming, she sprayed rubbing alcohol everywhere, especially the bed, headboard and any cracks. It worked and she hasn’t had any problems for a year.

By: iv3

iv3 — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 13:17:25 +0000

Yes, i have encountered the nasty bed bugs me and my fiance were getting bit and every morning we’d wake up to bites, at first they looked like mosquito bites so we didnt think anything of it. My mom had this problem in apartment complex she lived in a couple years back and she told me to check my bed, curtains. I finally decided to do this and when i checked the creases of the box spring there was one little tiny thing tan color just crawling away and what looked like a dead cockaroach but tan omg, i freaked took off all the sheets,pillows, curtains washed it all in hot water then dried them all twice. Ok i called an exterminator and told him i didnt want to plastic the mattress , box spring i just wanted to throw them out so he told me to spray them down with rubbing alcohol first cause that would kill them on contact if any, and when i take them out if they fall on my carpet they’d be dead. Ok i did that threw the old one away got new one left plastic on them put clean sheets on, i sprayed my whole room with the damn alcohol and the rug, well i’m still itchy and i feel stuff crawling all over my body and head i’m very itchy cant sleep, i dont know what to do please someone help.

By: Sherae

Sherae — Mon, 26 May 2008 23:32:04 +0000

The stories that I read are soo familiar to what I’ve experienced. The strange thing is that they never bite my son or husband but they would bit my daughter and I. My husband thought I was crazy until I actually caught one crawling across my pillow. I was able to catch it with a piece of tape and it was confirmed that it was a bed bug. When I found out what the red, itchy welts were I was quite embarrassed because not only were they biting my daughter and I on the back, legs, arms and shoulders; they also bit us on the face. I had to go to work and she had to go to school with these red marks and ppl constantly asking what happened. We didn’t encounter these problems until we started traveling out of the country. Whenever we would take a vacation it would be to a relatives house but never a hotel. I had to get rid of my bed room furniture including mattress and box spring and purchase brand new furniture and it’s been several months and we haven’t encountered any problems. The doctor couldn’t do much for us. He did recommend benadryl for the itching. Nicole what you experienced, I did also. The specks of blood on the sheet. Although it was awhile before I actually saw a bed bug, my husband thought the bites were mosquitoe bites but I could tell from the welts and how close in proximity the bites were that they weren’t mosquitoe bites. I found this product in the store called PRONTO and it said it will kill bedbugs and dust mites. Now when I change my linen I spray the mattress and crevices with this.

By: charlene

charlene — Fri, 23 May 2008 19:14:53 +0000

is it true that everyone has bed bugs

By: Dora

Dora — Tue, 20 May 2008 13:41:06 +0000

Thank you very much
God Bless You
Dora

By: Nicole

Nicole — Mon, 19 May 2008 23:26:51 +0000

@Dora: I’m sorry, that must be awful. I had the same problem, they never bothered my husband. Yes you can bring them home with you.

Put your suitcases and everything you and your husband brought with you (clothes, blankets, pillows, everything) into the car and leave it there all afternoon, letting it bake in the sun. Washing everything in hot water and drying it on hot in the dryer can help too, but you need to do it fast before they escape out of your suitcase and hide in your house.

I don’t think they put eggs in your skin, the photo keke posted doesn’t really look like a bed bug. If you act fast, you probably won’t need to spray. You may continue to get “new” bites for a while because it can take a couple days for the red mark to appear.

I don’t remember exactly how long the bites kept itching, but I think it must have been a couple weeks. Maybe the doctor can give you something to calm the itch.

Best of luck!

By: Dora

Dora — Mon, 19 May 2008 14:29:33 +0000

I need answers
May 10 we stay in a hotel, because the graduation of my son. After the first night, I complain to my husband that I have being bitten. Since I’m the only one that seems to attract all kind of animals with my blood, we did not make so much fuss. Even though I see the dots of blood in the bed.
Next night when I went to bed, my skin scroll but again We were tired and we needed to sleep.
Next morning with all the fuss for the graduation, nobody here a complain for me but that night in our way back home the itch was unbearable that I got up at 3:00 a.m. and took a boiling shower and scrub until I was all red.
I have bites all over my shoulders, neck, albos all the way to the top of my fingers ( i like to put my hands under the pillow).
I have read all the messages and I’m sure that there are bed bugs even though I did not see any.
My questions are
How long I will feel itchy ?
It is possible that I could bring the bugs with me?
Do they put eggs inside our skin?
Somebody mention stem clean do that work?
My husband has not been bitten and I don’t want to spray chemicals if it isn’t necessary
Thank you
Please answer soon