Contents:
- Medical Video: 10 Bug Bites You Should Be Able to Identify
- Where are bed bugs hiding?
- Skin signs and symptoms of bed bug infestation
- When to see a doctor?
Medical Video: 10 Bug Bites You Should Be Able to Identify
Have you ever found the skin on your hands or feet suddenly itchy and red when you wake up? If so, you might get bed bug bites. This one small pest of course makes you irritated and uncomfortable while sleeping.
However, you may not be sure whether this is really due to bed bugs or mosquitoes. To be clearer, let's look at the skin symptoms of the following bed bugs.
Where are bed bugs hiding?
Although the name is bed bugs, this one small pest turned out to not only sit on the bed, you know. Bed bugs can also hide in carpets, curtains, sofas, or other furniture in the house.
But indeed, these types of fleas often hide between damp mattresses due to piles of sweat or dust. Once night falls, bed bugs will move actively and start biting your skin while sleeping until early morning.
Skin signs and symptoms of bed bug infestation
You may often be unconscious when you get bed bug bites. The reason, the symptoms caused by the bite of the bed bug is indeed not immediately make your skin inflamed at that time.
Bed bugs will remove a small amount of anesthetic substances into your body before biting. That's why your skin will only react to bed bug bites and feel itchy a few days later, as reported by Healthline.
Many people find it difficult to distinguish which symptoms of itchy skin due to mosquito bites and which are caused by bed bugs. Although both make itchy, the following typical symptoms of the skin get bed bug bites:
- Reddish and swollen skin, usually on the face, neck, shoulders, hands and feet. Whereas mosquito bites often appear on the heels and hands.
- Inflammation of the skin forms lines or clumps in groups. While the mosquito bite marks are generally in the form of separate reddish bumps.
- There are small blood spots that dry on the bed sheets or clothes worn during sleep.
When to see a doctor?
Although it seems trivial, some people can experience excessive allergic reactions due to bed bug bites. This condition is called anaphylactic shock. Especially if you are allergic to insect bites, then you might experience:
- Fever
- Hard to breathe
- Blistered skin
- Nausea
- The tongue swells
- Irregular heartbeat
But you don't need to worry. Bed bug bites will not transmit other dangerous diseases. The important thing is immediately consult a doctor if allergic reactions that appear tend to be excessive and interfere with your sleep every night.
