Comments on: Bed Bugs

By: Mnoid2003

Mnoid2003 — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:18:00 +0000

I use Hydrocortisone cream, it stop the itching and swelling rightaway

By: Grezelda

Grezelda — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 03:55:00 +0000

Happiness – Visiting friends could be a problem; I haven’t ‘shared’ this infestation information with anyone I know, either (just seems creepy, no matter how “blameless” one is in having the BBs take up residence). You might want to discourage your friends at least from staying overnight (and coming up with some other plausible reason would be justifiable, I’d say, to avoid embarassment). Fortunately, my place is too small to have overnight guests, so I haven’t had to deal with this potential problem. (Maybe tell them you’ve seen big spiders around your place? )

By: Grezelda

Grezelda — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 03:23:00 +0000

Veronica and Elaine – Noxema Face Creme, the original one, has a strong eucalyptus and camphor aroma that BBs hate, too. You can wash your face (and hands, feet, etc.) with it, then rub some more of it on before you go to bed (it’s very good for your skin, too! I’ve been using it for years). –

I use a face mask too, but I wear one so that I can leave a LIGHT on at night and still have it dark enough to sleep — the BBs don’t like the light.

And again, I leave an oscillating fan on, across the room, which dispels the carbon dioxide one exhales; it atrracts the BBs, so you want to disperse it quickly.

Cover you hands with gloves, and your feet with socks that overlap your p.j. bottoms, and you should have ‘bite-free’ nights while you work on getting rid of them thru the means detailed in other posts here. It’s frustrating, but you gotta keep up the fight!

By: Happinessintheflesh

Happinessintheflesh — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 01:23:00 +0000

My bed bug bites look the same, and I am also O-Neg. We have been using d-earth and we also heated our house a couple times when the weather was hot. Now it is winter and I am terrified they are going to take over my 14 x 70 mobile home. What do you do about your friends visiting? I don’t want to tell mine, but….

By: Elaine

Elaine — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 06:38:00 +0000

Veronica, where did you find the face mask with Eucalyptus?

By: Veronica Bennette

Veronica Bennette — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:12:50 +0000

Before anyone spends any money, use eucalyptus oil, or lavender on your hands and feet, I found eucalyptus in a face mask that women can use(bedbugs cant stand the smell) Also encase your box spring and mattress, you can go online and get the covers. Another remedy is to wrap the bottom of your bed post with vaseline to keep them from climbing up to you.

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 02:46:04 +0000

- I don’t have a remedy, but I do have a problem. I just recently moved in to my “dream home” which had turned out to be a complete nightmare. The bedbugs seem to only be in one room and have only bitten me!!!! But I have read some very good tips and I will be trying most of them! Wish me luck

By: skillciaX

skillciaX — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 20:31:36 +0000

I haven’t gotten rid of these yet, but if I put Desitin on the bites I won’t scratch for at least 6 hours and works immediately. So diaper rash cream has another purpose. Works great for mosquito bites too! They have a brand caled Fairy Tales at my work that is a bed bug spray.. Going to pick some up.

By: TaQuielle

TaQuielle — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 04:21:32 +0000

Dont have a remedy. But I have tried rubbing alcohol all over body before going to sleep at night.That worked til BBs got ammuned to it. I have tried lavendar dryer sheets. Didnt phase them. Tried lavendar sachets, that seemed to bring them out from hiding spots. But all in all I have lost sleep due to these devil bugs. Their straight from hell I swear. Maybe I am bad? LOL. bad joke. But if anyone has any home remedies, I am open to try. I am from a small Native American reservation, we dont have alot of money for professionals to come spray. God gave us this bug , he needs to take it away.

By: Grezelda

Grezelda — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 19:25:52 +0000

Tissa – I empathize with you, believe me; I haven’t used the d-Earth, but I have squirted talcum powder between my mattress and box springs, because it’s supposed to kill the BBs by clogging up their airways.

I also spray isopropyl (rubbing) alcohol around the borders of the mattress and on the carpet around and under the bed, and along the baseboards. Frequent vacuuming and hot water laundering (and hot air drying) of all linens, bed pillows, sham covers, anything washable is important too (as well as all pajamas, etc.) –

All this has ALMOST gotten rid of them for me; I see none for longer periods of time, but every so often, another one shows up, so it is a continuing battle!

As for your bites, here are some preventives: on any exposed skin, use some very fragrant oil or lotion at night, such as clove or other strong scent (even peppermint), and put on a thick layer — it seems to repel the BBs. Cover up the rest of your body and feet as well as you can, including cotton gloves that overlap your (snug) sleeves, so the BBs can’t get to your hands or arms.

Also, leave a light on at night (BBs like to come out in the dark, mostly) — use a sleep mask if it helps you sleep better. Keep a FAN on in the room, too, that oscillates over the area where you sleep, to keep the carbon dioxide that you exhale dispersed — the BBs are also attracted to that, as well as your warmth.

It’s a lot of work, but you will start having “biteless” nights if you do all these things, while working on eradicating them — good luck!