A few months ago I woke up one day and DAMN I was itchy, very itchy for a week. Then it stopped. I see little and big red blots on my bed, new ones everyday, starting from when I was itchy. I then went on yahoo answers and then decided to just get a new mattress and clean around my bed area, just in case it was bed bugs. Now after a month on the new mattress I am getting these red blots, big and small ones. I am thinking it may be bed bugs, but I don't itch anymore. And if it is bed bugs, what should I do correctly this time?
Usually the first signs of a bed bug problem are the bite marks and blood stains on the mattress sheets. Some people, if bitten, don't develop much of a reaction at all, but others can develop intense itching and an allergic response. The bites usually appear as small red bumps that often occur in a linear pattern but can grow to large red welts in some people. To find out whether you have bed bugs in your home, use a flashlight to look for any tiny white or brown-colored bugs in the seams of mattresses, at the bottom of the box spring or behind the headboard. Most of the time, bed bugs hide around these areas. To protect yourself from the bites, get a bed bug mattress protector to encase your new mattress. The bed bug mattress protector will protect you and your family from bed bug bites, and they will help to prevent any bed bugs that are already inside your new mattress from spreading.
