Bed bugs are forging a gigantic revival in the West. They were practically wiped out in the Fifties due to the extensive use of DDT, which has since been proscribed. It took them forty to fifty years to recover, but in 1995 they started their comeback. In 2004, there were 82 cases of bed bugs in New York, but only five years afterward, in 2009, that figure had boomed to 10,985.
Of the top three Western cities with bed bug problems, two of them are in the USA. First is Colorado, Ohio, second is New York and third is Toronto, Canada. Luckily, bedbugs do not transmit human diseases, although there is no known reason why they should not. They feed by inserting two tubes into the host's skin and squirting spittle that contains anaesthetic and anticoagulant through one and sucking blood with the other.
This injection of spittle means that bedbugs can feed on you without you even being aware of it, although that same saliva is responsible for the allergic reaction that most people undergo in the form of red marks, swelling and itchiness.
Once bedbugs have established themselves in a property, and by the time you see them, there is normally a serious infestation in your premises, they are very hard to get rid of.
Once infested, you could have hundreds or even thousands of bedbugs. If you let it get this far, you will have to call in expert pest controllers and you may also have to throw out a lot of your furniture including your bed.
The main hiding places for bedbugs are mattresses, sofas, drapes, clothing, pillows and rugs. They may have to be thrown out as well. In very severe cases, you will have to move out for weeks while your dwelling is being treated.
Other favourite hiding locations are furniture, the bed frame, skirtings, architrave, loose wall paper and broken plaster. Sometimes whole plasterboard partition walls will have to be taken down, as might skirtings and architraves. Another way of fighting bedbugs is to seal this woodwork off with caulk, mastic or silicone.
The problem is that even if you get rid of your bedbugs, you may get them back very easily. Just as easily as anyone else can. This is because bedbugs like to hitch a lift. They do this by attaching themselves to your clothing, say, under your collar, in your pocket or in the lining and letting you take them home, where they can begin a new infestation.
In Denver, staff at the central library discovered that bedbugs were spreading themselves inside the spine of their books. The fact is that you cannot forecast where you will not uncover bedbugs. Infestations in judges' chambers, dentists' offices, doctors' surgeries, cinemas, buses, taxis, schools and waiting rooms have all been fumigated.
It is time to be aware of bedbugs, they are not a serious health threat, but they are not nice either. Nobody wants them. So, keep your eyes open, be careful of buying second-hand furniture and wash your clothes in very hot water or dry clean them if you are able to.
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