How to treat bed bug bites? Traditional methods

Anyone who has experienced what a bug bite is, certainly wondered how to soothe constantly itchy wounds, and whether they should be treated somehow or everything will go away on its own. It happens that the puncture site itches unbearably, and someone courageously endures everything, and someone is looking for ways to eliminate unpleasant symptoms, being unable to constantly itch, and sometimes even experience pain.

So what do you really need to do and what to use to soothe the sensations associated with bedbug bites? There are many options for this, both in traditional and traditional medicine. But in order to choose the method that suits you, you need to make sure that itchy pimples on the body are really bed bug bites.

How to prevent and treat bed bug bites

The boy was bitten by bugs while he was sleeping

Itchy red spots from bites that appear every night on a person's body may indicate the existence of insects in the house. These can be bedbugs that become uninvited guests in the house. What measures can be taken, how to spread so that the bugs do not bite?

Thanks to the active struggle to destroy such insects, to prevent their appearance, you can protect yourself and your household from many bites, leading to unwanted skin redness, itching, swelling, allergies.

People are interested in: what to do if bedbugs have bitten and how to get them out? If these parasites still left traces of their bites on the body, then a number of immediate measures should be taken that will help not only get rid of insects, but also put the skin of the body in full order.

You need to know for sure:

• what to do to avoid being bitten by bugs,

  what measures to take if insects nevertheless bit,

• external signs of a bite,

• the first symptoms, an allergic reaction,

• how to eliminate bites, itching, swelling on the child's body,

• about the best anti-bite drugs.

Description of bites

Bedbug bites are pale red little blisters on the skin.

They are round in shape and have different sizes.

Some people will find, in the conditions of an infected room, on their hand, for example, points with two millimeters in diameter.

Others, as if after getting wet by what Mantoux had done, thinning circles swollen by 5-8 millimeters.

Everyone's body is different, therefore, the reaction to bites may be slightly different.

Most revealing is the string of bug bites.

Such specific traces remain on the body in the overwhelming majority of cases one after another, as if they go in a chain.

This is due to their "herd feasting".

Nocturnal insolences crawl out of shelters in flocks of 3-4 individuals and begin to pierce the flesh, as if making wells in the soil for oil extraction.

Usually everything happens like this: suppose bed bugs have settled in a dorm room.

Three people live in it.

They essentially "natatatuated" two of them, and the last one was ignored.

All representatives of these upyrs are already full, except for one. A brutal appetite awoke in him.

Please pay attention to the affected area.

Bedbugs pounce on the neck, face, back, since the skin is softer here.

He crawls out of hiding, penetrates into the comfort zone of a peacefully sleeping person, drills only him, immediately finding the most uncomfortable place.

The spots are unbearably itchy, they really want to scrape or rinse under water.

It is easy to wake up from a strong itching.

And the bug is already gone.

We summarize the main signs of fragmented scarring of the body:

• Local accumulation of a large number of reddened or pink spots on the arms, neck, back, face.
• Traces of blood on the body (from the night press).
• Bad smell.
• Paroxysm of scabies.
• Swelling, itching, and pain.

What to do and what to smear with so that the bugs do not bite?

Dead bug

Insect bites can be prevented if thorough preventive procedures are carried out, on which the degree of probability of infection depends.

First of all, you should protect your own body. You need to know that bedbugs do not like odors containing alcohol additives. Therefore, you can safely use colognes or perfumes. You should lubricate different parts of the body with these products. Their scent will only drive away insects. It is necessary to carry out such a procedure before bedtime, since bedbugs bite mostly at night.

Instead of perfume, you can use essential oils, as well as lubricate open areas of the body with fish oil. No less effective will be a composition prepared from a decoction of food cloves with cologne in equal proportions. The resulting mixture must be applied to the body again before bedtime. Lubricating the skin for prophylactic purposes is also allowed with repellents.

Along with the procedures aimed at completely protecting the body from bedbug bites, it is very important than to smear bedbug bites, it is necessary to purchase a specialized tool designed to process the room and objects in it. This will require an insecticide that is applied:

• on the inner parts, back walls of furniture,
• on the underside of the mattress,
• on the gaps between the baseboard and the wall,
• on the back of rugs, carpets, paintings,
• in places where the tapestry leaves.

Bed linen, including pillows and blankets, should be laundered at a sufficiently high temperature. A good remedy in such a situation will be wormwood, which can be spread on the floor under beds, tables, chairs. She also drives bed bugs away from the room. Mashenka's chalk perfectly helps in the fight against bedbugs.

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Perfect mechanisms.

