Question by Nick! Answers: How to get rid of bed bugs?
Hey all,
Recently when I go to bed, I get these sharp painful bites over my body from bed bugs. They have become a major annoyance and I’ve tried changing my bed and blanket sheets to no avail.
What can I do to get rid of these bugs in my bed? Your responses will be of a great help to me.
Do they also live inside blankets? Because one time I covered the top of my mattress with cling wrap and still got bites (though much less).
Best answer:
Answer by William B
they live in the mattress, you either have to get rid of it, or spray it in inside and out, wash all bed cloths in hot water,
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It definitely sounds like you have a bed bug infestation. Bed bugs can be very annoying. The best way to get rid of them is not only wash everything in hot water, but also spray. Bed bugs are very annoying and can be hard to get rid of. I would recommend that you go to diatect.com. They have great products that can help you get rid of the bed bugs and it is harmless as well.
Best thing to do is have your local pest control come over and evaluate the situation. Once they do that they should be able to come up with a great plan of attack on controlling the issue.
From my past experiences, what I would do is remove all your sheets and wash them or least soak them in hot water. This helps to kill the bed bugs lurking inside your sheets.
Next you have to tackle those that are hiding in your bed. You need not throw the whole bed away but you do have to take the measures to getting rid of bed bugs before you sleep on them again.
What I suggest is this: Take a sharp pointed object or a needle and run the sharp tip through the inner seams along the corners of the mattress. Once you see the bed bugs crawling out from their hiding places crush them to kill them.
Continue this process until you have covered all 4 corners and the flip side of the mattress too. Then take the whole mattress out into the sun for a couple of hours making sure it gets to bask in the hot sunshine.
Vacuum the bed frame and floor board under the bed frame to eliminate any remaining bed bugs while waiting for the mattress to finish its sun baking session.
This should help eliminate the bed bugs that have infested in you bed. Spraying a little of the bed bugs eliminator will now help to prevent them from returning to haunt you in your sleep again.
As for your bed bugs bites, try to keep cool in the next couple of days until the itch subsides else it will only aggravate the itchiness you experience.