Bed Bug Bites

Moving…to a New Bed Bugs House??!

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If you’re about to move to a new home or hall of residence, you might want to watch out for bed bugs before spending a night at the place. A newly built home might have new furnitures and beddings, thus, might have lesser probability of an infestation. But moving to a new home yet a not so new house, or a hall of residence should require you to have a lookout for these horrible pests.

Moving to a new home, you should always query about the history of bed bugs from the previous owners. You would want to be ready, having pest controllers checking out the place before moving in and settling down in your new place. Having a reliable pest controlling service for your home from time to time is also recommended to ensure no bed bugs or any other pests could take over your home and make it theirs.

If you’re a student moving into a hall, you’d know if bed bugs are a problem from the word of mouth. You should avoid any halls with such history if possible. Upon moving into a room, you should check your bed and beddings to ensure that no infestation is present. In case you do find or experience them, you should notify the hall’s management office and request for a new room as soon as possible. Bed bugs infestation is not always an easy quest to get rid of. In many cases, you will need a professional to do the job. Therefore, a new room would be best.

Don’t forget to keep a handy first aid-kit containing calamine lotion or any other antiseptic cream to help with treating bed bug bites if you’d ever have any. Infestation are not always easy to detect by sight so you might want to be ready with everything you’ve got.

Bed Bugs - Use Calamine Lotion To Treat The Bites

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If you’ve been bitten by bed bugs, don’t panic upon seeing all the swollen red marks on your body. Instead try to relax and expect some allergic reactions to happen. If the reaction is mild (in my case I nearly fainted due to difficulty in breathing), you probably don’t need to go and see a doctor for a treatment. Instead, simple medicines such as calamine lotion and anaesthetic cream can do the job.

There are 2 ways to use calamine lotion to fight the bug. The first way is to apply calamine lotion before going to sleep. I’ve tried this before and it worked brilliantly. Bed bugs somehow hate the smell and the chemicals present in calamine lotion. Apply the lotion to the exposed part of your body such as your face, arms and legs. Although you still can be bitten, chances are the number of swollen marks will be significantly reduced. When I applied this method, I always checked the following morning to find any marks on my body. The most that I found was one or two bites, that’s it. Much much better than finding the whole body full of red swollen marks

The second way to use calamine lotion is of course apply it to the swollen marks when you realize that you’ve been bitten by the bed bugs. Applying calamine lotion on the marks will reduce the itchy feelings so you can hold yourself more from scratching and making it worse. It helps to reduce the swelling of the bitten area. You’ll feel less irritated and it takes less time for the pain to go away. I of course prefer prevention than cure. So if you know that your place is infested with bed bugs, it’d be better for you to apply the lotion before going to bed rather than letting the bed bugs bite you and treating the bites afterwards.

Some people suggested washing the bed bug bites using antiseptic soap and water to prevent infection. I don’t prefer this method to treat the bites as it made my skin felt more irritated when making contact with water and soap. I’d still prefer calamine lotion over soap to treat the bed bug bites. If you still want to use soap, do it at your own risk. You’ve been warned! :)

Bed Bug Bites - My First Encounter with Bed Bugs

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Everybody’s first encounter with bed bugs is supposed to be an unpleasant one. I don’t know if anybody finds it pleasing at all. Mine happened quite a few years back, when I moved into a flat already infested with the creature. But at that time, I reckoned bed bug bites were not so painful, much like mosquito bites. I was wrong. Absolutely wrong.

That night, I went to sleep after making sure that no bed bugs were found underneath the bed or on the mattress. I heard of some stories before but never really experienced what it’s like to be bitten by them.

I somehow woke up at 5 in the morning and felt itchy all over my body. My face felt numb and swollen. Immediately I jumped out of the bed and switched on the light. I was horrified to see that my arms, legs and face were full of red marks of what appeared to be mosquito bites. But instead of a few marks here and there (as you would get from mosquitoes), the bed bug bites were all over my body. And it got worse when I started to scratch it, silly me!

Bed Bugs - Flicr image by JLplusALThe allergic reaction then started to get into act. I started to feel dizzy and have difficulty in breathing. I was beginning to panic but somehow calmed myself down and started applying some calamine lotion that I luckily kept in my first aid kit box. After 10-15 minutes, the swelling began to subside. And I managed to go to sleep, not after battling hard with my urge to scratch those crazy bites.

All in all, it was a horrible experience. If you haven’t encountered bed bugs before, never underestimate the pain you’ll be having. Some can experience mild allergic reaction but some can suffer a lot from the bed bug bites. Make sure you’re well prepared with all the medicines.

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