Comments on: World exclusive: Bedbuggers experiment with being bitten, on purpose! (Part 3)

By: db

db — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 08:09:38 +0000

i know this is an old thread, but i think i am having a similar problem to S. i had bedbugs back in the fall in an apt in nyc. i moved away and did not have any more bites until early june when i stayed at a hostel in prague. i was bit pretty bad then over the course of 5 nights thinking it was mosquitoes until the morning i left when i saw the owner spraying the hostel beds with bed bug spray. i just hoped i didnt bring them home with me. all of my bedbug bites (when i know for a fact they were bedbugs) have been big, red and extremely itchy. when i started getting small bites when i got home (about 2 weeks after the hostel), i sprayed all around, took apart furniture, sprayed behind outlet plates, etc. etc. but never actually saw any bedbugs or traces of bedbugs like blood stains. the new bites are tiny and not nearly as itchy. they are mostly lone bites but i have had a few near each other. i canno imagine what they are from. i want to know if its bedbugs and for a while i figured they were nymphs, but after seeing S’ post with similar reactions o adult and nymph, i wonder if my “bites” are bites at all…

was there ever any conclusion to S’ small bites? did they go away? were they bedbugs? another bug?

By: IWearTheScarletBB

IWearTheScarletBB — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 03:44:21 +0000

I see that this thread has covered menstrual cycles. Horribly grossed out and wonder if BB are attracted to this!…not so much in the hormone fluctuating way, but more literally. I can not even fathom finding one “there”!!!!!!!

By: lil_bit_obsessed

lil_bit_obsessed — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 14:11:27 +0000

here’s a crazy thought… (sorry if this is already posted, i only had time to read about half the thread)

is it possible that these smaller bites, or hives, can be a reaction to the chemicals sprayed in the house? i have only had one big bite, and everything else has been itty bitty small like pimples ever since. i have not been sprayed, but my skin is unusually sensitive. could be histamine. for others, could it be a reaction to the PCO chemicals?

By: Anne

Anne — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 14:14:01 +0000

I don’t think you should delete it, just start a new topic on the forum as I did.
I have just started the one with the subject: Do I have Bedbugs.

BTW. I also saw these pin pritch type of bites on me. At least I see these things and I suspect they are bites.

By: Bites44

Bites44 — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 14:00:21 +0000

Sorry, I can see what you mean. Can I delete it?

By: Anne

Anne — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 13:53:57 +0000

Anonymous, I think this thread is for a different topic. You should raise your question under the forums. I am also new and I figured this after a few days.

By: Anne

Anne — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 13:48:01 +0000

Nobugsonme, I started a new thread under forums with the subject ‘Do I have bedgugs?’
http://bedbugger.com/forum/topic/1266?replies=1
Thanks for your feedback!

By: Bites44

Bites44 — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 18:12:04 +0000

New here. A great topic. My problem is that it appears that I am getting almost no reaction from a bite. I will find 3 pin pricks (red) verysmall, usually 2 or 3 in a row, mostly on the inside of the arm, just below the elbow joint. Sometimes these disappear by the end of the day, sometimes they are visible for several days. If you didn’t know for sure that there were bugs somewhere, you wouldn’t even notice this. No itching. A huge problem, because I am not sure if they are still in the bed frame and mattress. Have done a lot of work on isolating the bed.

Another problem, after reading all the info here, I could have been bitten days ago.

Yesterday I sat in a new sofa chair in the LR for the first time in weeks, and one hour later, found a small white weal under my armpit (not itchy). The sofa has been steamed twice, and also has had lots of vacuuming. Did the bite come while sleeping on bed, or in the sofa chair? Was it actually a bite?

Almost I wish I was getting a stronger reaction. Are these pin pricks my paranoia–I have found skin casts, and also have seen nymphs. My question is: How many readers are just getting these small red pin pricks? Any comment greatly appreciated as I am totally dumbfounded.

By: nobugsonme

nobugsonme — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 23:31:23 +0000

It is hard to say. Sean’s thread (see link in my comment yesterday, above) also says that he was bitten for a long time before he reacted. While he was talking about a situation in which the cumulative effect of bites over time led to many itchy marks appearing all at once, one can also imagine it is possible that being bit by fewer bugs less often might cause less of an effect on you. (I am speculating, but if some people don’t react initially until they have lots of bites, maybe this can also happen even if you reacted before?)

if you brought one or two bed bugs home, and they bit once a week each, you might not notice the new bites right away. Sorry there are no definite answers as this has not been thoroughly researched. Some of the literature says that people may react up to 9 days after being bitten. I suspect many people react much sooner.

If you have further questions or want to discuss this further, you might want to go on the forums. Click the blue bug at the top right of this page. I am wondering whether you took any precautions after coming home from the hostel.

By: Anne

Anne — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 10:06:15 +0000

Nobugsonme, thanks for your answer!

This sounds really bad! This might either mean that I have new bites, which might mean that I have bedbug at home (quite disappointing), or that some of the bites I got in a hostel appearred or swelled only after 4-5 days.

I wonder how much time does it take for a bedbug brought eventually in a house to find the bed and start to bite the person living there? After how much time can you realize that you brought in a bedbug in your house?