Bedbugs Pose a Health Hazard?
It is said that bedbugs are not a health hazard and they can’t transmit disease. But I believe they are talking about a bedbug transmitting disease from injecting saliva into your skin during the initial stages of feeding on your blood.
After a bedbug has finished feeding (about fifteen minutes), it is engorged with human blood. The slightest pressure will cause the bug to burst open and spray blood in all directions. Picture of a bedbug that popped and was partially filled with blood can be found at http://www.badbedbugs.com/bed-bug-bites/
Now, imagine that you are unfortunate enough to stay at an infested hotel. During the night, a bed bug full of blood from last night’s victim crawls near your face; you roll over and the pressure pops the bug and exposes you to human blood.
If the blood was from an infected person, where does that leave you?
You can minimize your risk of exposure by making sure to use the Bedbug Checklist found at BadBedBugs.com. When you check the room out, make SURE to wear disposable medical gloves to prevent exposure.
Caution goes a long way – make the time to check your room for bed bugs before spending the night!
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i have been reading all the comments from every one. if you are living in nyc. you can call on the city to force your landlords to help you guys with ur bed bug infestations. its really horrible that your landlords aren’t willing to exterminate ur homes. just call 311 an tell them u have infestations in ur residence an they will help u. all other states. ur landlord answers to some an they make sure that apartment buildings don’t have certain violations an that is one. just like rodents. I’ve had them. i called 311 an told them my landlord wouldn’t help me an get those blood suckers out of my apt. an they made him do it. i don’t know how but it worked. exterminating ur apt for bed bugs is really expensive. an it takes more then one treatment. but try an do all you can to get help. good luck
You know Patty, you can always submit your apartment to the hotel bedbug section of this site and find out if there are any other complaints. Also, once you mention the complex, it’s on record and the next person that moves in will have this to help them. Just a suggestion if you like.
Jim
i am 43 years old, never in my life have i ever seen a bedbug in my house until 3 months ago, we just moved into this apt because we were homeless, my husband woke up one night showing me a bug that was biting him, i thought, oh a beetle or something right, until i looked it up online, i was horrified to find out it was a bed bug, so, i asked a neighbor if she has them, she said , oh yah, this place was infected by them, but there in the process of getting rid of them.
I was stunned to hear that the lady that used to live in my apt, left, well she said ran out because of the many many bed bugs in my apt, omg!! i couldn’t believe what i was hearing, my apt was the most infested apt in the building !! now i feel like i was lied to by these people that rented me this apt, they of course are not going to tell me this, but there in a lot of trouble, i have so many bites on me, i cant even go to work for fear someone will get what ever bed bug is on me, is there pics on here to show me what they look like, i want to make sure its bedbugs! thank you
i am going through the same situation as tara except my 9yr old is the one getting bites all over. I found bed bugs in his bed and threw it away, he is now sleeping in my room.
I have a newborn as well and i’m scared the bud bugs will come to my bedroom now where me my husband and my 2 kids are sleeping. I have no money to get my apt exterminated so i bought a bomb for bugs and bombed the apartment. Will they spread to my room where we are all sleeping now?
What do i do..i just moved in a month ago and i have the landlord from hell cause he does not want to help out my situation and do anything about the infestation. He said that maybe i brought them which is a lie cause i never had them in my last apt…PLEASE HELP US WHAT DO I DO NOW?
I moved into my apartment 2 weeks ago and found it infested with bed bugs. Now the landlord wont let me out of my lease and is making accusations I brought them with me. I never seen a bed bug until I moved here ans have over 100 bites on my body. I have 3 children which arent getting bit just me, of course I would rather it be me than my children. I dont know what to do or how to get out of this situation. PLEASE HELP.