Category: bed bug bites
By nobugsonme on Apr 30, 2008 in bed bug bites, bed bug inspections, bed bug treatment, bed bugs, bedbugs, boston, canada, cityhousing, hamilton, hamilton public health, landlords and bed bugs, multi-unit dwellings, neighbors, ontario, stan yung | 1 Comment
The Hamilton Spectator reports on the spread of bed bugs in that Ontario city.
The story focuses on Lisa Courtney’s bed bug battle:
Courtney tossed out her bed, mattress and linens. CityHousing, Hamilton’s social housing agency, had her Cumberland Avenue apartment treated and life returned to normal.
But now, the bedbugs are back. Courtney’s anxiety has shot up […]
By nobugsonme on Apr 29, 2008 in bed bug bites, bed bugs, bed bugs in dorms, bedbugs, dorms, students and bed bugs | 0 Comments
This from the Vermont Cynic, the University of Vermont’s student paper, which claims bed bugs are in UVM’s Living/Learning’s B-Building, in German House (”bed bug” is die Wanze to our Deutsch-speaking friends).
Students in a suite of Living/Learning’s B-building were displaced last week after it was discovered that one of the inhabitants had been bitten by […]
By nobugsonme on Apr 8, 2008 in bed bug bite photo, bed bug bites, bed bugs, dr. louis sorkin, photos of bed bug bites | 0 Comments
recent bites from bed bugs
Originally uploaded by louento.pix
Another bed bug bite photo from entomologist Lou Sorkin, who feeds his “pet” bed bug colony regularly. As odd as this seems to someone going through bed bugs, researchers like Lou go through all this just to learn more about our enemy, Mr. Cimex Lectularius. […]
By nobugsonme on Mar 30, 2008 in bed bug bite photo, bed bug bites, bed bugs, bedbugs, dr. louis sorkin, photos of bed bug bites | 1 Comment
Left hand, mm rule, 6 hours after Cimex feeding
Originally uploaded by louento.pix
Lou Sorkin says, of this bed bug bite photo:
6 hours after feeding 2 adults and 30 bed bug nymphs. Initially bite sites were raised bumps and somewhat itchy. Within 30 minutes swelling subsides, itching stops, but small red dots left where bed […]
By nobugsonme on Feb 19, 2008 in Qatar, bed bug bites, bed bug treatment, bed bug treatment in Qatar, bed bugs, bed bugs abroad, bed bugs in Qatar, bed bugs in sofas, bedbugs, concrete house, expats, how to avoid spreading bed bugs, how to get rid of bed bugs, international, kill bed bugs, pesticides, reacting to bed bug bites, reader questions | 0 Comments
A reader in Qatar writes,
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I’ve just found your website doing research on my own problem. I live
in Doha, Qatar (Middle East) and have been suffering through what I am
convinced […]
By nobugsonme on Jan 29, 2008 in avoid bed bugs, bed bug bites, bed bug treatment, bed bugs, bed bugs and travel, bedbugs, deseret morning news, fairhaven, get rid of bed bugs, hotels and bed bugs, how to avoid bed bugs, how to get rid of bed bugs, misinformation, salt lake city, saskatchewan, saskatoon, star phoenix, utah, vacuuming | 0 Comments
Today, bed bug news from Saskatoon and Salt Lake City.
First, an entire apartment building is being treated for bed bugs in the Fairhaven area of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan after “a couple isolated incidents” of bed bugs. This appears to be a fairly proactive move, if it is true that the incidents were isolated and few […]
By nobugsonme on Jan 8, 2008 in Logical Images, VisualDx, WSJ.com, bed bug bite photos, bed bug bites, bed bugs, bedbugs, dermatologists, diagnose bed bug bite, doctors and bed bugs, get rid of bed bugs, identifying bed bug bites, tools for doctors, year of the bed bug | 0 Comments
WSJ.com reports that Logical Images, a Rochester, N.Y.-based medical diagnostic imaging service, says that bed bugs were the number one diagnostic image searched for (using their product) in 2007.
The popularity of such searches is not surprising, since bed bug bites are increasingly common, and nearly impossible to visually diagnose (because these allergic reactions take such […]
By nobugsonme on Nov 8, 2007 in Donna Freydkin, Greenpointers, USA Today, activism, awareness, bed bug bites, bed bug epidemic, bed bug garbage, bed bug hotels, bed bug treatment, bed bugs, bedbugs, best practices, dr. michael potter, dr. michael raupp, dr. stephen kells, dumpster diving, entomologists, get rid of bed bugs, good ideas, greenpoint, hotels, hotels and bed bugs, how to get rid of bed bugs, journalist, journalists with bed bugs, new york, news, nyc, spread, stories, tossing stuff out, travel and bed bugs, treatment, usa | 12 Comments
There is so much bed bug news now, that blogging even half of the major articles that come across my web browser is too much. I offer a selection, as well as an interesting tidbit from a NYC blogger. More news forthcoming, including an update on Cincinnati, and some exciting developments in San […]
By nobugsonme on Oct 28, 2007 in NPMA, awareness, bed bug bites, bed bug shells, bed bugs, bedbugs, blood smears, cast shells, consumer warning, eggs, fecal, fecal specks, fecal stains, misdiagnoses, other causes of itching, poop, professional advice, professional pest-control services: reviews, suggestion, signs and symptoms, treatment | 6 Comments
We Bedbuggers know that bed bugs can be very difficult to find, even for trained Pest Control Operators. Time and again, people with bites are told they do not have any “evidence.” Since other conditions and pests can cause similar symptoms, it is of course important that other “signs” are present–but too often, […]
By nobugsonme on Aug 25, 2007 in bed bug bites, bed bugs, bed bugs in hotels, bedbugs, employee, hampton roads, hotels, how to get rid of bed bugs, motels, treatment in hotels, usa, virginia, workplace | 2 Comments
Lindsay Roberts reports for WVEC.com that bed bugs are flourishing in Virginia hotels in areas such as Newport News, Hampton Roads, and Virginia Beach.
One woman is interviewed who used to work as a motel housekeeper; she started getting bitten at work, and she quit her job because of it.
“If I’m getting bit up like this, […]
By nobugsonme on Aug 23, 2007 in audio, bed bug bite pictures, bed bug bites, bed bugs, bedbugs, mattresses, news, radio, signs and symptoms | 2 Comments
Bed bugs were the subject of a report on Morning Edition this morning.
While it is always good that bed bugs are in the news, I have a few issues with the way this story was presented.
First, NPR fell into the trap of describing bed bug bites as if they always look the same:
Mayhill Fowler first […]
By nobugsonme on Jul 20, 2007 in bed bug bites, bed bug blame game, bed bug refugees, bed bugs, bedbugs, best practices, blame game, connecticut, detection, furniture, hotels, mattresses, misdiagnoses, multi-unit buildings, nevada, new haven, news, public education, spread, tenants, treatment, treatment preparations, usa | 2 Comments
In Reno, they have so few bed bug cases, that the health department called three residents of an apartment complex to tell them their building is infested. (New Yorkers, are you laughing?!)
Unfortunately, as Geralda Miller of the Reno Gazette Journal reports, the advice being given to tenants is not great:
“They’re an indoor critter,” [Jeff […]