Getting rid of bed bugs

Bed bugs

Bed bugs, called bed bugs, are oval-shaped, small insects that do not fly, and feed on human blood. Although they are found in all parts of the house, such as cracks in furniture and all fabric fabrics, they can be found more inside bedrooms, beds, and mattresses. , and bed frames.

Bed bugs are usually active at night when a person is sleeping, and they usually sting areas such as the face, neck, hands, and arms. Their sting is painless and does not require treatment. It is in the form of small, flat, or swollen pimples, and its symptoms include redness. , swelling, and itching, and it is usually thought that it is just a skin rash. However, if the itching is severe, steroid creams or antihistamines can be used to relieve it, and effective home treatments can also be used such as: oatmeal baths and cold compresses.

Signs of bed bugs in the home

If a person wakes up feeling itchy in areas of his body that he did not feel before going to sleep, it is likely due to the presence of bed bugs in his room, especially if he recently purchased a used bed or mattress. One of the following signs may be evidence of: The presence of bed bugs as well:

• Blood stains on the bed sheets or pillow.
• Dark or reddish spots of bed bug feces on bed sheets.
• Patches of insect organs such as shell or skin.
• An unpleasant musty odor resulting from insect glands.

How to get rid of bed bugs

Getting rid of bed bugs is difficult, because they are adept at hiding and multiplying quickly. They also spend a long time in their eggs before they hatch and are immune to all methods of extermination, which means that more than one attempt must be made to get rid of them.

After confirming the presence of bed bugs in the house, you must begin the stage of preventing them from spreading further. This can be done by:

• Wrapping any item taken out of the room in which bed bugs were found in a plastic bag to treat it, and if it is not possible to treat the item, it must be left aside for a period of time to ensure the death of the active bed bugs, and the period may be long, up to a year.
• Empty the vacuum cleaner bag after each use.
• Not disposing of pieces of furniture that can be treated, breaking pieces of furniture that cannot be treated and disposing of them so that someone else does not take them, suffers from the same problem.

At this stage, after preparing to get rid of bed bugs, you must choose the correct and safe method to eliminate them. The available options are:

• Use non-chemical methods to get rid of bed bugs, which include:
  • The heat method is by using a clothes dryer on high heat, or a black plastic bag in a hot place, or under the sun, or a locked car.
  • The cold method is by placing the affected pieces in the refrigerator for four days.
• Use insecticides carefully according to the instructions on the package, or call a person specialized in getting rid of insects.

You must be careful not to let bed bugs return from time to time after completing the extermination process. If there is evidence of their presence, this means that the treatment did not reach them or that they were in eggs and hatched after completing the treatment. In this case, the previous steps must be repeated.