What Can A Bed Bug Do To Me?

While all of this is great, what you want to know is what the bed bug will end up doing to
you.

The good news is that bed bugs are not that dangerous to most people . While no one wants
to have them around, they are not likely to provide you with any real problems, although in
some people they can cause a higher level of reaction than others will have .

Bed bugs are often thought of in the minds of children as biting . In the sing song, "Don't let
the bed bugs bite," they may have described just what the human can expect from the little
bed bug.

The good news is that it is painless to the human. The bed bugs will likely feed from their
host at night, while the host is sleeping and still.

Therefore, it is likely that the host, or human, will never feel it or will they see the bed bug
actually bite them.

The bed bug will inject a liquid into the bite that it creates. This fluid is used to keep the
blood from clotting and sealing up the wound . In most cases, the only way that you will
know that you have been bit is by the reaction that some people have to this fluid .

If you do have a reaction to the fluid, it is li kely to be something that is bothersome but not
overly problematic. It will be an itchy, irritated and inflamed area of the skin .

But, each person is different here . Many people will not have any reaction to the bug bite at
all, which makes it harder to know they are even there .

Harsher Reactions

Some people wi ll react in a much more severe way . There is no way to te ll which way you
will react, until you do. If they react severely, it is likely that they will have a swollen and
hard area on their area of their skin at the bite mark. It will be small and usually looks like
a white welt on the skin .

If you have this serious of a reaction to the bug bite, you will likely have a great deal of
itching to go along with it.

If you have serious reactions to the bed bug bite they can last from just a few hours to
days. It is wise to seek out the help of a professional when you have these serious
reactions to any type of bug bite.

One of the most common signs of bed bug bites is having three or more bite marks or welts
in a row. This is thought to happen because the bed bug will become detached to the area,
possibly by the host moving, and will then need to open a new piercing to draw blood from.

One thing to note about the bed bug is that they are different from flea bites. They will not
have a red dot in the middle of the bite mark, but will be a solid color throughout the mark.

It is important to notice any marks that you may have that are sma ll , bite li ke marks that
you really can not explain.

This can be a sign that there are bed bugs lurking in your bed at night.

More Side Effects?

Bed bug bites do not commonly cause serious reactions in humans. But, they are annoying
enough to ca use stresses in our lives as wel l.

Some people that have experienced bed bugs in their home have problems with sleeping in
their beds. They may feel anxiety and wo rry about the bed bugs, even knowing that t hey
are not going to cause a great dea l of damage to them .

Th is fear can lead to insomnia as well.

At an extreme level, bed bugs can cause things li ke distress and alarm . At some times, it
can also ca use delusional parasitosis as we ll. Here, a person becomes delusional , thi nking
that they see and feel t he bed bugs on thei r skin.

The amount of blood that you wil l lose because of the bed bug is a ve ry small amount and
wi ll likel y not affect the host at all. Th ey probably will not noti ce any feelings caused by this
problem.

Also, bed bugs are not known to cause any type of disease. They are not known to carry
and transmit diseases either. This is unli ke that of a mosquito that can transmit a disease
to its host.

They have been known to carry what Is ca lled pathogens fo r the plague and for hepatitis B,
but this is just from the immunities that they ha ve built up from these diseases over the
course of time.

The bed bug bite that does cause a serve reaction or one that leaves a welt on the skin can
become infected if the indivi dual scratches at the area and by doi ng t his, suppl ies the
necessary bacte ria to cause the infect ion In the skin of the host.