Modern developed cities can not boast of the absence of human parasites. Traces of bedbug bites can be detected even by a person living in perfect cleanliness and observing strict hygiene.
Especially often faced with this problem in tourist trips. And in order to protect oneself, it is advisable to know the signs and symptoms of bedbug bites and distinguish them from the bites of other insect parasites.
On a note
Today, the country with the highest standard of living in Europe - Sweden - suffers from bedbugs no less than the relatively poorly developed Burma and Mexico. Some areas of Oslo and Umeå are so infected that local services already have a clear schedule for processing the same houses: after the destruction, the bugs from neighboring buildings very quickly infect the cleaned ones.
How to bite bed bugs
Bed bug - night hunter, the highest peak of activity which occurs at 3-4 o'clock in the morning, when a person sleeps most soundly. As an adult, so and bug larva it feeds exclusively on blood — they are generally not adapted to the consumption of other food sources.
The oral apparatus of the bed bug is a long, sharp proboscis, similar to a mosquito. They bug easily pierces the human skin (especially the places where the skin is thinner) in the place where the blood vessel is located.
These insects have a well-developed sense of smell, so they easily determine the optimal puncture site. In the photo below you can see the feeding insect well:
After a puncture, the bug injects into the vessel an anesthetic that prevents a person from feeling pain and waking up. Then the parasite is saturated with blood, crawls a few centimeters forward and repeats the operation.
One bug can make such bites up to 7, leaving a clearly distinguishable “path” of red dots on the skin. On a photo such lines from bites are well distinguished:
It is interesting
The bed bug bug larva looks almost the same as an adult, only has a smaller size.It has one more characteristic feature: the larva does not know how to secrete an anesthetic secret, and therefore its bites are much more sensitive for humans. In addition, the larvae for active growth requires more food and they go on the hunt much more often than adults.
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“A few days ago I woke up at night from a bite. I thought that I had bitten a mosquito, I wanted to slap him and struck my hand on the body. To the touch it was not a mosquito, but some kind of disgusting bug! She turned on the light and was horrified: the whole bed was covered with small bugs, and on the sheet small stains of fresh blood. It was a nightmare, could not sleep any more, collected them in a jar and threw them away. In the morning I looked on the Internet and realized that these were bed bugs. Only one thing is strange: they seem to bite without pain, and I very much even felt it. ”
Nastya, Krasnoperekopsk
Symptoms of bedbug bites
Most often, traces after bedbug bites are detected only in the morning, when insects have time to hide. Bites look like red specks, without fail going along one after another.
The symptom of the bug bite is not always the desire to scratch the place affected by insects - it is rather an individual reaction.For some people, bites do not bring physical discomfort, but someone does experience severe itching.
Red spots look very unaesthetic and can be massive, affecting the entire open space of the body.
Characteristic symptoms bed bugs bites - The long hardness of the bite site itself and its redness. In this way, they are well distinguished from mosquito bites: in the morning, mosquito bites practically do not differ in color from the skin around.
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It is the flats of “hard-skinned” people who are breeding grounds for bed bugs in the house. Such citizens do not feel bites, and the bugs in their home breed in large numbers, constantly settling in the neighboring apartments. And it is very difficult to calculate such a "breeder", since he himself will never suspect that someone bites him.
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“In my apartment, the bugs appeared with a new sofa, which was bought in the store. He was placed in the nursery, after which every morning his son saw red spots on his body and cheeks. Since it was summer, they sinned on mosquitoes. I bought fumigators and sprays, processed them every night. Everything was useless. When the summer was over and cold, it became clear that these were not mosquitoes.They took my son to a dermatologist, who could not make a diagnosis and appointed chamomile extract. All this horror lasted until on the couch the arrived niece was put to bed. The next morning she woke up in the same form and she was also taken to the hospital. At this point, another doctor stated unequivocally: these are bedbugs. I feel terrible that I could not get to this earlier, because the bites are very specific! My problem was only that I didn’t know these parasites, although I had sometimes met separate bedbugs in the apartment, but I thought it was cockroaches. ”
Alla, Zelenograd
In addition to bedbugs, other bugs can bite a person: water striders, predators, smooth spots. To distinguish their bites from the bites of the domestic parasite is simple - they bite during the day and only once in the order of self-defense. You can meet with some of these bugs only when traveling in the countryside, but not at home. There are no specific symptoms of bites of these bugs, they are very similar to bee stings.
In the tropics are very dangerous triatomid bugs. The trace of their bite has a pronounced form of a kiss, for which these bugs are also called kissing. They carry the causative agent of deadly and incurable Chagas disease,from which more people die in South America than from malaria.
Photos and video footage of bedbug bites
What to do when bedbugs bite
Bedbug bites and their attendant symptoms are not dangerous in themselves, but very unpleasant.
It makes little sense to treat them, but the simplest treatment does not hurt:
- bite marks should be washed with soda solution or just with soap and water;
- for itching, bites can be spread with diluted ammonia;
- good treatment of places bites juice parsley or potatoes.
There are cases when the bites of bedbugs itch more than usual or increase greatly in size. There may also be a general deterioration of health: nausea, dizziness, vomiting, muscle spasms, feeling of lack of air.
