Comments on: Reader question: if I don’t react to bites, how do I know they’re gone? http://bedbugger.com/2007/12/25/reader-question-if-i-dont-react-to-bites-how-do-i-know-theyre-gone/ bed bug news, information, activism, and support Fri, 29 Aug 2008 01:31:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: nobugsonme http://bedbugger.com/2007/12/25/reader-question-if-i-dont-react-to-bites-how-do-i-know-theyre-gone/#comment-9617 nobugsonme Wed, 14 May 2008 16:32:03 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2007/12/25/reader-question-if-i-dont-react-to-bites-how-do-i-know-theyre-gone/#comment-9617 Hi Gary, Try the third FAQ here: http://bedbugger.com/faqs/skin/ Ice also helps. Good luck. Hi Gary,

Try the third FAQ here:
http://bedbugger.com/faqs/skin/

Ice also helps. Good luck.

]]> By: GARY VISCONTI http://bedbugger.com/2007/12/25/reader-question-if-i-dont-react-to-bites-how-do-i-know-theyre-gone/#comment-9616 GARY VISCONTI Wed, 14 May 2008 16:16:51 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2007/12/25/reader-question-if-i-dont-react-to-bites-how-do-i-know-theyre-gone/#comment-9616 I DON'T SEE ANYWHERE ANY INFO OF HOW I SHOULD DEAL- MEDICALLY -WITH THE ITCHING WHILE TRYING TO GET RID OF THEM. WHAT IS REOMMENDED THAT IS REASONABLY PRICED TO DEAL WITH THE ITCHING AND REDNESS FROM BED BUGS? THANK YOU. GARY VISCONTI I DON’T SEE ANYWHERE ANY INFO OF HOW I SHOULD DEAL- MEDICALLY -WITH THE ITCHING WHILE TRYING TO GET RID OF THEM.

WHAT IS REOMMENDED THAT IS REASONABLY PRICED TO DEAL WITH THE ITCHING AND REDNESS FROM BED BUGS?

THANK YOU.

GARY VISCONTI

]]> By: nobugsonme http://bedbugger.com/2007/12/25/reader-question-if-i-dont-react-to-bites-how-do-i-know-theyre-gone/#comment-8177 nobugsonme Mon, 07 Jan 2008 06:23:40 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2007/12/25/reader-question-if-i-dont-react-to-bites-how-do-i-know-theyre-gone/#comment-8177 Thanks Lou-- this reminds me of S's experiments, where she and her boyfriend tested whether they reacted differently to nymph and adult bites, and indeed whether he reacted at all. For anyone who missed it, the first post in the four-part series is <a href="http://bedbugger.com/2007/04/18/bitefest1/" rel="nofollow">here.</a> Thanks Lou– this reminds me of S’s experiments, where she and her boyfriend tested whether they reacted differently to nymph and adult bites, and indeed whether he reacted at all. For anyone who missed it, the first post in the four-part series is here.

]]> By: loubugs http://bedbugger.com/2007/12/25/reader-question-if-i-dont-react-to-bites-how-do-i-know-theyre-gone/#comment-8176 loubugs Mon, 07 Jan 2008 01:50:10 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2007/12/25/reader-question-if-i-dont-react-to-bites-how-do-i-know-theyre-gone/#comment-8176 A woman came over to my lab because she also wondered if she doesn't react to bed bugs, how will she know if she is still getting bitten and still has them but doesn't see any. She had bugs, bites and reactions before. She tried feeding the colony in a jar on her for around 13 minutes. First a few minutes in one spot on her arm and then about 10 minutes on another spot on the same arm. She didn't have a reaction by the time she left which was an hour so so. I spoke to her later and she said it took about 40 hours before getting a reaction and it was quite a reaction by that time. It's interesting about the lag time in reaction. Few people may take longer to react than 2 days. Of course, I think the "normal" reaction time is within a few minutes to a few hours. When I feed the colony I react in a few minutes with swelling, but not itching. It's not known (since her reaction required 40 hours) if she would have reacted at all if only a few bugs bit her rather than so many feeding at one time: Maybe the volume of bug saliva had something to do with it in her case. A woman came over to my lab because she also wondered if she doesn’t react to bed bugs, how will she know if she is still getting bitten and still has them but doesn’t see any. She had bugs, bites and reactions before. She tried feeding the colony in a jar on her for around 13 minutes. First a few minutes in one spot on her arm and then about 10 minutes on another spot on the same arm. She didn’t have a reaction by the time she left which was an hour so so. I spoke to her later and she said it took about 40 hours before getting a reaction and it was quite a reaction by that time. It’s interesting about the lag time in reaction. Few people may take longer to react than 2 days. Of course, I think the “normal” reaction time is within a few minutes to a few hours. When I feed the colony I react in a few minutes with swelling, but not itching. It’s not known (since her reaction required 40 hours) if she would have reacted at all if only a few bugs bit her rather than so many feeding at one time: Maybe the volume of bug saliva had something to do with it in her case.

]]> By: Merry Christmas; gratitude; the blasted 55-day rule http://bedbugger.com/2007/12/25/reader-question-if-i-dont-react-to-bites-how-do-i-know-theyre-gone/#comment-8094 Merry Christmas; gratitude; the blasted 55-day rule Tue, 25 Dec 2007 16:26:07 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2007/12/25/reader-question-if-i-dont-react-to-bites-how-do-i-know-theyre-gone/#comment-8094 [...] story comes only the next day after a reader asked how a non-allergic person can be sure bed bugs are [...] [...] story comes only the next day after a reader asked how a non-allergic person can be sure bed bugs are [...]

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