Treat Bed Bugs

We have been bitten a lot, but not as much as many of the stories/pictures I’ve seen online. Both of our adjacent neighbors have bed bugs as well. We have been treated and are treating our clothing also. My question is: Do bed bugs travel, bite, and leave? We have yet to find ONE body. We dont have the fecal matter anywhere. We dont have bloodstains on our sheets. But we know theyre coming in. Do they come in from their ‘nest’ next door, bite, and go home? We thought it was possibly dust mites until we talked to the neighbors last night. Any thoughts?

Well, I thought bedbugs were eeny weeny teeny! So, if i’m correct, it’s no wonder u haven’t found any! (if i’m wrong, sorry!)
HOPE you get those bugz!

If you type bedbug in google there are heaps of results… see below for a few examples! I chose a few which had lots of information which i thought looked interesting!
Goodluck.. >(:B) <<theres ur bedbugs!!! lol

I first noticed the series of bites on Sunday night/Monday morning, and the itchiness and intensity has grown each day. On Tuesday morning, I noticed three new bites appear on my opposite leg. They're itching VERY intensely, and I've been trying to treat the itch with hydrocortisone cream, which only has a mild effect if any.

My concern, since they appeared overnight, is that it's bedbugs. However, I searched my bed and room and found no trace of them. A week or two ago, though, I noticed a couple of strange looking reddish-hued bugs - which would be consistent with bed bugs, too. So, I'm at a loss. If you want to see pictures, of the first bites, follow this link:

http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n115/stewartocaster/bites/photo.jpg

No new bites have appeared since Tuesday, and, if it were bedbugs, wouldn't they have been all over me right from the time I got my new bed, which was a hand-me-down? (About a month ago.)

I'm at my wits end. Any and all help is appreciated.
In case you might not have noticed, it's a series of 4 bites all closely tied together.

im going to say that you are correct in your bed bug assumption. im no doctor, but because those bites are so tightly grouped, i would say it is bed bugs as well.

best thing to do would be to go to the doctor

Would it be effective to bomb a house with flea bombs to treat bed bugs?

No throw out the matress and box springs. You will regret keeping it.

i treated my house for bed bugs but me and the rest of my family are still getting bit by something and they make bumps like mosquito bites but their not. What could they be?

Please help me

Fleas!!!! They are horrible little creatures and they are very tiny.

My apartment building has constant problems with roaches and bed bugs. I have been having them spray the apartment monthly to control the issue, but the bugs are back within a week. When I complain, instead of trying to exterminate the whole complex at once (They only will spray an apartment if someone asks for the treatment, which does not take care of the issue since the bugs are still living in the other apartments), they simply say I can have them come weekly to spray.

I worry that these chemicals, while safe to apply occasionally, are dangerous when applied with such frequency. My roommate and I are both are having respiratory problems and think it's the pesticides. Can anyone tell me how often pesticides should be applied within the home? Can you provide a website/source talking about it? Thanks!
I am currently writing a letter to the landlord to break the lease and am putting this bug issue in the letter. However, I'd like to say something like, "The remedy you've offered for the infestation issue is unsafe for human health, as according to SOURCE, you can only spray so often." I'm hoping someone has that source. That's really what I'm looking for here: proof of my worries so I can get out!

You are right about your concern for how save such treatments are. They can ad do cause health concerns. I suggest you contact the health department or code enforcement and discuss your concerns. ALL dishes and laundry and furniture is going to be chemically contaminated on even one application of pesticides or chemicals; usually a bug bomb saturates the entire dwelling and contents.
I would plan to clean all your belongings well, pack in boxes that are NOT from a food store and move. You are not necessarily the problem, nor should you continue to have to live with such a problem.

This treatment was for all rooms and mine has been treated twice because the room above me had a severe problem. I recently found bugs on my mattress and these bed bugs were in a single corner of my box springs. Now I'm not a dirty person and find it weird that these were there. Is there anyway that these bugs could have traveled from that room to mine? They have torn that room apart and as I live underneath it seems logical.
They are requiring me to get rid of my furniture and as I am disabled will have no bed or couch to use. Anyone known know of a resource to help?

Mites live in all metal spring mattresses - the statistic is that the weight of your mattress doubles after ten years due to the extra weight of the bugs and their feces. Mite feces also cause a large proportion of indoor allergies.

Check Craig's List or your local classified ads for an inexpensive mattress and box spring set.

The other thing I HAVE to ask is this: are you on any medications for psychiatric issues? If so, please keep in mind that some meds, as well as the the conditions themselves, can cause people to imagine infestation by insects, and the conditions is called delusional parasitosis. Now, having said that - if you really have a legitimate bug problem in your building, I think it's awful that they would be requiring you to remove your furniture without offering to help replace it. Seems like you could press the building superintendent or owner into assisting you in replacing your furnishings since the bug problem was theirs to control.

We're having a bed bug problem at home, and many sources recommend washing fabrics at high temperatures to kill any bugs they may be harboring.

I'm afraid my clothes will shrink if I do, and I don't want to spend a huge amount of money having the clothes sent off to e decontaminated. Would I be able to leave clothes in a bucket of piping hot water for a short while to kill the buggers?

We're still calling in the experts to treat the place, but I want to make sure they're off the clothes too, as well as the rest of the house.

Consider fumigation by freezing — it's an excellent method of insect control that does not damage fabrics.