A 36-year-old member asked:
don t let the bed bugs?
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Dr. Richard Bensinger answered
52 years experience Ophthalmology
Bite?: Bed bugs are tiny arthropods which live by sucking the blood from the superficial skin. The bite are tiny and they do not carry disease and rarely cause allergy. So the main issue is that of the aesthetics of sharing your bed with these creatures. Look on the internet for a variety of ways to check for them and ways to eliminate them.
Answered on Aug 6, 2013
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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered
25 years experience Psychiatry
Here are some tell : Tale signs that your bites are being caused by bedbugs. First you may notice blood smears on your bedding (yes this is your blood). Remember that the blood smears usually turn black over time. Second you may see amber colored “shells” which occurs when the bed bug sheds it's exoskeleton. A third sign of infestation is bug feces on your sheets (brown- black dots). The fourth sign can occur with.
Answered on Jul 23, 2020
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Dr. Heidi Fowler commented
25 years experience Psychiatry
Provided original answer
a heavy infestation – an odor that is described as “musty sweet” due to the bug's secretions. Don't expect to “see” the eggs. They are is small crevices, translucent and about 1/16th of an inch in length. You normally don't see a bed bug (they are nocturnal). The adult is 1/4th inch long & flat.
Aug 6, 2013
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Some: Some patients are blessed with the ability to not react to the bug bites while others have much more pronounced reactions.
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