Question by Zoey:
How do I know if I have either dust mites or bed bugs?
I know I’m getting the bites from my bed. I have one on my back,one on my chest, 7 on my hand, 2 on my arm, and two on my head. I cant see any bugs on my matress or my boxspring or anywhere else in the room. So what are these bites coming from and how can I get rid of them?
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Answer by fijihunkinca
i am feeling the same way right now what a coincidence. i get all itchy lying in my bed even though i have repatedly washed my bed covers. if i were you i would take the mattress out in the hot sun and sun it out that oughta kill the lil buggers. lol
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Are you sure it’s not acne?
well everynight put baby oil on you and they wont bite you and they are mosquitoes.
-Everyone- has dust mites. They are too small to bite you, they live on tiny dry flakes of dead skin that fall off you.
Bed bugs are rare these days. I think you can usually see them. They look very much like fleas only bigger.
Of course it could be fleas too, especially if you’ve got pets. In San Francisco a few years ago there was an infestation of fleas that covered much of the city. The city health authorities were warning people not to wear flea collars on their ankles.
If you can catch some bugs, you can get them identified by an entymologist (try the local college or university). Meanwhile all you can do is change your bedding and vacuum.
Oh, Sexy Hoochie (?) says they’re probaby mosquitoes. I hadn’t even thought of that, but she could be right! (But how could you take someone seriously who’s name is Sexy Hoochie? 8^> )
Difficult to see with the naked eye but dust mites live in the dust bunnies around the house and bedbugs live in the fabric of beds and linen feeding on dead skin cells. Try dust mopping and mopping the floor periodically and use a Bissel on your mattress. Sort of like dry cleaning. You get the idea.
bed bugs you can see dust mites you can not i had the same problem with my granddaughter so i got skin so soft bath oil and a light bleaching of the sheets with an extra rinse of baking soda in the water she cleared up and i Maritain them the same. Bugs can not live in oils