While bedbugs are a very big inconvenience, the great news is that unlike other insects they don’t cause any diseases. The worse that could happen is skin infection due to excessive itching and scratching. Also, sleeping at night may be difficult, as you’ll most likely be worried that they’ll bite you again in your sleep.
The symptoms are worse with people who have an allergy to bedbug bites. Such persons may have painful swelling, engorged bite marks, and in some rare occasions, hypersensitivity of the skin.
Where can one find bedbugs?
Recently, there’s been an increase in the population of bedbugs. Bedbugs multiply rapidly, so seeing a single bedbug around your environment is enough reason for concern.
Bedbugs are easily seen in busy environments where people visit a lot, such as hostels, hotels, homeless shelters, business offices and other public facilities. When you visit such environments, it is very easy to unknowingly bring back bedbugs to your home.