BEDBUG AWARENESS WEEK

BEDBUG AWARENESS WEEK

How to spot bedbugs?

Bedbugs can be spotted by checking whether the sheets have some red or rusty spots and stains on the sheet, which indicates that you might have crushed one. Try to look out for tiny brown or red-colored insects crawling on your beddings, dark fecal spots,  bites on your skin, small eggs or eggshells with a brownie shed, and unpleasant smells on the sheets or places they can hide such as cracks, mattresses, clothes, sofas, and walls.

How do bedbugs affect you?

From my research, bedbugs have a less serious impact on humans. The likely effects include; skin irritation, allergic reactions in some individuals, sleep problems or deprivation, insomnia, increased sleep anxiety risk, and some skin infections.

Easy and cheap home remedies to get rid of bed bugs

I highly recommend these effective tips when looking to get rid of bedbugs;

Steam clean all places that bedbugs can love in, from beddings to sofas, ensuring you perfectly heat all the corners, sheets, mattresses, and even the bed. Dry brushing before steam cleaning can help pick put hidden bedbugs.

Try sealing all cracks and holes in your house in any furniture using silicone sealants to curb any hiding place.

Sprinkle desiccant gas all around the house on the floors, walls, or furniture to kill remaining bugs by dehydration.

Vacuum clean, wash your beddings regularly, and cover mattresses with encasements.

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Ieva Kubiliute is a psychologist and a sex and relationships advisor and a freelance writer. She's also a consultant to several health and wellness brands. While Ieva specialises in covering wellness topics ranging from fitness and nutrition, to mental wellbeing, sex and relationships and health conditions, she has written across a diverse range of lifestyle topics, including beauty and travel. Career highlights so far include: luxury spa-hopping in Spain and joining an £18k-a-year London gym. Someone’s got to do it! When she’s not typing away at her desk—or interviewing experts and case studies, Ieva winds down with yoga, a good movie and great skincare (affordable of course, there’s little she doesn’t know about budget beauty). Things that bring her endless joy: digital detoxes, oat milk lattes and long country walks (and sometimes jogs).

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