Bed Bugs Explained - How To Stop Them

By Dan Thomas

Bed bugs are becoming a huge nuisance in house holds around the world. They will hide in hard to reach places, like in between mattress seems, and they will come out at night to feed on you, creating insect bites that could cause some major irritation.

Medical experts and doctors say that bed bugs bites will not cause any disease. Though the insect suck your blood and leave several mini drops of its saliva into your skin, good thing is that they do not spread or transfer diseases.

Getting rid of bed bugs is not an easy task. The bed bug is described to look like a tick so the process of identifying one from the other is a hard task. Though a tick feeds primarily on animals like dogs or cats, some bed bugs feed on humans.

The easiest way that there is to get rid of bed bugs is also the most expensive. This is by hiring a professional exterminator, if this is in your budget this is the most effective way to get rid of them as they know what to look for and know their habits.

In getting rid of bed bugs, one has to remember why they are loathsome. Bed bugs are often referred to as vampires. They lie in wait for their prey and patiently take the time to come out and feed. No wonder many want to get rid of bed bugs.

When looking for bed bugs be sure to check everything that is in the room where the bites are taking place. They will hide in furniture, small cracks and crevices, and of course in your mattress. If you mattress becomes infested you may have to trash it completely.

Some other places that bed bugs can hide are underneath or in carpeting, behind outlet covers, lamps. just about anywhere. So cleanliness has little to do with stopping bed bugs, but it will limit the number of hiding places they have.

Bed bugs cannot survive in temperatures that are above 120 degrees. So if you really want to try and get rid of bed bugs yourself, you can use a couple of house hold items like irons and hair dryers. Steam cleaning is also another effective way to get rid of bed bugs. - 30446

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