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Can someone be more affected by bed bugs then others who live in the same house? can you have a worse reaction to them than other people?
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Yes: Two factors - one is a person's allergic response to the bedbug bite - that can vary quite a bit from person to person. The other would be the # of bedbugs each person is exposed to - there may be one bed in the house that is more heavily infested.
Answered 6/18/2014
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