Question by yummyliciouscake:
bedbugs in her room?
do you think it is bedbugs ?
my friend told me that when she goes to bed,she feels itchiness all over her body,when she wakes up she see little red spots on her skin ? do you think it is bedbugs ?
and how do u get rid of it ?
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Answer by wall_coatings
they sound like bedbugs to me they are hard to get rid of call an exterminator
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ewwwwwww that’s nasty! I think thats bedbugs. She should call a exterminator! If she thinks it bedbugs in her bed why does she continue to sleep in the bed?
Could be bedbugs or it could be dry skin coupled with paranoia. A good way to tell if its bedbugs is to look for a pattern to the bits. Often bedbugs will bite in lines following the blood vessels in the skin. They will also be fairly large spots (the size of mosquito bites) not little tiny dots. Teeny tiny dots are more likely to be an allergic reaction to something. Another way to tell if its bedbugs is to look for spots of blood on the sheets. Bedbugs are blood feeding insects and after they leave a spot it may still lose a pin prick of blood which will show up on bedding. The likelihood of bedbugs is small.
If it is bedbugs, the others are right…an exterminator is the way to go.
A bedbug injects an anesthetic into the host’s skin prior to feeding, so the host (your friend) would not feel the bedbug feeding on her blood. What do the little red spots look like? Does your friend have any pets? Her situation could be fleas.
If fleas are not possible, then read on for more information about bedbugs:
Bedbugs are small, reddish-brown, wingless, nocturnal insects, about 1/8” to 1/4” long. They feed solely on the blood from warm-blooded animals, including humans and household pets. They are highly resilient insects and can survive for months without a blood meal. Bedbugs crawl, and do not hop, fly, or jump. They are equipped with stink glands and emit a distinctive sweet-smelling odor which is observable in severely invested homes. One female bedbug can lay up to 500 eggs in her lifetime. Bedbug eggs hatch within 5 to 10 days. Due their vigorous life cycle, an infestation can seem to come out of nowhere practically overnight.
One common sign of a bedbug infestation is the emergence of itchy red welts on the skin. Some individuals do not react to a bedbug bite while others suffer from great discomfort. In extremely rare cases, anaphylactic shock may occur. Reactions to a bedbug bite may take up to 9 days to appear. Flea bites and mosquito bites are commonly mistaken for bedbug bites; a trained professional can help you determine the difference. Another indication of a bedbug infestation is the discovery of blood stains on bed linens or mattresses. If you suspect that you have a bedbug infestation, use a high-powered flashlight and inspect along mattress seams, in mattress tufts and crevices, in bed frames, behind headboards, behind picture frames, in upholstered furniture seams, and any other crevice that provides a hidden nesting area. You are searching for bedbugs or evidence of bedbugs, such as light-brown molted skins from bedbug nymphs, eggshells, or dried bedbug excrement. A professional pest control technician is trained to conduct a meticulous inspection of all potential nesting sites. The investigation is vital to a strategic and successful bedbug elimination plan.
Bedbugs are extremely difficult to exterminate for the do-it-yourselfer and for that reason, I would recommend that your friend calls a pest control company if she believes that she has a bedbug infestation.