The bed bug is a unique blood-sucking insect equipped with a perfect piercing-sucking apparatus for feeding. With its help, the bug pierces the skin and gets to the blood vessels, and its sensitivity is amazing - thanks to the ability to feel the pulsation of blood, it finds the most accessible capillaries with precision accuracy.

That is why a person who did not take care of disinfecting his home in time has every chance to wake up every morning with his hands, feet and back bitten in exactly the same places that they only managed to heal the night before.

What to do if the protection did not help and the bugs nevertheless bit, how to treat bed bug bites

bedbug bites photos

There are a number of tools that can be used to treat bedbug bites at home. The blood is drunk by bedbugs in small doses, which cannot cause significant harm to the human body. These are simple bites that do not require special treatment. However, they spread on the body in bright red spots, which does not look aesthetically pleasing. At the same time, an unpleasant itching appears.

Bite sites can be washed with soapy water. And redness is removed with ice or a cold compress. If there is an allergic reaction of the body, you need to act differently. An ointment is applied to a clean wound from a bite, designed to eliminate itching.This remedy will prevent strong scratching of the red dot on the skin, which can later turn into a purulent wound. A special ointment is selected, which includes anesthetic components.

Other unpleasant manifestations of a bite are redness, including swelling of the skin of the body. They are also treated with medicines and folk remedies. It is worth applying:

• hydrocortisone, designed to speed up any symptoms from bites
• alcohol-based propolis tincture
• acriderm is a good antibiotic (able to remove inflammation)
• tavegil for accelerated treatment of numerous bites (in this case, injections are prescribed)
• ordinary soda (it is considered an excellent remedy in those moments if it is not possible to purchase the required drug at the pharmacy)
• peppermint essential oil (redness, swelling, itching, and bite marks disappear)
• special plaster needed for insect bites
• cindol - suspension, accelerates the wound healing process
• anti-allergenic tablets

Medicinal plants in the service of humans

In the summer, some plants can be used to treat bedbug bites.

Bird cherry, plantain and wormwood quickly rescue a person from the slavery of skin troubles.

All that needs to be done is to crush these natural gifts in a mortar, fill them with warm water, and get gruel.

Then apply the extract to the bites and bandage.

You will soon be relieved.

It is preferable to prepare fresh plants.

A dried combination is far from the best treatment for bedbug bites.

How to recognize bedbug bites by external signs?

The child was bitten by bedbugs

Bedbugs not only dream, but also bite at night. Therefore, it is impossible to detect them. Only in the morning are red dots visible on the body, causing itching. At first glance, it is difficult to recognize a bug bite, but it is possible if you know some of the distinguishing features.

Usually, such an insect feeds on blood from the capillaries. They are located close to the surface of the skin. In the morning, you will notice a perfect streak of itchy bites. They can be seen on the limbs, as well as in the back, neck, and face. With a large number of bedbugs, a person's body can be covered with 100 bites per night. In most cases, women and children are bitten, since they have more delicate skin, the capillaries are close to the surface of the skin.

The first signs of bites, the appearance of an allergic reaction

Until now, it has not been revealed that bedbugs can infect people with various diseases. However, the fact that their bites can cause an allergic reaction is undeniable.

The main signs of insect bites:

• redness of the skin, severe itching, swelling,
• shortness of breath, swelling in the face or neck,
• bronchospasm, in rare cases anaphylactic shock.

It is possible to deal with an allergic reaction at home if it is mild, with the use of appropriate drugs. If the temperature rises, breathing becomes difficult, a cough appears, then it is necessary to prepare anti-allergenic agents and consult a specialist.

Identification of bedbugs in housing

The most indicative fact of the presence of bedbugs in a person's home is when you saw at least one petty bloodsucker. There can be no doubt about that.

If there are bites, and no one has seen insects, then you should pay attention to the following facts.

The main signs of a room infected with bedbugs:

• A disgusting smell in the apartment and in particular on bed linen and the human body from a crushed bug.
• Small black-brown dots (this is the excrement of a bloodsucker). They can be found in a book cover, on a pillow, in a plush of a beloved bear, in a bed, etc.

Read more in the article on the rules for recognizing bedbugs.

What to do if there are traces of bedbug bites on the baby's body?

The boy was bitten in a dream

It is much more difficult if the child has been bitten by bugs. Children begin to itch, sometimes the condition reaches the point that red dots on the body turn into blood spots. However, many insect repellents are not suitable for baby skin. Therefore, parents are worried about the question: what to do if the baby has been bitten by bugs?

