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Bed bug trauma
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bbhater
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Posted 5 months ago
Sun Jun 14 2009 0:27:58
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Hi everyone, this is my bed bug story...
It all started one week ago when I discovered some bites in my arms. After some days I found new bites so on Friday I decided to inspect my bed. I found some blood spots on the sheets and pillow, and when I was inspecting the comforter I found it, a bed bug like 5mm long.
At that time I didn't know what it was, so I lifted it with a tissue and crushed it and then the blood came out of it. Then I was freaked out and after googling it I discovered the world of bed bugs! Oh what a terrible day!
That bug was crushed and impossible to recognize, but I needed confirmation. So I took the linens and duvet off the bed and put them directly into the washing machine and then started inspecting my mattress and bed frame.
At the beginning I didn't find anything since I was looking for a bug the size of the first one I had seen. But then I noticed some very small rounded things in an area of the lower face of the mattress and then I discovered it, the nest!!
It was right there, in a crack of one of the wooden tables supporting the mattress. So I took my scotch tape and started my cleaning labor. I inspected and hopefully removed the eggs and nymphs of all the affected wooden tables, and the lower face of the mattress.
And I searched all the mattress and caught 3 or 4 tiny bed bugs. After 5 hours I was exhausted, it was 3am but I didn't want to go back to bed. Anyway, I decided I had done every possible thing at that point so I went to bed. During the night I woke every hour thinking I was getting bitten. But I made it through the night without any apparent bites.
I told my land lord today, and he called the PCO who is coming on Monday. But from what the landlord told me, I get the idea that he doesn't want to pay for the treatment and my lease doesn't state anything about pests (I live in Pittsburgh by the way).
But what I hate the most about this situation is the paranoid state that I'm in right now. Especially after reading a lot of posts here I can't look at my bed, clothes and entirely carpeted apartment in the same way. Apparently everyone that has found a bed bug has had negative experiences with them, that are not only costly but also mentally exhausting!
And I decided to write in this forum because I don't have anyone else that I can share this experience with since I don't want to tell my friends about it because I'm afraid they might think I am a dirty person (which by the way is what I felt the landlord implied when he told me "I've been here for 10 years and we've never had this before").
One of the few questions I have right now is this, should I be concerned about picking up eggs from the carpet with my feet and transferring them to other areas of my apartment?
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The short answer to your question is no.
The eggs are typically laid in the brooding centers & are firmly attached to a surface. It would be unlikely that you would come in contact with eggs while walking around your residence.
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