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How to know if i have to sleep in my bed so that the bed bugs come out and die?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Do understand? : Cimex lectularius or the bed bug is a parasite that is nocturnal. At night it is attracted to the carbon dioxide that humans exhale as well the warmth emitted by our bodies. It comes out to feed on our blood.

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Answered 4/17/2014

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