A 29-year-old member asked:
what do bed bugs bite look like or a website with photo?
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Dr. Joseph Bouvier answered
25 years experience Pediatrics
See below: Most insect which draw a blood meal though a bite will cause a local reaction with redness, swelling, warmth and itch. It is often impossible to tell these apart, but bedbugs will often leave a straight line or repeat bites whereas other bugs like mosquitos, fleas, etc. May look scattered. However, there are treated in the same way - wound care, steroid creams and antihistamines.
Answered on Apr 30, 2019
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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered
25 years experience Psychiatry
Bed bug bites may: have no sx's/signs except for 2 small skin puncture points. A reaction may show from an hr to several days later. It can cause itchy, pink, swollen, lesions w clear center. If hypersensitive blisters may occur. Telltale sign is linear track of lesions from sequential feedings – doesn't always occur. Bites are in areas exposed while sleeping-arms, shoulders,neck & legs.
Answered on Aug 5, 2014
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Bed bugs: The bites could be due to bed bugs.Its advisable to see your GP for further assessment.Good luck
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Dr. Umesh Patel answered
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Tough to say: without being able to see the lesion! Consider scheduling a virtual consult. Possible causes of the above symptoms are an infection or hypersensitiv ... Read More
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