Initially, it is worth wiping the wounds with a swab dipped in soapy water. You need to treat with solutions or syrups, which can be bought at the pharmacy. Vinegar will be no less effective at home, with which you need to wipe the place from bug bites. In this case, the skin will pinch, but in most cases this procedure helps.

It makes sense to apply a corticosteroid ointment. It is used for children's skin to relieve itching, inflammation. Among these drugs: creams Aveeno, Bactine, Dermolate. You can try zinc ointment. It relieves itching, pain, and irritation after a bite. Equally effective will be an ice pack applied at the site of the bite for 20 minutes. This will help relieve itching.

If an allergic reaction has gone, you should not postpone a visit to a therapist and self-medicate.

Treatment aids

How long bedbug bites pass is impossible to say for sure. Itching and redness disappear after 10 hours, but if an allergy occurs, the consequences last up to three days. You can speed up the healing process and get rid of the bites yourself.

1. The affected area must be treated with a soap solution.
2. Apply ice or something cold to the sore spot for 10 minutes to relieve itching.
3. It is advisable to take anti-allergic drugs, such as suprastin, a special ointment can be applied to the site of inflammation.
4. You can treat the affected area with cotton wool soaked in an alcohol solution. This should be done as often as possible throughout the day. If the itching persists the next day, the treatment is repeated.
5. You can use traditional methods of treating wounds from bedbugs. A decoction of St. John's wort helps a lot. The herb is infused in a proportion of 1 tablespoon per 250 ml of boiling water, then lotions are made on the reddened areas of the body.
6. Aloe or plantain leaves relieve itching and redness well. They are tied to the affected area.
7. Soda solution relieves irritation. Soda dissolves in water, and there should be as much soda as possible.
8. Lemon water solution relieves swelling well.

If fluid begins to release at the site of the bite and pain appears, these are signs of infection and cannot be ignored. In such situations, it is necessary to urgently consult a specialist for further action.

At home, you should have remedies for any insect bites on hand. To get rid of itching, you can use:

• ammonia;
• fenistil gel;
• lifeguard ointment.

They can not only eliminate itching and redness, but also prevent allergies.

In most cases, bed parasite bites do not pose any danger and their healing takes place safely without the use of special means. But ointments and gels will help speed up the healing process and eliminate discomfort.

Infection of the wound occurs very rarely, but cases do occur, so it is better to protect yourself and disinfect the damaged area of ​​the body.

Theoretically, parasites can become carriers of tuberculosis, plague, anthrax, but such cases have not been recorded.

Children are less likely to tolerate the attack of parasites. They can comb the damaged area and bring in dirt, as a result, an infection appears. Children often have acute allergic reactions. Since insects interfere with sleep, babies begin to have nervous breakdowns and night fears.

Therefore, it is better to immediately take measures to eliminate itching in order to avoid complications.

You can treat bed bug bites using folk methods.The use of compresses from herbal infusions very quickly helps to relieve itching and redness from the attack of parasites. For these purposes, use:

• Lotions with ammonia.
• A mixture of black elderberry leaves, plantain and parsley.
• Dandelion oil.
• A decoction of the bark of oak, St. John's wort and mint.
• The site of inflammation is rubbed with salt.
• Apply grated garlic.
• At night, compresses are made from cabbage leaves, scalded with boiling water and smeared with honey.
• Strong baking soda solution.
• A decoction of basil is added to water, they lubricate the affected area or take a bath, for this add 4 tablespoons of the decoction per 1 liter of water.

Bed insect bites will not cause serious harm to health, but they will not deliver pleasant sensations either. The first signs should serve as a signal for urgent action.

Home healers offer remedies that relieve painful symptoms, their recommendations:

• tincture of propolis (alcohol);
• freshly squeezed juice of parsley, celandine, plantain, peppermint;
• potato juice;
• infusion of St. John's wort;
• garlic or onion juice;
• lemon juice.

Until the traces disappear and the wounds heal, it is recommended to limit the use of sweets. This will help to quickly relieve painful manifestations.

The advantages of folk remedies are availability, budget, ease of preparation in combination with a reliable result.

What are the most effective remedies?

1. Fenistil - gel, reduces itching, reduces inflammation, stops allergic reactions, helps with tissue edema. This drug is not recommended for children under 1 year of age.
2. Bepanten is presented in the form of an ointment, cream. This remedy contains dexpanthenol, which promotes rapid wound healing.
3. Cicaderm - ointment, helps with the healing of wounds from bug bites, stops the inflammatory process.
4. Psilo balm - gel, reduces itching, reduces tissue edema, cools, dries the affected areas.
5. Elidel - cream, combats allergic manifestations on the skin from bites. The drug is also prescribed for children from three months. It should not be applied immediately after being bitten. The course of treatment can be long.

