Re: Bed bugs

Posted by Dana on April 05, 2002 at 18:49:45:

In Reply to: Re: Bed bugs posted by Kyla on March 13, 2002 at 14:27:35:

: Hi,
: I recently moved to France to study abroad, and have noticed I have new bites every morning. The bites have not woke me up, even though I am a light sleeper. How do I get rid of these pests, and how come I can't see them?! Names of medicines and insect sprays are different here in France, so do you know what they might be called?
: Thanks alot,
: Itching in France

Dear Itching in France,
I had the same problem. I bought a mattress from some friends of ours to put in our room at home. The mattress had been sitting in their garage for a while so they had no knowledge that it was infested with bed bugs. I was 8 months pregnant and waking up every morning with what looked like spider bites (red, round, itchy elevation of the skin and most of the time there would be a cluster of them in any one certain spot). Come to find out, they were bed bugs and although my husband slept with me, he never got a single bite (this I think may have been because my blood had so many nutrients in it from being pregnant). I had to go out and buy a brand new mattress and have an exterminator come and spray our house. We haven't had a problem since.

Grateful they're gone

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