http://bedbugger.com/forum/ Bed bug support forums en Sat, 20 Mar 2010 10:27:43 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/forum/topic/bugs-picked-up-from-a-hotel-full-of-carpets-what-could-they-be#post-61848 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:16:49 +0000 curlynicole 61848@http://bedbugger.com/forum/ <p>Thanks for this... have checked the FAQs out and now think it could be Scabies... as the bits are mostly on fingers and wrists with the other main areas mentioned with the rash like symptoms... shall head off the the pharmacist 1st thing tomorrow for the cream and undertake the process of isolating the mites away from the humans as suggested by the CDC website (very good info here) Another thing that rings true about this is that my mum who was me on holiday at the awful Carpet hotel hasn't any bites but my boyfriend is now suffering too... will let you know how it goes.. many thanks again </p> http://bedbugger.com/forum/topic/bugs-picked-up-from-a-hotel-full-of-carpets-what-could-they-be#post-61794 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:17:06 +0000 buggyinsocal 61794@http://bedbugger.com/forum/ <p>It could be bed bugs, but it could also be a bite like response to carpet beetles.</p> <p>Read the FAQ on the main website to see how to identify bed bugs and the pests that most often cause bites or bite like responses in people who think they may have bed bugs. </p> http://bedbugger.com/forum/topic/bugs-picked-up-from-a-hotel-full-of-carpets-what-could-they-be#post-61792 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:04:57 +0000 curlynicole 61792@http://bedbugger.com/forum/ <p>Hello. I went on holiday 2 weeks ago and the second hotel we stayed in was FULL of carpets!!! (we were in Turkey near Aphrodisias in Western Turkey and it was the only hotel in the area ...) Carpets on the floors, hung on the walls, over tables and sofas.. one of which we sat on when we arrived as we were exhausted... The hotel itself didn’t look that clean, being run by one bloke and his lakkie and infact he didn’t seem that keen for us to sit on the sofa but offered us some uncomfortable looking chairs (they had small carpets on them too!) Anyway we did sit on the sofa about 30 mins before eating and going to bed… During this time I was wearing a wool cardigan too… : ((</p> <p>Two days later, (about 60 hours) in the morning at a different hotel … (we only stayed one night at the Carpet Hotel!) we were both suffering from small bites, hardly visible but really quite itchy mainly on our hands.. I also noticed a kind of rash like thing going on down one site of my torso, quite itchy but more rash-like than anything else, although there were some raised pimpley type thing going on there too. Since returning from holiday the “bites” seem to have got a lot more extensive, now especially on hands, wrists in the area of the veins, and up the arms… I can also feel some bite-like symptoms on my feet occasionally or maybe I’m being paranoid?? I also feel that when I wear the cardigan I was wearing at the time, I seem to get more bits… they are like pimples in size and elevation but really quite itchy at first but this soon goes… after about a day the bit has subsided… </p> <p>The strangest thing is I haven’t seen ANYTHING bug-like on my skin at all???? </p> <p>Has anyone any suggestions what might be causing such things and possible treatment? I live in Turkey so any treatment would have to be generic or from a natural source as we don’t have the range of products available elsewhere (despite being quite a “buggy” country!!!) Worried the culprits will be migrating into my collection of Turkish wool kilims!!! Help!!!! </p>