A 44-year-old member asked:
How do you get rid of bed bugs from travel clothing?
1 doctor answer • 3 doctors weighed in
Dr. Sarah Kohlanswered
Travel Medicine 37 years experience
Heat: Place all clothes (unwashed) into your dryer. Heat to at least 120 f for 20 minutes to kill eggs and bugs. You can wash your clothes as needed afterwards.
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A 30-year-old member asked:
How do you get rid of bed bugs from clothing without dry cleaning?
2 doctor answers • 2 doctors weighed in
Dr. Michael Fisheranswered
Dermatology 34 years experience
Bed bugs: Some professional exterminators use portable devices to raise the temperature of a room to a lethal temperature. All stages of bedbugs can be killed at 122 f (50 c). In some cases, you may have to throw out heavily infested items such as mattresses or couches.
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A 30-year-old member asked:
How can you prevent bed bugs from getting on me?
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Dr. John Munshoweranswered
Family Medicine 32 years experience
Don't sleep w them: Treat your bedding and assure erradication of the bed bugs. By exterminating the bed bugs, yu wil not "get them on you.".
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