Bed bug infestation were a huge problem back in the old days. Later on though, strong pesticides were used to get rid of bed bugs. Since then, these pesticides were banned due to its hardful effect on humans. This has caused a resurgence of bed bugs again.
More and more people are traveling across borders these days which has created an uptick in bed bug infestation. Many hotes throughout the U.S. have infestations of bed bugs from the international travelers. People then unintentionally bring these bed bugs home.
Bed bugs hide just about anywhere they want, as long as they can not be found. Some examples of hiding places are in your clothes, on your mattress, in between cracks of your walls, and under your furniture.
Bed bugs come out at night and drink your blood. They leave chemicals in the bite wound so that you will not feel pain. Once the bed bug leaves and the chemicals wear off, your skin will feel irritable.
If you want to get rid of bed bugs, then you would need to be able to find all the places where the bed bugs are hiding. If you left one bed bug alive, they could still mass produce.
Bed bugs usually hide in the mattress. So in order to get rid of bed bugs, you can get a plastic mattress cover and encase your entire mattress inside. This keeps the bed bugs from coming out at night. Hence, the bed bugs die of starvation. Be aware that you have to keep the cover on for many months because the bed bugs can go without food for just as long.
Once you get rid of the bed bugs hiding in your mattress, you need to do a sweep of the surrounding areas. Since the bed bugs could hide anywhere, you have to do a thorough check.
You may feel that finding all the places where the bed bugs reside is hard to do. In that case, you may just want to save yourself the trouble and hire an exterminator. They have the equipment and knowledge to get rid of the bed bugs fast.