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Bites only on legs bed bugs?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

They tend to bite : All over. Bed bug bites may cause no symptoms or signs in some people. When there is a reaction, it may not show until several days after the bed bug has bitten. It can cause pink, swollen, itchy lesions on the skin. What can be telltale is when there is a linear track of lesions from sequential feedings – but that does not always occur. Were you outside with legs exposed in shorts?

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Answered 5/15/2019

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