How to eliminate bedbugs

bedbugs

Bedbugs are small parasitic insects that are characterized by their flat shape and brown color. They live in human beds and obtain their food by sucking human blood while they sleep. They are among the insects that are most attached to humans and have been known to humans since ancient times. Bedbugs prefer a dark and moist environment to live. Therefore, they find in the sleeping bed a suitable environment for them to live and reproduce, and these insects can hide in the sleeping bed and penetrate its lining, where they can live inside it for a number of months without you realizing it.

Ways to eliminate bedbugs

There are many natural methods that help eliminate bed bugs that can be used without harming bedding and furniture, including dried basil leaves, fresh mint leaves, neem tree leaves, and eucalyptus oil, which can be placed in paper bags to allow their scent to escape and placed on the bed while sleeping. These scents kill bedbugs and expel them from the bed, and the process is repeated until they disappear completely.

Tips and Advice

• Make sure to wash the bedding with hot water once every two weeks to ensure that it dies and multiplies, if any.
• Ventilate the bed covers, mattress, and pillow and expose them to the hot rays of the sun at noon.
• Maintain the cleanliness of the bed and its surroundings by vacuuming it to remove insects, if any.
• Permanent ventilation of rooms and the house.
• Ensure that used furniture is free of bugs and clean before purchasing it.
• Eliminate holes in walls and windows that allow insects to enter the house.
• Contact pest control specialists to help you get rid of them.
• Get rid of pets that carry this insect and live in the house or move around it.
• If your house suffers from humidity, you can use a special powder that absorbs moisture from the mattress and prevents bugs from being inside it.
• When traveling outside the country for a long period, ask a neighbor or relative to ventilate your home from time to time.
• When returning from travel, especially if you are spending a vacation in a hotel, make sure before returning that the travel bag is free of bugs.

Diseases caused by bedbugs

Bedbugs cause many diseases. They may lead to respiratory diseases, severe itching of the skin, inflammation of a superficial wound, nosebleeds, allergies and constant sneezing, or redness in the eyes. The person resorts to a doctor to find out the cause of his illness and the appropriate ways to treat it, but he ignores the cause. The real thing is bedbugs, and they take medications and anti-allergy medications without any significant results.