How to get rid of the bed bug bites overnight‏?

We have already talked about how to get rid of the bed bugs. But what to do when you have a lot of bites? How to protect yourself and give yourself and your family a normal sleep? Read on.

The bed bugs are the parasites who feed on the blood. The bed bugs are not an exception. The bed bugs females need a blood to produce their eggs. The direct link between bites of the bed bugs and various diseases is not found yet, but you need to deliver your apartments from these nasty insects.

Do the bed bugs bite only during the human is sleeping?!

This statement is a little misleading. The fact is that the bed bugs are most active at  night, when we sleep. During sleep the person may not feel the bite. Only in the morning you can already clearly manifested the symptoms. If the apartment is infested with the bed bugs, it’s likely that they will not have enough blood. Succumbing to the instinct of the self-preservation, the bugs will attack people in the daytime too. The bed bugs are not able to bite you through the clothes, they typically hit the exposed areas of the body. But for these little pests is no difficulty to get under your clothes. The symptoms of a bite of the bed bugs for every person manifest differently.

Symptoms of a bed bug`s bite

What are the symptoms of a bug bite? The affected area of the skin swells, you feel the strong and irritable itching, redness, you can often find the multiple bites in one area. The place with bites may itch and sometimes even unpleasant burn. In general, the bug`s bite is almost invisible from the bites of the other insects: mosquitoes, flies and others. However, the difference from other insects is that numerous bugs bites appear on a small part of the human body in the form of the small red spots.

How dangerous is a bug`s bite?

The most dangerous consequence of the bed bug bite is a possible allergic reaction. In history there are cases when people, particularly sensitive to the enzymes that highlights the bed bug, a bite provokes anaphylactic shock.

The severe allergic reactions are very dangerous for a person, in addition to an  anaphylactic shock, which can cause:

• Erosion of the skin;

• Strong molasses in the area of the bite;

• Shortness of breath (muscle spasms in the bronchial tubes);

• Hyperemia (overflow of the blood vessels in the area of the bite);

• Sometimes sickness, fainting.

But these cases are rare. Basically, the bug bite is not dangerous like a mosquito bite. As mentioned above, the bed bugs do not transmit the infection, which is dangerous to the human life.

How to protect against the bites?

Somehow to prevent the bed bugs bites almost are impossible. The best way to get rid of the bites of these parasites is to get rid of the all parasites. The most effective method in this case will be to contact the disinfection service.

It is important to remember that the bugs are very mobile insects, so getting rid of them in your apartment will not give you a full guarantee that the parasites will not come back again. If the apartments of your neighbors infected by the bed bugs, these insects likely come to you again through the ventilation slots or other gaps.

To protect, at least, somehow yourself from the bites to the complete destruction of the insects, you should do the following: produce wet cleaning, move the bed away from the wall and from other furniture, remove linens, and washing it at the highest possible temperature. The mattress and pillows thoroughly check if they have the  bed bugs and their eggs (pay special attention to the seams), it is better to iron with a  steam. The clean bedding lay so that it does not touch the floor. If it`s possible, under each leg of the bed you can put a container of the water, it will serve as a barrier. This procedure will help you to protect yourself from the bites at night. It is also known that the bugs can not tolerate the strong odors and the smell of the tobacco smoke.

Very often you can get a bite of the bed bugs while traveling, spending the night in a hotel room or at the cheap hotel. Therefore, to avoid the unpleasant consequences, you should carefully inspect the room in which you plan to spend the night, and if after a trip you still have suspected that something was wrong, the best solution is to hand over all things that have been with you in the journey to the dry cleaners. If this is not possible, then you need to put in the empty bath a bag with all things, to review everything of the presence of the bed bugs and their eggs, shake it all and wash at the highest possible temperature.

Disposal and treatment of the of bed bugs bites

In most cases, the treatment of the bed bugs bites are not required. The symptoms of the bites disappear within 1-2 days. If the place with bite hurts and itches, you can treat it with antibacterial soap or alcohol.

Also, a popular way to get rid of the bites include:

• Ice which relieves the swelling well;

• Alcohol. You need to treat the bite by the dipped in alcohol piece of cotton or a bandage;

• Aloe juice or plantain leaves;

• A decoction of the chamomile, St. John’s wort;

• A solution of the baking soda. You must wipe the bite with a highly concentrated solution;

• Grated garlic. It should be applied to the wound for a while;

• Pink Lotion. Good help to dry the bite;

• Potatoes. You can apply it to the bite.

You can also use any soothing ointment: Afloderm, Psilo balm, Menovazin etc.  Tsindol can help you very well, it`s the healing suspension which is effective on the  skin lesions.