Bed Bugs!?!? HELP!!

[ramanth]

I think I'm dealing with Chiggers. Still not a pleasant thought, but much better than Bed Bugs I think!



Well, this has slowly progressed into a downhill spiral. A couple weeks ago I noticed some insect bites that I thought were possibly mosquito bites. But then, more and more were showing up (and in places that no mosquito would dare go), so I thought they might be spider bites.

I stripped my sheets, looking for a spider and found nothing.

I kept finding 1 or 2 new bites every other day.

Yesterday I took my sheets with the rest of my laundry and showed dad the bites.

He said they looked like bed bug bites.



So I whipped out the health journal and sure enough, bed bugs like to chew on ankles or any place they can find under your bed clothes.

*shudders*

In total I have

16 bites:

7 on the ankles (4 left, 3 right)

3 on the back of right knee

2 on the left calf

1 on my abdomen

1 in belly button

1 on the butt

1 on my lower back

Now, it's possible these are indeed bed bugs, but I'm not 100% sure. The bites look similar to that of a spider or mosquito bite. (And I'm hoping with all my might that it is a spider and not bed bugs)

Too big to be flea bites and I've checked the kids and found no signs of fleas.

I borrowed a flea, tick, roach, cricket, and silverfish killer from my parents and sprayed down my bedroom, mattress, and box springs last night. Everyone slept in the living room with me.

I'm hoping if it is bed bugs, the chemicals will still kill them.

The thing I don't get, is how the heck they got in my house and in my bed!!!

My home isn't immaculate by any means, but I don't live in filth.

*shudders*

Has anyone had a bed bug problem?