All these symptoms speak of allergies and the development of complications after a bite. If this is an allergic reaction, then antihistamines like Diphenhydrade or Diazolin will help stop it. If this does not help - you need to urgently consult a doctor.
Important!
With the rapid spread of redness from bites all over the body, it is necessary to give Diphenhydramine to the person and immediately take him to the hospital.In case of severe allergic reaction to the bug bite, anaphylactic shock can develop.
If the bites do not heal for a long time or allergies are just beginning, the lubrication of the affected areas with Menovazine or Fenistil will be an effective means.
The photo below shows the symptoms of a moderately severe allergic reaction to bedbug bites:
Along with the external symptoms, generalized ones also appear: fever, edema, nausea, dizziness.
Bed bugs can be carriers of various infections, but never infect a person with them. Infection is possible when combing the wounds and introducing microbes into them by the person himself.
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“I have a terrible allergy on bed bugs, and they seem to be following me through life. I’ll spend the night with my friends and wake up bitten, then they will find me in hotels or trains. After each such “invasion”, huge itchy red spots appear. I have already got used to it directly and am calm. At home, I brought bedbugs a long time ago, but on a trip with me I do not forget to put a package of allergy pills. It helps very well. ”
Oleg Sunkov, Ryazan
Preventing bedbug bites that already live in an apartment is almost impossible. Yes, there are means to scare them away for a time or physical methods of struggle, but all this does not solve the main problem.
To get rid of night bites, you need to take drastic measures: call a brigade of disinsectors, or start fighting with bloodsuckers yourself.
Another thing, if bed bugs overtook during the trip - for example, in a hotel. In this case, it is better to immediately ask for another room or even move to another hotel. And it's not just the unpleasant effects of bites and sleepless nights. Bedbugs can climb into a backpack or clothes, and then come with a traveler directly to his home and live there.
It is important for the tourist to know how the bug bites manifest themselves and how to distinguish the bug from the bites of other insects. If there is such information, then dealing with bedbugs in the room and their bites will be much easier.
If there is no possibility to change the number, you should try to protect yourself: the easiest way is to put a container of water under each leg of the bed or sofa. However, this will only help if the mattress is free from parasites.
In any case, in the travel first aid kit you need to have the means to help you quickly handle the bite sites.
The most important thing: at the time of eviction from the room with bedbugs, you need to carefully review all your belongings. If there is at least one female bug in them, she will be able to drive thousands of kilometers to the new place of residence. On arrival home, things can even be boiled, if there is any doubt about their cleanliness. Such measures will protect the tourist from the unpleasant consequences of any trip.
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After the bite of bedbugs, I had spots in my legs and arms. How can you get rid of them?
Probably just wait. For a long time I could not understand what it was - I thought, some kind of allergy. Now, gradually, everything began to pass when she stopped sleeping on that couch and began to “fight” with them.
I was generally bitten by the testicles, the sexual organ, the ass. Everything is unbearably itchy, no longer know what to do.
Menovazin or fenistil gel
Fear! I have never had bedbugs at home ... And it is better that they never appear.
Scary, horror! My friend had this, she was saved by this site. I tried it with dichlafos and everything, nothing came out ... Then she climbed into the Internet, read it and was gone, has not been tormented for a long time!
To the doctor immediately, if you noticed on the skin red spots, itchy constantly! This may be bed bugs.Check the bed.
I was bitten by bugs by my husband's relatives. The bites are terrible, a strong allergic reaction, everything is very itchy ...
Help, please, how to get them out? What drugs exist? My husband and I have the whole body stained and itchy!
Fufanon in ampoules - for sale. You need to know the habits of bedbugs (enemies). They are very afraid of this substance (fufanon) ... An adult female is very prolific, every five days she lays eggs, from which this filth appears. Buy a spray gun, dilute the fufanon, but do not take pity, stronger. Spray on the walls, on the baseboards - leaves no trace. After five days, do the same again. Bedbugs will attack poison and die. At first, adults will die, then teenagers, then kids ... Do not give them time to grow up. Handle large areas behind the door - corridors, etc.
UNCONVENTIONAL APPROACH! Hello everyone, dear colleagues in misfortune, in connection with you Hunter and Fisher Alexei Fedorovich! What do you all so panic, bedbugs, bedbugs - so what? I beg you, they found the enemy)) Enough is not enough, but I approached the problem, like a real expert in trophy fishing))
When hunters or fishermen hunt, they study their rival! More precisely, the habits and properties of his trophy. If a bear crank started in your house, your emotions would be much more intense, and here only a bug, but very old. And as shown by studies of the material for this bug, he is a very good hunter. Night)) I threw all the literature that is around - they write a lot about the bug, but the features and behavior of this hunter and habits are known only to specialists! He turned to the original source - specialists who had passed through the school of bedbugs through the Soviet school, namely, to medical students of the 80s who studied in medical institutions and lived in hostels where such goodness was in bulk. Studies of the practical experience of the old school gave unprecedented results! SES specialists of those years managed not only to study behavior, but even to begin to make fun, I repeat, to make fun of the bugs ... The experience is enormous.
They gave housing from the company. 4th day itching, as if on a new bite. Beloderm cream helped, a fresh bite passed on the neck, and the sores on my legs do not go away for 6 days. How to process clothes and body?