If you are complaining of an itchy rash on your skin, accompanied by a linear pattern of red raised bumps, then the chances are you’ve been bitten by bed bugs.

The bed bug is a flattened, wingless, reddish brown insect with piercing mouth parts, used to suck the blood from humans and other warm-blooded animals.

In this day and age, with so many technological and scientific advances, it is hard to believe that we could fall victim, in our own homes, to thousands of tiny little critters delightedly sucking on our blood, akin to a fleet of miniature vampires!

However, in the past ten years, the increase in bed bugs making an appearance in homes throughout Western society is rapidly rising. There are a number of reasons for this, namely the increase in affordable travel around the world and the fact that the insecticide sprays, which were commonly used to kill cockroaches, used to also destroy bedbugs in the process. Approximately ten years ago these spray insecticides were discontinued and the products now used to kill cockroaches and other common pests, don’t affect bedbugs, therefore they’ve been left in peace to continue breeding.

If you discover your property has an infestation then you must immediately make an effort to get rid of bed bugs. The first thing you can do is stock up on over-the-counter aerosols specifically designed to kill them. These are great for killing the bugs you can see, or indeed getting into small cracks and crevices that might be storing eggs. The use of aerosols, also gives you reassurance that you are doing something to halt the problem before it gets any worse.

Although bed bug bites can be painful and irritating, it is sometimes the emotional turmoil attached to an infestation of bedbugs that is worse for the inhabitants of the infested area, than the actual symptoms of the bites. Imagining thousands of bugs crawling over your skin and sucking on your blood whilst you sleep is enough to give anyone insomnia, or at the very least nightmares.

Another brilliant gadget for eradicating bedbugs is the use of a steam cleaner, just like the ones you use to clean your windows and upholstery. The intensity of the steam is enough to kill the bedbugs outright and it provides a thorough clean of the area being steamed in the process.

Extreme heat and extreme cold are both known to kill bedbugs but neither is very practical to introduce into a large and complex area, such as the home. In any case, to be truly sure you have fully eradicated your residence of every last trace of the bedbugs and their eggs, you really have no other option than to call in the pest control professionals. They are highly trained and experienced and can fully fumigate your home in less than an hour. Click here for further bed bugs information.

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