Bedbugs

Overview

They are little reddish-brown bloodsuckers. Bedbug bites heal on their own in a week or two. However, bedbugs can produce an allergic or severe skin reaction in some people.

They are the size of a seed. In the evening, they emerge from their hiding places to feast on their favourite host, humans. You're more likely to encounter bedbugs if you frequent places like hotels, hospitals, or homeless shelters.

Professional bedbug extermination is advised if you have bedbugs.

Symptoms

Bedbug bites mimic other insect bites and rashes. Bedbug bites typically:

Inflamed areas with a darker center. grouped in a smear or clump

Face, neck, arms, and hands.

Some people have no reaction to bedbug bites, while others have severe itching, blisters, or hives.

A doctor's visit

If you have an allergic reaction or a severe skin reaction to bedbug bites, visit your doctor.

Causes

BEDBUGS MAY BE LINKED TO

Increased travel

Pest control tactics change

Resistant insects

What do they do?

Infestations of bedbugs frequently occur near sleeping areas. They are in:

Clothing\sLuggage\sBedding\sBoxes

Mattresses Box springs

Bedside items

Then there's this:

Then there's the flaking paint and

Baseboards under carpeting

Embroidered furniture seams

Switch plates and electrical outlets

They spread by?

Bedbugs can travel from one location to another on clothing, luggage, furniture, cartons, and bedding.

Bedbugs can readily move across hotel or apartment floors.

a symptom of filth?

Bedbugs don't care about cleanliness. They only need a warm welcome and plenty of cover.

Hazards

Bedbugs can bite you if you live in an apartment building, dorm room, homeless shelter, hotel, cruise ship, train, bus, or refugee camp.

Read the whole article at https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/bedbugs/symptoms-causes/syc-20370001