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OntheEdge
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Posted 1 year ago
Mon Mar 31 2008 16:11:16
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no, the cdc still refers to bedbugs as a nuisance. I think they should be upgraded to health hazzard especilly for me and others who have many other health problems. I got what is called cellutitus which they explained to me was a staph infection that comes from having an open wound or bug bite. I just got off of thirteen days of heavy anti-biotics. I have had it twice since I got the bedbugs. They say if you don't get treatmemt right away you will have to be hospitalized and it can even kill you.
I guess a few people will have to become seriously ill or die before the government takes bedbugs serious.
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Posted 1 year ago
Mon Mar 31 2008 20:15:02
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Let's hope not,but you may be right.When was the last time you had a pco treatment?Is there any way you can organize some kind of petition of the tenants? If I remember correctly,your friend is hopping mad and maybe the 2 of you can at least try to get a petition going? It's worth a shot.Maybe contact the local news station or paper and see if you can get someone interested in covering the story. -
lieutenantdan
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Posted 1 year ago
Mon Mar 31 2008 21:16:12
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Yes, cellutitus is a good posibility from a bed bug bite. This goes to show you that people can die from bed bug bites that become infected. When articles are poorly written by so called journalists a negative note is struck on the possibilities of the government becoming more involved. But try telling people like the reporter from US News and World Reports and The Washington Post that.
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fightorflight
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Tue Apr 1 2008 1:52:18
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This is disheartening. The CDC needs to do some more research on the serious personal consequences of having a bedbug infestation. They can negatively and seriously impact the physical health (skin conditions, anaphylactic/allergic shock, sleeplessness...), mental health (depression, anxiety, PTSD, isolation, substance abuse... this list goes on and on) and financial health of an individual and family.
When will they (the CDC, etc) get it??? I guess we just have to keep trying.
Friends who are tolerant of letting me blab on about this issue all mistakenly call me an "expert" on bedbugs. They don't understand that, unless you have quick success in treating the problem, you must become a so-called "expert" in order to handle, control and keep it from spreading. In other words, I know as much or less than many people on this website. It's just like all the endless protocols, cleaning and caulking - you must be obsessive about education, too, or they will win.
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lieutenantdan
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Posted 1 year ago
Tue Apr 1 2008 10:59:30
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I do not think that anyone should call a person who is battling a bed bug infestation obsessive when they are just doing what they have to and that is constant maintenance. Pesticides will not kill these creatures so we have to work like a crazy person in order to get back to a bug free life.
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paulaw0919
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Posted 1 year ago
Tue Apr 1 2008 15:05:01
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Obsessive...I don't understand that word. You mean when you and your family gets bites and see signs of bugs through months and months of treatments and then you interview more PCO's out of pure desperation and they tell you to find a bug that has scattered colonies in cracks and crevices throughout your home and belongings...not to mention most 75% of the population are nymphs, are almost clear and the size of a spec of dust.
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Bugologist
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Posted 1 year ago
Tue Apr 1 2008 15:23:54
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The cellulitis argument I'm going to shoot down. The infection can come from any opening in your skin. I actually got it from a horse fly bite a few years back. You want to argue about classifying them as a health concern for other reasons (mental health, etc..), fine, but not for cellulitis. You can get that from anything.
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Bugologist,
I think someone with a comprimised immune system could easily get cellulitis from numberous bb bites.I'm assuming you are in good health and you got it from 1 horsefly bite.Now imagine your health is poor and you're getting dozens of bites a day...It certainly wouldn't affect everyone this way but people who are older,in poor health have more extreme reactions to anything. -
fightorflight
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Posted 1 year ago
Tue Apr 1 2008 21:57:26
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Sorry, I didn't mean to offend with the word "obsessive." I meant to convey that, many times, in order to effectively combat the bugs one must adopt obsessive behaviors - meaning incredible levels of hard work, hard thinking, thoroughness, attention to detail, etc. This is a case where "obsessive" is a good thing, until it completely wears you out, physically and mentally.
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