Antiallergenic tablets are aimed at treating all types of insect bites. They stop the body's allergic reaction, make life much easier while bugs are found in the house. Moreover, as a result of taking this drug, there are no side effects.

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Why is the "trifle" dangerous?

The symptoms of bed bug bites - swelling, itching, soreness, inflammation and redness - are unpleasant but not fatal. However, these insects can cause serious hazards, including:

• the development of anaphylactic shock due to allergies;
• infection of the body in case of a serious inflammatory process on the skin;

Tip: Don't be frivolous about bedbugs because of their small size. These insects are potentially capable of carrying many serious diseases, including leprosy, tularemia, plague, and anthrax. And although there are no officially confirmed cases of such infections, experts admit the hypothetical probability of this.

The most dangerous bed bugs are for two categories of the population:

• pregnant women;
• little children.

Since usually small bloodsucking aggressors begin to feed on the human body at night, this leads to sleep disorders, nightmares, a general state of anxiety and depression. If squeamish people are attacked, they experience a real shock from which they may not recover.

Actually, for the body of a pregnant woman and the embryo, bug bites are not dangerous, however, for expectant mothers and their children, healthy sleep and a stable emotional state are vital, which is impossible with constant attacks of bloodsucking insects.

The reaction of children to bug bites is even sharper - for them the danger lies not only in constant anxiety and chronic fatigue, but also in the likelihood of developing iron deficiency anemia due to significant (with low body weight) blood loss.

Prophylaxis

In order to avoid negative consequences, it is worth adhering to the basic preventive rules that can prevent the appearance of insects. To do this, you need to systematically perform a small number of actions:

1. Clean the apartment twice a week. Cleaning should consist of cleaning floors, furniture.
2. Check the crevices in the flooring for various insects. It is advisable to fill the slots with a hermetic agent to prevent the appearance of pests from neighboring apartments.
3. Check all furniture carefully.
4. When cleaning, use a vacuum cleaner, try to clean even in hard-to-reach places.

If pests have already settled in your house or apartment, use disinfecting methods:

• wash bed linen;
• douse with steam;
• check the seams of the pillows, inspect the entire sleeping area.

There are now a large number of specialized services that help control insect pests through chemical treatments. This method will help you get rid of insects faster and more reliably.

The appearance of bedbugs always negatively affects the physical and psychological health of people living in an apartment. In order not to face such a problem, it is enough to carry out preventive procedures, and in case of infection, immediately start treatment.

What ointments can you make yourself

If bugs appear in the house, they will bite a person constantly until they are destroyed. It should not be forgotten that bloodsuckers are dangerous and bites cannot go unnoticed. They cause irritation, the resulting itching makes you scratch the bite site and redness appears on it, wounds that need to be treated. In addition to ready-made preparations, you can independently prepare an ointment for bedbugs. For this, the following means are used:

• Aloe. This unique herb is able to relieve swelling, eliminate redness, relieve pain and relieve itching. Aloe leaves should be cut and filled with vodka or alcohol. For several days, the resulting mixture is infused, the result is a good ointment, which should be used to treat the affected areas. Store it in a cool place or in the refrigerator.
• Soda. Ointments for bug bites can be made on the basis of soda. It is necessary to mix soda (5 tablespoons) with water. It should have a consistency like thick sour cream. Apply the ointment to the bite site. Soda has a calming effect, it can relieve itching, heal wounds and is a disinfectant.

  
  Folk remedies for bedbugs

• In order not to bite the bugs, they use wild rosemary. Only ground shoots of this plant are suitable for the ointment. First, they need to be dried in the fresh air for two weeks. After that, they are crushed and 2 tbsp. tablespoons of wild rosemary are combined with 5 tbsp. tablespoons of vegetable oil. The prepared mixture is placed in a container, closed, and left to infuse for 12 hours. After that, you can spread it on. You need to process the places after bites several times a day. To improve the effect, the mixture can be prepared with the addition of chamomile, calendula and plantain. You should be aware that such an ointment should not be used by pregnant women and people with hypersensitivity of the skin. If you decide to smear it on a child, it is better not to do this, since rosemary is a poisonous plant.

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“I don't trust modern medicine. Too much chemistry is contained in even the simplest drugs. Therefore, for bug bites, I decided to use a soda-based ointment.It helps a lot! At the same time, it is cheaper than in a pharmacy and definitely safer for the health of adults and children. "

Alexandra, Moscow