Plagues and diseases are not spread by the presence of bed bugs.
It is true that when you are bitten by one the saliva of the bug is left under your skin.
However, they are not responsible for any diseases or disease transfers.
This fact is what makes this insect different from other insects that suck blood, including mosquitoes which are known to transfer malaria, dengue, and many other diseases.
While bed buds do not transfer or cause disease, their bites do leave your skin irritated, itchy, and uncomfortable.
There are times when a bite will resemble a bit of other biting insects like the mosquito or flea.
It is important to note that bed bugs are not known to cause any serious health issues.
However, due to the itchiness and irritation of the skin caused by the bites, you will want to stop the infestation in your home.
By not addressing the infestation, you may have skin with a lot of blemishes or find that you are covered with wounds cause by itching the bed bug bites.
There are some people who have an allergic reaction when they get bitten by a bed bug.
If this occurs, serious skin problems can occur.
Getting Ready To Stop The Infestation In order to stop the bed bug infestation that you have in your home, you have to take the time to develop a strategy and a plan that will work effectively.
It is important to understand that when you contact a local pest control officer, you will be asked to discard or get rid of many things and/or equipment in your home that can serve as a home, breeding ground, or habitat for the bed bugs.
For the most part, if you have b bugs living inside your bed, there is no way to treat them.
Due to the fact that they are so small, they are able to sneak inside you bed through the smallest of openings or holes in your bed.
With this in mind it is hard for pesticides to reach these bugs, making it impossible for pesticide treatment to be completely effective at eliminating the infestation.
Unfortunately, getting rid of beds and other things this critter may be living in is not as simple as throwing them to the curb.
When you are treating this kind of infestations in your home, you also have to find ways to keep them from becoming a nuisance to your neighbors or other people.
With this in mind, you have to do more than simply through out the things that are infested with bed bugs.
Due to this, many of the things you discard must be burned.
There are also many times when the items that are infested need to be enclosed in bags so it is impossible for the bed bugs to get onto other things or move to other areas.
It is important to understand that an adult bed bug can live almost a year without having anything to feed on.
Therefore, if what you have to discard is not burned, you have to make sure that no person, animal, or any other potential host can come in contact with it.
You also have to make sure that any room being treated for infestation is thoroughly cleaned in order to kill or remove any eggs that may have been left by the adult bugs.
Prevention, Prevention, Prevention Experts say that preventing an infestation is better than any treatment or cure.
In order to prevent bed bugs from developing into an infestation, you need to practice cleanliness and good hygiene.
For those that travel, it is important to ensure that the rooms or hotels you will be using are free of bed bugs.
If they are not, it is very possible that your clothes and baggage will provide a way for the bed bugs to travel to your home.
It is advisable that you make sure where your are staying does regular room check ups or has regular professional visits from pest control companies.
Pest control professionals have more knowledge and experience when it comes to bed bugs, so it is advisable to rely on them if you want to make sure your room is not infested and if you want to rid your home of this aggrivating insect.
If you find that the room you are staying in is infested, it will not help to move to another location.
This is because as long as you are taking personal belongings like beds, cabinets, suitcases, and furniture with you, you will more than likely be taking the bed bugs with you too.
As a conclusion, it is important to understand that in order to treat an infestations, you have to begin with yourself.
Having proper hygiene and educating yourself about bed bugs will be a great start.
With this in mind, it is important to continue to acknowledge the existence of this kind of insect and to continue educating your self on them.
You also want to contact a professional if you feel you may have a bed bug infestation.