Question by Angelo:
Are there any ways to get rid of bed bugs and are there any things that can help with bed bug bites?
What can get rid of bed bugs and soothe or just plain get rid of the biting? Please help. I can’t get a good night’s sleep with these things.
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Answer by Amanda H
there were bed bugs in my sis in laws apartment at school and they had to throw the beds out and get new ones plus fog the house to get them out.
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Go to a home goods store like Lowes and ask about bug extermination products. If I were you, I would just trash the bed mattress and get a new one, I hear those things are almost impossible to get rid of.
For the bites, the only thing I know of is a bug bite cream of some sort, look in the over the counter ointments aisle for that type of thing.
Asprin! It thins your blood and makes you unappetizing.
One tablet per day.
Fish oil and/or ginko bilbo are alternatives to asprin
but do not use with asprin or your blood will get too
thin and you will get nasty nosebleeds and internal bleeding.
Coumadin is good too, but you need a doctor’s prescription to get it.
Of course, use bedbug specific sprays and keep all
clutter out of your sleeping area so they have few places to run and hide. I have bedbugs in my high class building in
suburban NYC, but they have not bothered me , A friend told me about this survival technique for urban living and it works.
The best answer would be to get rid of the bed and call an exterminator.
If you can’t afford that use Mule Team Borax from the laundry detergent section of the store. Pour it onto the mattress, box springs, under the bed. Wash sheets in HOT water and dry all bedding in a HOT dryer. Walk the Borax into the mattress. It will kill them within a day or two. I would actually just leave the Borax in the mattress and put bedding over it. You might also consider using a plastic mattress cover.
Old bites? I would assume steroids like hydro-cortisone for itching. If you have an infection from scratching you need some antibiotics.
If bedbugs rehatch from the eggs already in the bed then reapply borax in a week.