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I woke up with itchy different size red bites all down my arm and body and i'm scared it might be bed bugs or just fleas. how can i tell?

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Dr. J. Lawrence Dohan answered

Exterminator: Are other people also getting the same thing? Any animals? Are the spots in lines? Do you have little brown/red blood spots on the sheets? If you turn on the light at night, do you see them running for their nest? An exterminator can put out a trap to identify bedbugs or batbugs.

Answered 10/19/2014

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I woke up with itchy different size red bites all down my arm and body and i'm scared it might be bed bugs or just fleas. how can i tell?

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Dr. J. Lawrence Dohan answered

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