Signs of Infestation
It often seems that bed bugs arise from nowhere. The bugs are efficient hitchhikers and are usually transported in on luggage, clothing, beds, furniture, and other items. This is a particular problem for hotels, motels and apartments, where turnover of occupants is constant. Bed bugs are small, cryptic and agile, escaping detection after crawling into suitcases, boxes and belongings. The eggs are especially tiny and are usually overlooked. Acquiring secondhand beds, couches and furniture is another way that the bugs are transported into previously non-infested dwellings. Bed bugs also can be carried in on a person’s clothing or shoes, resulting in an infestation.
Once bed bugs are introduced, they often spread throughout a building. The bugs can travel from room to room or floor to floor either by crawling or via a person. Unlike cockroaches that feed on filth, the level of cleanliness has little to do with most bed bug infestations. Pristine homes, hotels and apartments have plenty of hiding places and an abundance of warm-blooded hosts. Thus, they are almost as vulnerable to infestation as are places of squalor.
Eliminating bed bugs from beds can be challenging. If there are holes or tears in the fabric, the bugs and eggs may be inside, as well as outside. There also are restrictions on how beds can be treated with pesticides. For these reasons, companies sometimes recommend that beds be discarded, especially when heavily infested or in poor condition. Another option is to encase both the mattress and box spring in a protective cover like those used for allergy relief. Encasements specifically designed to help protect against bed bugs are available through The Allergy Guy or Rest Assured MC. Once the cover is installed and zipped shut, any bugs which happen to be inside are entombed and eventually will die. Encasements also help protect newly purchased beds, and make it easier to spot and destroy any bugs residing on the outer surface during subsequent examination. Keeping the cover on for more than 12 months will ensure that they do not survive and you can get a peaceful sleep Encasements will not, however, keep bed bugs from crawling onto a bed and biting a sleeping person. Remember to hire a trained professional to combat the problem and encase your mattress. .
Bed bugs are tiny reddish and brown insects that cause discomfort and anxiety to some people. The most common bed bug symptom that indicates the presence of bed bugs more than the other symptom is the bites themselves; usually appearing as red marks on the skin. Their bites are generally itchy; causing a red irriation on the skin. Localized swellings of the skin as well as blisters around red marks are also some of the symptoms. There is no known health problems assosiated with bed bug bites. However the uneasiness they bring to peoples live causes them great stress..
Bedbug proof mattress encasements allow you to keep your mattress even if you have a bed bug problem. Once the cover is installed nothing can get in or out of the mattress or box spring. We recommend leaving the covers on or at least one year because bedbugs can survive for one year between feedings.