Risks Associated With Bed Bugs Infestations!

Bed bugs feed on their host human’s blood as their only source of nutrition. Bed bugs must need to feed once during each of their immature stages in order to mature into adults. Female bedbug also needs blood in order to produce eggs. Some recent researches of pennmedicine.org revealed the fact that bed bugs bites can transmit parasites that causes Chagas disease. Before this research it was a general perception that bed bugs do not cause diseases. Here in this article I’ll tell you about bug’s bites, associated issues and how to kill bed bugs completely.

How to Identify Bed Bug Bites?

Bites, the presence of bedbug feces, cast skins and blood spots found on one’s sheets are some of the indications of bed bug infestation in a home. Bed bugs usually bites on those parts of the human body that are more likely to be exposed to bedbugs during sleep – i.e. face, hands, arms, neck, shoulders and legs. Bug bites are often grouped together in a small area in a line or a zigzag pattern but this not happens in all cases. Different people react to bed bug bites in different manner. In some people bites may become inflamed, itchy, red or blistered but in some people no reaction take place at all.

Size Of Bed Bug Bite

Bed bugs pierce the skin of human with their elongated beaks by which they extract blood. Their bites may not initially painful and can go unnoticed for hours or days. The size of bug bites varies due to a number of different factors. Bedbugs inject an anti-coagulant fluid along with their saliva when they pierce the skin of their host to take a blood meal. This anti-coagulant fluid is actually responsible for how a host reacts to the bite and determines the bed bug bites size. As different people have different sensitivities to the bed bug’s bite, so the size of the bite will vary too. Number of times a person is bitten is also a factor that influences the size of a bed bug reaction.

Bed Bug Bites Symptoms

Itchiness is the most common symptom of bug’s bites. Initially, a bitten person may detect a slight burning sensation. The burning area then may develop into red bumps, called wheals or papules (rash). In extreme cases, bites may swell dramatically and turn into blister-like skin inflammations.

What To Do in Severe Reactions?

If after being bitten by a bed bug you develop a rash, avoid scratching the affected skin. If the rash persists for a long time or becomes infected, immediately, contact to a Doctor. There may be many risks associated with infection. Failure to keep the bites clean or scratching it may lead to secondary infections and can cause further swelling and bleeding. Children and individuals with weak immune systems like elderly may develop serious secondary infections that result from bed bug bites.

How To Kill Bed Bugs?

In order to avoid bedbug bites and keep yourself and your family member healthy kill bedbugs completely from your home. There are many treatments available for bed bug extermination anyhow, Thermal Treatment is a non-toxic and safe treatment to eradicate bed bugs and their eggs completely. It’s highly recommended that only hire experts to deal with bed bugs infestation in order to avoid any risks. You may visit the links below in order to get an idea about associated risks of self treatments. Below links and videos are about a recent incident in Alberta:

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