The old saying "good night, sleep tight, and don't let the bed bugs bite" is more than just a nursery rhyme for some people. In many home there really are bed bugs that will come in your bed and bite you night. If you have them you need to get rid of them. Let's take a look first at where you can find them.
A bed bug can be in the mattress as well as in the sheets. If you check along the edges where they sown together you may find them. If you see black marks you have found bed bug droppings. They are hard to find and bury themselves deep until late at night when you are asleep. They may be in the walls or anywhere near your bed where you can not see them.
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How a bed bug works is this. They will come into your bed and bite you in one place. They will bite you, drink some blood, and then move to another part of your body. Generally you will see a line of bites that runs along with your vein. If you have bites on your body you can not explain they may be bed bug bites. Another sign is small blood stains on your sheets.
Depending on how bad they are you may have to replace your mattress. Because bed bugs need blood to live you will always see them eventually even if you are not getting bit every night. This makes it hard sometimes to believe you have bed bugs.
You can hire a professional exterminator to come in and clean everything in your home. Not just your bed. They will clean your carpets, sofas, couches, and drapes. Pets can transfer bed bugs around your home which makes it imperative to clean everything.
If money is an object you can wash your sheets and pillows yourself. Remove clutter and anwhere bed bugs could congregate. Vacuum the rug completely. You can even rent a carpet shampooer at a store and do it yourself.
You should also apply diatomaceous earth and silica aerogel to crevices where the bedbugs have been discovered. Over the counter insecticides can be effective against live bugs, but not necessarily against bugs that have yet to hatch.
This is a few steps you can take on your own or with the help of a professional rid your home of bed bugs. No one likes to get bit and it is hard to sleep at night knowing you might be bit any minute after dark.