Tiniest ever pin-prick red bites. Is it Beds Bugs? Going crazy!

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Tiniest ever pin-prick red bites. Is it Beds Bugs? Going crazy!

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bugcrazylady

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Posted 3 months ago
Wed Nov 18 2009 22:04:39
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I have searched my apt for bed bugs, and had an exterminator come twice, but still found nothing resembling a bed bug. Yet, I still seem to have some kind of bite. However, they look different from most bed bug bite photos I've seen. I'm trying to figure out what this is before I go crazy!

I don't have a photo right now, but here are the symptoms... it looks like a tiny itty-bity red pin prick. Some are so small, I almost can't see them. And it isn't raised on a bump at all- the skin around the red dot is flat, but I can see that the red dot is actually a little hole, like a bite.

They don't usually come in clusters grouped together. I will find one single one on my thigh and one on my arm, or stomach, or calf. I don't always get them late at night. I can get them while I am sitting on the couch eating dinner. But I do also see to get them when I am under my covers asleep.

But I never find a bed bug! What could be biting me?! I am feeling so crazy, and everyone thinks I am crazy!

Thanks to anyone who responds!

Danielle
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Posted 3 months ago
Wed Nov 18 2009 22:38:51
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Could it be "cherry angioma"? Please do a google image search to see pics.
bugcrazylady

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Posted 3 months ago
Wed Nov 18 2009 23:17:05
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Thank you for the suggestion. I looked it up, but that does not appear to be what I have. What I have really looks like someone poked me with a pin. just a tiny pin hole or tiny red speck. and then it goes away in a few days. Also the tiny red dots are itchy when they appear.

This is one thing I have been struggling with... at first I thought maybe I had some skin condition, but I'm fairly sure now that they are some sort of bite. I recently went on a business trip, and the whole time I was away, I had no problems.

I know they say bites look different on everyone, so it is very hard to tell, but I will try to post a picture next time anyway...
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Posted 3 months ago
Wed Nov 18 2009 23:26:58
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You have described my "bites". However, in ywo years' time I have not seen any evidence of bed bugs, dead or alive.
bugcrazylady

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Posted 3 months ago
Thu Nov 19 2009 0:34:26
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bait - 1 hour ago »
You have described my "bites". However, in ywo years' time I have not seen any evidence of bed bugs, dead or alive.

is there any chance you might also have fleas? i found one flea on the cat, and none ever since then, so i think it just came in with me and then jumped on her, but I was hoping I had fleas and not BB...
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Posted 3 months ago
Thu Nov 19 2009 5:18:56
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No fleas. Three PCO firms treated my apt. for BBs. Nobody's found anything. I definitely have terrestrial crustaceans, but they are supposed to be "harmless". I fall in the mystery bite category. I self treat with DE and Ortho Home Defense Max. Both help a lot, but neither are the cure. I'm able to function. Now that DE Results is no longer available, I'm concerned my level of control will decline.